June 10, 2013
4:59 am

Rose Goteiner believes that her sister, Ruth Konigsberg, is shown in the middle of the bottom row of this 1946 photograph taken in Amsterdam. (photo credit: Courtesy American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Global Archives/JTA)

Photo brings desperate hope for a Holocaust miracle

Is Ruth Konigstein the little girl in a 1946 photograph? Her big sister Rose is certain she is. So where is Ruth today?

By Hillel Kuttler

June 10, 2013
3:41 am

Budapest eyes ‘kosh’ sandwich record

Thousands to attend city’s Judafest, view construction of 7-foot snack

May 16, 2013
10:20 am

Stanley Abramowitz, longtime JDC relief worker, dies at 93

Was working in the former Soviet Union until last year

March 18, 2013
6:27 pm

Hungary honors Jewish academic, accused anti-Semites

Awards to controversial newscaster and archaeologist seen as gesture to nation’s ascendant far-right

March 8, 2013
6:08 am

Participants of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's (JDC) Second International Women's Leadership Workshop in Israel this week (photo credit: Ofir Ben Natan, JDC Israel)

Can women ‘have it all’?

In Israel, 17 international development leaders explore what it means, in real life, to be a woman and a social leader

By Michal Shmulovich

February 19, 2013
9:57 am

An Ethiopian Israeli, who asked not to be identified, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem on February 4, 2012 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Ethiopian birth control revelations ignite debate

Government accused of deliberate effort to curb Ethiopian birth rate, but many see only negligence

By Tia Goldenberg

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

Topic: JDC American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee