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The AJC chapter there was in danger of closing, but under Abramson it thrived. From there, it was off to Houston, where he and his wife, Debra, had their daughter, Jill, and met some of their best friends. Abramson worked as the community relations director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, where he stabilized and expanded the Mickey Leland Kibbutzim Internship Foundation.

The program, which was named after the late congressman who started the program after an inspirational trip to Israel, has sent high school juniors to live on a kibbutz for a month since He was known nationally and impressed the BJC search committee with his knowledge of community issues and his ability to build consensus, said Sandy Teplitzky, a member of the search committee who served as president from to The board is now around 60 people.

Over time, the BJC would add a young leadership program and establish a committee structure to allow more members of the Jewish community to be involved with the council. To keep things moving in the right direction, Abramson brought in a new director of government relations, Shelly Hettleman.

Now a state delegate, Hettleman had been working at U. It was how he presented and told that story. A large majority of buildings in The Associated system received funding, Abramson said.

I had always been, in Houston for seven years, the guy who was responsible for bringing resources together through the law enforcement community to make sure we were all safe. Through working with Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Gov. While the council had already been engaging in this type of work, interfaith and interethnic relations flourished under Abramson.

The council developed a good relationship with the Palestinian Authority, which allowed the council to take then-Gov. The BJC also held and continues to hold programs and dialogue events with the Baltimore Muslim community. Nowhere in the country was this happening at that level.