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Scope and Contents 1974 [1976-1980]. Konvitz was a member of the International Task Force and the Task Force on Israel and American Jewish Interaction. He comments on a task force report: "Report of the Task Force on the Relationship Between Israel and the American Jewish Community," (December 5, 1977). Also included is a paper by Konvitz, "From Jewish Rights to Human Rights;" and a proposal entitled "Policy Statement on the Middle East" by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of...

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Correspondence with Sidney Liskofsky, regarding Liskofsky's "Draft Conventions on Statelessness." Konvitz agrees with the position that Liskofsky defined and proposed as the one that should be adopted by the United States. Also correspondence with Theodore Leskes regarding their co-authored book, A Century of Civil Rights, with a Study of State Law Against Discrimination. Other routine correspondence (August 31, 1966)

Scope and Contents 1965-1966, 1969-1976. Correspondence regarding Professor Konvitz's lecture on "The Quest for Equality and the American Jewish Experience" as part of the American Jewish Committee's Bicentennial Forum Series. Konvitz's letter to Edwin J. Lukas explaining that the Administration at Cornell has asked Konvitz to consider the problem at Cornell of five or six fraternities or sororities which are suspected to be discriminating against race or religion in their admissions policies. Correspondence...

Scope and Contents 1946-1951, 1953. Correspondence with Alfred L. Bernheim regarding Subcommittee on the Jewish University report. Doctor Konvitz expresses his dissatisfaction with the initial report and disagrees with H.L. Lurie. Konvitz believes that Jews can cooperate in establishing a secular Jewish university (January 19, 1948). Copy of H.L. Lurie's letter (January 8, 1948). Final draft of the Statement of the "Subcommittee on Jewish Universities of the Conference on Higher Education." Konvitz, William...

Scope and Contents 1947-1949, 1950-1954, 1957. Correspondence with Haber and Marshall regarding the "Conclusions and Recommendations of the Conference on Higher Education for Jews." Konvitz suggests that the Conference communicate to the Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who Konvitz is certain would want to cooperate with the American Jewish Committee on a program to eliminate discrimination in higher education. Correspondence with S. Andhil Fineberg...

Scope and Contents 1973, 1977-[1980]. Memorandum from Konvitz to Peter I. Rose and Irving M. Levine, Staff Director, regarding the Task Force. Konvitz advises that the Task Force avoid taking stands on broad general public policy issues such as bilingual and bi-cultural education. Konvitz believes that the Task Force should formulate policies on issues which are relevant to special Jewish concerns such as religious liberty, separation of church and state and a fair and humane immigration policy (with special...

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Summaries of the Steering Committee meetings of the special Task Force on Israel-American Jewry Interaction. Konvitz was a member. Proposals, routine letters, and other routine materials relating to the Task Force.

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1973-1975, 1977-1978. Routine Correspondence with various officers and American Jewish Congress documents. Of special interest is a confidential report to Congress leadership on a proposed merger between the American Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee.

Scope and Contents 1974, [1977-1979]-1980. Confidential memorandum from Rabbi Henry Siegman. Executive Director to American Jewish Congress leadership. Siegman provides an account of the March 12, 1979 meeting between representatives of several major Jewish organizations and Pope John Paul II in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican (March 21, 1979). Memorandum from Will Maslow to Konvitz answering Konvitz's request that Maslow show how the Jewish "Defense Agencies" moved from the defense of Jewish rights...

Scope and Contents 1974, [1976-1977]. Correspondence with Doctor Susan Gitelson regarding Konvitz's doubts about a conference on the Jewish contribution to the development of human rights. Professor Konvitz explains that such a conference will not achieve its purpose of counteracting the effect of the "Zionism is racism" resolution of the United Nations Assembly since the Arabs have stressed that they are not attacking Judaism and Jews but only Zionism and Zionists (April 14, 1976). Konvitz addressed the...