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JDC American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
A woodworking class in the trade school established and funded by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee at a Cyprus detention camp in 1947. (Courtesy JDC Archives via JTA)
February 14, 2018, 9:41 pm
JDC dedicates home for century of historical records
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee archives span from 1914 to present and include over 3 miles of documents, 100,000 photographs and 6,000 books
By JTA
Head of the volunteer department, Alla Shakhova, left, with volunteer Adrianna Golubka, right, at the Halom Jewish Community Center in Kiev, Ukraine, September 8, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
November 3, 2017, 5:56 am
Kiev’s American-style JCC gives low-income Jews the millionaire treatment
From the subsidized daycare to the lobby WiFi, the Halom center provides luxuries usually reserved for the wealthy in one of the former Soviet Union's poorest countries
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Olga Levus started a single mothers' group which eventually became the Jewish Family Service in Moldova. (Courtesy of JDC/via JTA)
March 13, 2017, 4:04 am
How a single mom revolutionized Moldova’s Jewish community
To survive with her three sons, a nearly destitute Olga Levus formed a small support group, which eventually evolved into the JDCs local Jewish Family Service
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A volunteer delivering hygiene relief kits to Macedonians affected by a devastating flood that hit the region in August 2016. (Courtesy of JDC.JTA)
August 20, 2016, 4:05 am
Jews lend a hand to help Balkan flood victims
Macedonia’s tiny Jewish community, JDC distribute aid throughout country; torrential rain has left 17 people dead in capital Skopje
By JTA
American rapper Kosha Dillz performing at the Tempel Synagogue during Night of the Synagogues in Krakow, Poland, on June 4, 2016. (Ruth Ellen Gruber)
June 6, 2016, 10:13 pm
In Krakow, Night of the Synagogues bolsters Jewish pride
Houses of worship transformed to house art exhibits, concerts and movie showings in one-night mini-festival organized by community leaders
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies conference co-chair Phyllis Grossman at a Jewish cemetery in Osova Ukraine, 2015 (Sergiy Omelchukl)
May 17, 2016, 12:59 am
Who’s your daddy? Conference traces Jewish DNA back to Holy Land
Founders of this year's IAJGS forum in Seattle, WA, promise even newcomers will geek out about discovering their genetic history
By Janis Siegel
David Schizer speaks at Ono Academic College in Israel, June 18, 2012 (screen capture: YouTube)
May 13, 2016, 11:03 am
JDC taps former Columbia Law dean as CEO
David Schizer to take helm of Jewish Joint Distribution Committee on Jan. 1, 2017, pending approval by aid group's board
By JTA
Participants in activities at the Szarvas summer camp in Hungary, August 2014. (Courtesy of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)
April 16, 2016, 6:04 am
In Hungary, a summer camp creates Jewish leaders — and couples
Since its founding by the JDC in 1990, Szarvas has given over 20,000 alumni from more than 30 countries a rare opportunity to meet and mingle with European Jewish youth
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Photograph by Roman Vishniac of Jewish schoolchildren in Mukacevo, Eastern Europe, in the 1930s. (© Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography)
March 27, 2016, 4:14 am
Exhibit shows new works by iconic photographer who immortalized pre-WWII Jewry
Roman Vishniac retrospective at San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum includes never-before-seen footage of 1939 Poland
By Lisa Klug
Benjamin Amsellem, right, a Jewish teacher stabbed by a 15-year-old with a machete who claimed Islamic State inspiration, speaks to the press as he leaves the main police headquarters in Marseille, southeastern France, January 12, 2016. (AFP/ BORIS HORVAT)
March 1, 2016, 6:19 pm
40% of Europe’s Jewish leaders say anti-Semitism a threat to Jewish life
But alienation from communal life, weakening status of Jewish organizations and demographic decline ranked as more serious threats
By JTA and TOI staff
Refugees and migrants arrive on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Lesbos, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
February 12, 2016, 6:01 am
Refugees in Greece get medical aid from Jewish-funded group
New York-based Ayfa Foundation has sent a shipping container full of supplies to help doctors on island of Lesbos treat migrants
By JTA
Jakob Finci, head of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Jewish community, in his Sarajevo office (Anne Joseph/The Times of Israel)
November 28, 2015, 2:06 am
In post-war Bosnia, Jews celebrate 450 years of survival
Living in a country once marred by sectarian conflict, Jewish leader Jakob Finci says his 1,000-strong community 'feels safe' 20 years after the end of the Bosnian War
By Anne Joseph
Demonstrators hold placards as pass the Houses of Parliament during a pro-refugee rally in central London on September 12, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS)
September 17, 2015, 5:08 pm
5 things you can do to help the refugee crisis
Wrapping up your leftover pot roast won't do any good, but here are some pointers from Jewish aid organizations on how to assist on the ground
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
JDC volunteer Vladimir packing bags of food intended for clients. Vladimir, who isn't Jewish, remained in Slavyansk helping JDC clients throughout the fighting. He delivered food to clients in small bags to reduce detectability and possible confiscation. (JDC, August 2014)
September 16, 2015, 10:51 pm
Russia lists JDC-funded cultural group among ‘foreign agents’
Jewish organization Hesed-Tshuva among hundreds of NGOs registered as engaging in 'political activity' by Moscow
By JTA
Dr. Georgette Bennett, head of the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, with a family in Jordan's Za'arati refugee camp in February 2015. (courtesy)
September 8, 2015, 9:27 pm
With world watching refugees, Jewish coalition sees chance to boost aid
Long hampered by lack of funds, international Jewish relief organizations hope to draw empathy -- and donations -- for new programs in Europe
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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