Posts Tagged: JDC
Basics Getting to Kerala Flood Victims, with Help of JDC, Indian Jewish Community
JNS.org - The Jewish community of India, together with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, is responding to the destructive floods in Kerala, providing food and...
Jewish Humanitarian-Aid Group Helping Haiti’s Hurricane Matthew Victims
JNS.org -- A major Jewish humanitarian-aid organization will participate in providing medical relief and supplies to Haiti's victims of Hurricane Matthew, which hit the Caribbean island on...
At Passover, Ukraine’s Jews Bank on JDC Relief Efforts Amid Prolonged Chaos
JNS.org - As Ukraine continues to unravel, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) will try to help that country's Jews celebrate as normal...
Russian Separatists Fire Rockets at Jewish Welfare Center in Eastern Ukraine
A Jewish welfare center in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, was hit by two rockets today, as pro-Russian forces launched a deadly attack targeting both Ukraine's military...
Ralph Goldman, the Haganah’s Man in New York, Passes Away at Age 100
Tributes have been pouring in for Ralph Goldman, the former chief executive of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) who passed away earlier today. Goldman,...
Even in Siberia, it’s Never Too Late for a Jewish Awakening
JNS.org - Siberia is not known for its welcoming appeal. But in 2005, I stood for the first time in the warm glow of...
Despite Anti-Semitism, Hungarian Camp Shows Signs of Vibrant Jewish Life
JNS.org - The 70-year-old, post-Holocaust taboo of expressing anti-Semitic views started to break down over the last several years in Hungary, where 100,000 Jews...
Turning Back the Clock, JDC Exhibit Depicts a Century of Jewish Humanitarian Work
JNS.org - The turbulent 20th century witnessed humanitarian crises in all corners of the world. Persecuted, exiled, and deprived of their belongings, Jews in...
In Ukraine, Caring for Caregivers
JNS.org - My first visit to Odessa—the "pearl of the Black Sea"—was in the 1990s after the Soviet Union's collapse. The city, even after...
Don’t Forget Jewish Poverty in Europe
JNS.org - When the economic crisis hit Bulgaria in 2011, Yana—a Jewish mother of three—was one of the first casualties. She lost her job...
Jews in the Former Soviet Union Embrace Jewish Identity
JNS.org - In a complex journey that can start as simply as children asking their parents what their family name means, younger Jews...
JDC App Features Rosh Hashanah Recipes from Around the World
JNS.org - The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) released a Facebook application that allows users to access Rosh Hashanah recipes from around the...
Remembering Stanley Abramovitch, for Seven Decades ‘the Embodiment of the Joint’
Stanley Abramovitch (left) receives rabbinical ordination from Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu in Israel, November 1995. Photo: JDC. JNS.org - The year was 1935. Yehoshua Abramowicz, just...
JDC Gets New Director in Former Soviet Department
Ofer Glanz—previously an NGO, telecommunications and software executive—will take over as director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's (JDC) Former Soviet Union department, the...
