Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan has been honored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) for "sympathetic understanding, moral support and solidarity with the Jewish people and with the State of Israel."

The presentation of a resolution on Jewish-Christian Relations adopted by the AJC National Executive Council was made to Archbishop Donnellan by Thomas J. Asher, AJC Interreligious Affairs chairman.

The document expresses the gratitude of the AJC for an address Archbishop Donnellan made to the National Executive Council at their meeting in Atlanta last October. The resolution reads:

"The American Jewish Committee acknowledges with gratitude the recent public expressions on the part of major Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical Christian leaders of their sympathetic understanding, moral support, and solidarity with the Jewish people and with the State of Israel, particularly during this critical period in the Middle East. We believe these heartening expressions are manifestations of the constructive spirit which animates our continuing dialogue with our Christian fellow-citizens.

"The significant public addresses of the Reverend Dr. Billy Graham, internationally noted Evangelical leader, and of His Excellency Thomas A. Donnellan, Archbishop of Atlanta, at the National Executive Council, are important indications of the widespread moral support that exists among the vast majority of the American people for the right of Israel to exist in safety and security. We welcome the repudiation by these and many other Christian leaders, and the overwhelming majority of the American people, of those groups central to whose policies are violence, terrorism, hijacking, and threats to human life.

"We pledge our efforts and resources to the continued promotion of interreligious dialogue in this country and abroad. That dialogue will deal with all problems that may potentially cause discords among its participants. It will, therefore, make a fundamental contribution to the establishment of mutual respect, religious pluralism, social justice, and peaceful collaboration in the United States, in the Middle East, and elsewhere in the world."