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| − | '''Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations''' (CPMAJO - also called '''Presidents Conference''') was founded by [[Nahum Goldmann]] in 1954 as the coordinating body for 52 national Jewish organizations to lobby the executive branch on behalf of Israel. The power wielded by the organization's chairman is hinted in a statement by [[ADL]] national director [[Abraham Foxman]]:'This position is lovingly called 'the King of the Jews,' he told the ''New Yorker''.<ref name="ny">Paumgarten, Nick, "The Tycoon." ''The New Yorker'', 23 July 2007</ref> | + | '''Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations''' (CPMAJO - also called '''Presidents Conference''') was founded by [[Nahum Goldmann]] in 1954 as the coordinating body for 52 national Jewish organizations to lobby the executive branch on behalf of Israel. The power wielded by the organization's chairman is hinted at in a statement by [[ADL]] national director [[Abraham Foxman]]:'This position is lovingly called 'the King of the Jews,' he told the ''New Yorker''.<ref name="ny">Paumgarten, Nick, "The Tycoon." ''The New Yorker'', 23 July 2007</ref> |
==Principals and Members== | ==Principals and Members== | ||
*[[Alan Solow]] - Chairman | *[[Alan Solow]] - Chairman | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 3 July 2012
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CPMAJO - also called Presidents Conference) was founded by Nahum Goldmann in 1954 as the coordinating body for 52 national Jewish organizations to lobby the executive branch on behalf of Israel. The power wielded by the organization's chairman is hinted at in a statement by ADL national director Abraham Foxman:'This position is lovingly called 'the King of the Jews,' he told the New Yorker.[1]
Principals and Members
- Alan Solow - Chairman
- Malcolm I. Hoenlein - Executive vice-chairman
Former staff
- Mortimer Zuckerman - chairman (2001-2003)
- Ronald Lauder - chairman until 2001
- Yehuda Hellman - Executive director until death in May 1986
- Seymour D. Reich - former chairman (1988-1990)[2]
Member Organizations
Contact
References
- ↑ Paumgarten, Nick, "The Tycoon." The New Yorker, 23 July 2007
- ↑ Seymour D. Reich, Examining Mr. Obama's foreign policy, The Washington Post, 25 November 2010
