B’nai B’rith President Allan J. Jacobs, Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin and International Center for Human Rights and Public Policy Deputy Director Eric Fusfield joined other Jewish leaders at a meeting in New York convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations with leaders of the Greek-American community.
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) and the American Hellenic Institute represented the Greek-American community.
Arye Mekel, Israel’s ambassador to Greece, spoke to the meeting by phone from Athens, Greece. The consuls general in New York, Israel and Greece, Ido Aharoni and Giorgios Iliopoulous, and the ambassador of Cyprus to the United States, Pavlos Anastasiades, also addressed the gathering.
The leaders of both communities met to discuss common issues on the Greek-American and the American-Jewish agendas. Topics covered included cooperation between Israel, Greece and Cyprus on energy development, the rise of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party, the Greek debt crisis, and domestic issues of interest to both communities.
The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) and the American Hellenic Institute represented the Greek-American community.
Arye Mekel, Israel’s ambassador to Greece, spoke to the meeting by phone from Athens, Greece. The consuls general in New York, Israel and Greece, Ido Aharoni and Giorgios Iliopoulous, and the ambassador of Cyprus to the United States, Pavlos Anastasiades, also addressed the gathering.
The leaders of both communities met to discuss common issues on the Greek-American and the American-Jewish agendas. Topics covered included cooperation between Israel, Greece and Cyprus on energy development, the rise of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party, the Greek debt crisis, and domestic issues of interest to both communities.