(Grammy-Winner Branford Marsalis performs at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center on July 17th)
Embassy Sponsors Grammy-Winner Branford Marsalis In recognition of the 60th anniversary of US-Israel diplomatic relations, the U.S. Embassy’s Office of Public Diplomacy partnered with the Israel Opera and a production company to bring Grammy-winner Branford Marsalis to Israel on July 17-18. Marsalis and his band provided a fabulous evening of jazz at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center before an enthusiastic full house of over 1,100. The following day, Marsalis held a workshop for musicians and students from top music schools in the area.
Professor Cordesman discusses the finer points with Professor Galia Golan, IDC Herzliya, Professor Elie Podeh, Hebrew University, and Dr. Onn Winkler, University of Haifa
Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 "We are pleased that in the seven years since the creation of the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the United States and our friends and allies have made important strides in confronting the reality that human beings continue to be bought and sold in the twenty-first century. It has been gratifying to witness the determined governments, human rights and women’s groups, faith-based organizations, and many brave individuals who are dedicated to advancing human dignity worldwide. Trafficking and exploitation plague all nations, and no country, even ours, is immune."
-- Secretary Rice, June 4, 2008 The Report
The report is available in PDF format as a single file [PDF: 49 MB]. Due to its large size, the PDF has been separated into sections for easier download: Introduction; Country Narratives: A-G, H-R, S-Z; Special Cases. To view the PDF file, you will need to download, at no cost, the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs - USAID Grant The Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (DCHA/CMM) within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) is inviting applications from U.S. and non-U.S. non-profit or for-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations (IOs) and other qualified non-U.S. Government (USG) organizations (including faith-based organizations and community based organizations) to carry out activities, under grants or cooperative agreements, that support conflict mitigation and reconciliation programs and activities that bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious or political backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and violence. Israeli organizations meeting the solicitation criteria are eligible to apply.
Report on Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism Released March 13: The Office of the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism released today a report on Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism. This report, which was provided to the U.S. Congress earlier this morning, is a follow-up to the State Department´s January 2005 Report on Global Anti-Semitism. Report | Media Note
March 13: The Office of the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism released today a report on Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism. This report, which was provided to the U.S. Congress earlier this morning, is a follow-up to the State Department´s January 2005 Report on Global Anti-Semitism.
