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United States
In
the United States, the focus is on public education and the campaign
to register the personal narratives of Jewish refugees from Arab
countries.
I)
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND REDRESS CAMPAIGN: IN THE US
The campaign will be run at the community level. Meetings have already
been held with Jewish communal leadership - federation, Rabbis,
Boards of Education, etc - in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle,
Boston and three communities in South Florida In each case, the
communal leadership agreed to organize and synchronize the local
campaign – both the public education programs and the collection
of personal histories – coincident with the international
campaign that will be launched worldwide in November of 2006. Additional
targeted communities that will be mobilized include: Atlanta, Baltimore,
Chicago, Cleveland Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas,
Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Washington.
II)
NATIONAL U.S. ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNATIONAL
RIGHTS AND REDRESS CAMPAIGN
In
the United States, the following major, representative Jewish organizations
have indicated their willingness to participate in the U.S. implementation
of the International Rights and Redress Campaign.
- American
Jewish Congress
- American
Sephardi Federation
- Anti Defamation
League
- ARZA / World
Union North America
- B'nai B'rith
International
- Central
Conference of American Rabbis
- Conference
of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
- Hadassah
- Hillel—The
Foundation for Campus Jewish Life
Jewish Community Centers Association
- Jewish Council
for Public Affairs
- JIMENA
- Mercaz,
the Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement
- National
Council of Young Israel
- Rabbinical
Assembly
- Rabbinical
Council of America
- Union for
Reform Judaism
- Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
- United Jewish
Communities
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