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Berlin office.

Another example is when
the Catholic Church began
to consider profound new
teachings about Jews and
other faith traditions in the
Second Vatican Council.

Many Jews were skeptical.

How could a document
make up for a millennium
of anti-Jewish teaching? But
that is what “Nostra Aetate”
did, and AJC engaged with
church leadership at every
level. Our director of interre-
ligious relations at the time,
Rabbi Marc Tannenbaum,
was the only rabbi to attend
the Second Vatican Council.

AJC was criticized by some
factions of American Jews,
who wished to wait and see
before engaging. AJC saw the
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signs of a genuine desire to
change and we engaged, we
wanted to be a part of the
shift. It takes hard work and
courage to fix relationships.

Our beliefs call us to do better
and be better.

The final example of forging
ahead came in January 2020.

To mark the 75th anniversary
of the liberation of Auschwitz,
AJC partnered with the
Muslim World League to bring
a delegation of 60 Muslim
and Jewish leaders from 28
countries together in Poland,
to commemorate the victims
of the Holocaust in that Nazi
death camp and to honor
Jewish life with the Jewish
community in Warsaw.

Until relatively recently,
the Muslim World League,
based in Mecca, promoted an
ultra-conservative vision of
Islam that fed into negative
views about Jews, Christians
and even about other Muslims
with differing views. However,
here too, we have seen change
and a genuine desire to reach
out in recent years. Again, AJC
refuses to sit on the sidelines;
we want to be a part of effecting
change. This is not simple. It is not
without politics, risks and even
acceptance of deep disagree-
ment, but our belief that the
world can evolve compels us
to take risks to help shape the
world for the better.

Our tradition teaches that
in the fall holiday season God
plans the fate of the world for
the year ahead. The period is
built on the notion of repen-
tance, growth and change. It
means we are not free to simply
accept our own shortcomings,
but we need to do our best to
overcome them. And it also
means that we must accept
with compassion the short-
comings of others when they
have demonstrated their own
growth and change.

My wish for us as individuals
and as religious communities
is that we demonstrate the
courage to move relationships
ahead and compassion to heal
divides with others, even when
we feel they have wronged us.

This is a sign of leadership and
an act of service to our creator. l
Marcia Bronstein is the regional
director AJC Philadelphia/SNJ.

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others in the Jewish commu-
nity wished to abandon
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the beginnings of change, and
wanting to be a part of the
process of growth after the
tragedy of the Holocaust. AJC
rejected the idea of collec-
tive German guilt, choosing
instead to emphasize policies
that encouraged democracy.

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American Jewish organization
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Farewell to Summer Barbecued Chicken
F O OD
THIS TIME OF YEAR is
always bittersweet — summer
is a time of relaxation, warm
weather, vacation travel and
family reunions; in other
words, fun, and that is ending.

But fall has a lot going for
it — crisp, cool air, the High
Holidays, back to school,
football. This year, of course,
everything is different, but one
constant, in my world anyway,
is food.

This dinner came together
as a bit of an ode to summer:
Barbecued chicken is such a
crowd-pleasing classic. I used
boneless breasts, but any cut
works here, as long as you
adjust the cooking time. The
oniony string beans added
color and flavor and addressed
my husband’s
ongoing complaint that string beans are
the most boring vegetable. And
the truffle-salted grilled corn
was a worthy farewell to that
seasonal summer treat.

BARBECUED CHICKEN
Serves 4
If you don’t feel inclined
to make your own sauce/
marinade, just use your favorite
bottled barbecue sauce — if
it’s too thick as a marinade,
add beer, wine, juice, water or
broth. The key to keeping the
chicken moist and preventing
it from drying out is to cook
it properly. For medium-sized
boneless breasts, this means
about 20 minutes over a combi-
nation of hot and medium/
low temperatures. Searing the
chicken first seals in the juices,
and cooking over a lower flame
keeps the meat tender.

Note: Large,
bone-in breasts, thighs and legs can
take up to 40 minutes on the
grill, so be sure to time it right.

Heat the oil, salt, pepper
and onions over medium
heat in a large skillet. When
the onions begin to sizzle,
lower the heat and continue
cooking until they are soft and
beginning to brown, about 15
minutes. While the onions cook,
bring a large pot of water to a
boil and immerse the beans.

Cook for 2-3 minutes until the
beans are just cooked to crisp-
tender. Drain the beans, and
add them to the skillet with
the onions. Cook the beans
with the onions a few more
minutes until the flavors blend.

Add more salt and pepper, if
needed, and serve.

sure; truffle salt is a rare and
expensive treat. But as we bid
farewell to fresh corn on the
cob for the season, this seemed
a worthy tribute. If you don’t
have, or don’t like, truffle salt,
any seasoned or plain salt is
fine to use in its place.

4 ears corn, husked
2 tablespoons butter
½-1 teaspoon truffle salt, or
your favorite specialty salt
Place the corn on the grill
over medium-high heat. Turn
the ears frequently, allowing
the kernels to cook and begin
to char. This takes about 8
minutes. RED ONION STRING BEANS
Remove the corn from the
4 boneless chicken breasts Serves 4
GRILLED CORN WITH
grill and spread it with butter,
TRUFFLE SALT
then sprinkle it with salt. Cover
(or your favorite cut)
The color combo in this dish Serves 4
it with foil for about 2 minutes
¾ cup ketchup
is quite pretty, but if you don’t
to allow the salt to melt into
½ cup dark beer (such as
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¼ cup apple cider vinegar
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vinegar, hot sauce and
Worcestershire sauce in a small
1 pound string beans,
bowl. Set aside half the sauce
stems removed
in a sealable container to serve
½ medium-sized onion,
with the chicken later. Place
chopped the chicken with the remaining
1 tablespoon cooking oil
sauce in a sealable container,
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