Senate Briefing Focusing on Evangelical and Catholic Positions on Jerusalem to Be Held

The American Committee on Jerusalem (ACJ) will hold a luncheon briefing on Jerusalem on Monday, October 4, 1999, in the Senate Dirksen building, Ground Floor, Room 11, from 12:00 – 1:30 PM. Featured speakers are the Right Reverend Mounib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan, and Father Majdi Siryani, Legal Advisor to the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem. The briefing is co-sponsored by Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding (EMEU) and the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF), and will be moderated by ACJ Vice-President Mr. Khalil Jahshan.

American Committee on Jerusalem, Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding and HCEF.

SENATE BRIEFING FOCUSING ON EVANGELICAL AND CATHOLIC POSITIONS ON JERUSALEM TO BE HELD BY ACJ, EMEU AND HCEF

WASHINGTON, DC — The American Committee on Jerusalem (ACJ) will hold a luncheon briefing on Jerusalem on Monday, October 4, 1999, in the Senate Dirksen building, Ground Floor, Room 11, from 12:00 – 1:30 PM. Featured speakers are the Right Reverend Mounib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan, and Father Majdi Siryani, Legal Advisor to the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem. The briefing is co-sponsored by Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding (EMEU) and the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF), and will be moderated by ACJ Vice-President Mr. Khalil Jahshan.

The ACJ is a coalition of all major Arab-American organizations dedicated to promoting a solution to Jerusalem which accommodates the attachments of the three faiths to the city and the political aspirations of both peoples, Palestinians and Israelis. EMEU is an informal fellowship of North America evangelical Christians committed to dialogue which seeks mutual understanding, respect and friendship between Middle Eastern and Western Christians. The HCEF is an organization committed to improving the lives of Christians in the Holy Land by developing bonds of solidarity between them and Christians in the United States.

Bishop Younan and Father Siryani will offer both Evangelical and Catholic positions on Jerusalem, as well as discuss the conditions leading to Christian emigration from Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Reports put the total Christian population of Jerusalem today at barely 9,000 down from a high of 29,000 in 1944.

To attend this luncheon briefing, please RSVP no later than Thursday September 30, 1999 by calling (202) 237-0215.