January 29, 2013
11:17 pm

Newly arrived Ethiopian immigrants at Ben Gurion Airport in December 2011 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Israel changes birth-control policy for Ethiopian immigrants

Amid accusations of racism, Health Ministry instructs HMOs not to automatically renew prescriptions for Depo-Provera

By Asher Zeiger

December 24, 2012
4:58 am

Obama announces Holocaust Memorial Council appointments

Steven Schwager, former CEO of the Joint Distribution Committee, to serve on presidential development council

December 11, 2012
3:58 am

Children from the Haitian town of Zoranje stand outside a school built with part of the $16.2 million donated by Jewish organizations after the deadly 2010 earthquake. (Courtesy of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee via JTA)

Three years after deadly earthquake, Jewish groups wrap up Haiti aid

As funds run low, most organizations are assessing successes and failures while shifting their attention elsewhere

By Gil Shefler

December 9, 2012
2:18 pm

Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel with Operation Dove's Wings in October 2012 (photo courtesy of the Jewish Agency for Israel)

Ethiopian women claim Israel forced them to use birth control before letting them immigrate

Immigration Ministry and Joint Distribution Committee reject allegations as ‘nonsense’

By Asher Zeiger

November 27, 2012
3:03 am

JDC appoints Alan Gill as new CEO

Organization taps fundraising expert after predecessor’s abrupt exit in June

November 16, 2012
8:21 am

A Bible covered with debris in a Kiryat Malachi apartment in which three people were killed from a rocket attack on Thursday (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

American Jews keep wary eye on situation in Gaza, examine their own security precautions

Support pours in from US Jewish groups as they prepare to help Israelis hurt or displaced by the recent escalation

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 13, 2012
11:11 pm

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, left, and Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky speak at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations in North America last year. (David Karp/JTA)

With Jewish life splintering, federations focus on streamlining work

At annual gathering, communal organizations look toward updated model for philanthropy and budgeting

By Uriel Heilman

October 28, 2012
11:40 am

More then 6,000 young Russian-speaking Jews participated in summer camp programs offered by the Jewish Agency in the former Soviet Union -- activities that so far have avoided problems with the government. (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Jewish Agency via JTA)

In Putin’s Russia, Jewish groups adopt silence as best protection

While they’ve avoided trouble so far, aid organizations fear getting swept up in growing repression

October 5, 2012
10:35 pm

Natan Shuminov, left, and Kirill Samokhvalov volunteer at a Rosh Hashanah fundraiser last month in Moscow. The event reflected the growing involvement of local Jews in supporting their own communities. (Ilya Dolgopolsky via JTA)

Local philanthropy takes root among Eastern European Jews

To build a culture of giving, local charities must battle attitudes left over from the Soviet era

By Cnaan Liphshiz

October 4, 2012
2:21 am

Holocaust survivor Larisa Rakovskaya struggles to pay the bills for her Odessa apartment, but has gotten basic assistance from German reparations. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Funds for Ukrainian survivors bring high — perhaps unrealistic — hopes

Payments from Germany provide for subsistence-level living, but little more, as community fights to endure

By Cnaan Liphshiz

September 18, 2012
8:41 pm

Participants celebrating during services at the World Union for Progressive Judaism Conference of Jewish Communities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 2012. (photo credit: Diego Melamed/JTA)

Latin America’s Jewish communities flourish, despite anti-Semitism and education challenges

Venezuela is the grim exception, in a region now home to an estimated 500,000 Jews

By Diego Melamed

July 16, 2012
11:27 pm

Roger Bismuth, president of Tunisia's Jewish community. (photo credit: Kouichi Shirayanagi/JTA)

Tunisia’s court Jew?

For years the only Jewish parliamentarian anywhere in an Arabic-speaking country, Roger Bismuth has a mixed reputation

By Kouichi Shirayanagi

July 11, 2012
10:27 am

The 1965 opening of the Israel Museum, Teddy Kollek seated sixth from right (Courtesy Israel Museum)

The house that Teddy built

A touching documentary immortalizes the people who helped establish the Israel Museum

By Jessica Steinberg

May 26, 2012
9:13 pm

The Agahozo Shalom youth village in Rwanda (photo credit: DKC Public Relations/AP)

Youth Village system developed after Holocaust offers hope in Rwanda

Jewish women helping some 500 children hurt by war, famine and disease hopes the model will be replicated elsewhere

By Edith M. Lederer

May 25, 2012
6:11 pm

Prof. William Kolbrener leads a session at the recent Limmud conference in Jerusalem (photo credit: Yehoshua Halevi)

Limmud debuts in China

When Taste of Limmud China takes place June 3 near Beijing, it will be the first conference bringing together Jews living in the many isolated communities throughout the Far East

By Erica Lyons

Topic: JDC American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee