The Appeal of Conscience Foundation strongly condemns the terrorist attacks on two synagogues and Orthodox Church in Dagestan. We are outraged by the brutal murder of Priest Nikolay Kotelnikov, the police and those guarding the synagogues. Destroying a house of worship of any religious community targets the jugular vein of that community. June 23, 2024
May 2024 – NEW YORK, NY: America China Public Affairs Institute hosted Ambassador Yang Wanming, President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and his delegation at the home of Dr. Cheryl Fishbein, Chair, Jewish Community Relations Council America China Public Affairs Institute hosted Ambassador Yang Wanming, President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and his delegation at the home of Dr. Cheryl Fishbein, Chair, Jewish Community Relations Council – New York, where Karen Dresbach, EVP, ACF talked about the long-lasting relationship between Appeal of Conscience Foundation and the Chinese people. May 27, 2024
Anthony Pratt, ACF Trustee and Ambassador James Larsen, Permanent Representative of Australia discussed with Rabbi Arthur Schneier the recent challenges Jewish communities are facing worldwide post the October 7th Massacre. May 13, 2024
Unbridled hatred led to the demise of millions in Auschwitz and all over Europe. Interfaith leaders standing side by side together must teach the next generation the horrific lessons of our past to create a better future based on mutual acceptance and peaceful coexistence. Appeal of Conscience EVP Karen Dresbach and Pastor Larry Huch of New Beginnings Church were both at Auschwitz this week, with Pastor Huch leading a delegation to the infamous concentration camp. May 9, 2024
At the invitation of Austrian National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka, Appeal of Conscience EVP Karen Dresbach attends the official commemoration honoring victims of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Mauthausen and in the Austrian Parliament. May 7, 2024
ACF hosted the “Interfaith Community’s Role in Healing Together: A Forum on Mutual Acceptance, Mental Health and Youth” in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supporting ACF’s mission to promote mutual acceptance, peaceful co-existence and Respect the Other and the U.S. Administration’s interagency policy efforts and strategy towards countering Antisemitism, Christianophobia, Islamophobia, and related forms of bias and discrimination. Forum attendees included representatives from the US State Department and White House, interfaith and mental health leaders from around the US. February 28, 2024
January 2024 – ROME, ITALY: Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, on behalf of His Holiness Pope Francis presented the Benemerenti Medal of Honor to ACF VP Archbishop Khajag Barsamian for his committed work for Christian Unity and his efforts deepening the relationship between the Armenian Church and the Catholic Church. January 27, 2024
We mourn the death of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, longtime friend of the interfaith Appeal of Conscience Foundation November 29, 2023
We share the pain of the people of Israel in mourning civilian men, women, and children who were brutally murdered in the heinous attack perpetrated by Hamas during the Sabbath and the Holiday of Simchat Torah. October 7, 2023
ACF Trustee, Hon. Earle I. Mack is awarded the Freedom Award for his extraordinary humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine from the Governor George Pataki Center. Ambassador Mack and Trustees, Governor Pataki and Peter M. Brandt led five Appeal of Conscience Foundation relief missions to the Ukraine and neighboring countries to deliver humanitarian aid, industrial heaters and generators, medical supplies, food, clothing and financial aid. Appeal of Conscience raised nearly $500,000 to support the refugees including children and women’s support agencies. September 11, 2023
