JDC’s Family of Sites 

Ashalim
Ashalim (Association for the Planning and Development of Services for Children and Youth at Risk and their Families) was established to help Israeli children and youth at risk of abuse or neglect to grow up in nurturing families and communities, to improve their lives, and, ultimately, to reduce this tragic situation in society. This is a unique partnership of JDC-Israel, Israel’s government, and the UJA/Federation of New York.

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village
A special project of JDC, the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda is a supportive and nurturing home where teenagers orphaned by genocide, AIDS, and other causes can heal, learn, and experience opportunity for a new future.

JDC-ELKA
In Israel, JDC-ELKA (Association for the Development and Advancement of Manpower in the Social Services in Israel) works to enhance the management skills of senior professionals and policy makers in the public and non-profit sectors. By improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Israel’s social service infrastructure, JDC-ELKA hopes to improve the quality of life for Israel’s citizens.

JDC-ESHEL
As a joint venture between JDC-Israel and the government of Israel, ESHEL (Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel) has been at the forefront of the planning and development of services for Israel’s older population.

JDC-ISRAEL
From 1914 to 1948, JDC provided welfare and social assistance for members of the Yishuv (Jewish settlers in what was then Palestine), and its pioneering social services helped create the foundation for the nascent Jewish state. Today, JDC’s Israel operation remains at the cutting edge of public policy innovation. JDC-Israel seeks to enhance the quality of life for Israel’s vulnerable populations—including children, youth, and families at risk; struggling immigrant populations; the elderly; and the disabled—by developing innovative programs to meet these groups’ most acute needs. Current priorities include JDC-proposed Keeping the Children Safe initiatives under the Israel Emergency Campaign, which are helping reduce Israeli children’s exposure to terrorist attack by providing after-school and summer camp programs that keep children off high-risk streets and away from city centers.

JDC Leatid Europe
The European Center for Jewish Leadership is a non-profit organization offering training programs and resources for Jewish community leaders.

JDC Leatid Latin America
The Latin American Center for Jewish Leadership is a non-profit organization offering training programs and resources for Jewish community leaders.

JDC International Centre for Community Development
The JDC International Centre for Community Development is JDC’s new research, and policy facility designed to deepen understanding of Jewish community policy and to strengthen JDC’s practice in the field. Based in Oxford, England, it performs applied research in the areas of contemporary Jewish identity and community, conducts high-level training seminars for practitioners and community professionals, and collects and communicates existing knowledge based on the rich experiences of JDC and other Jewish community professionals throughout the world. It draws its expert faculty and researchers from a number of renowned academic institutions, including the University of Oxford’s Said Business School and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

JewishPrograms.org
JewishPrograms.org is a family of three Web-based resource centers created by JDC Europe: www.Morim.org and www.Madrichim.org are educational resource centers providing a comprehensive gamut of creative and innovative programs for all ages and intended for use by professionals who work in classroom environments, camps, youth movements, and other educational frameworks. The third, www.JCCenters.org, offers programs and resources for community professionals on a panoply of pertinent topics, including best practices and services for programs, Jewish issues, buildings and infrastructure, management, and communication.

Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute
The institute is Israel’s leading center for applied research on human services and has seven major divisions: Aging, Health Policy, Immigrant Absorption, Disability, Center for Children and Youth, Special Crosscutting Programs, and International Cooperation. The institute is an independent, non-profit organization operating as a partnership between JDC and the government of Israel.

Ronald S. Lauder Foundation/AJJDC International Jewish Summer Camp
Every summer, this camp in Szarvas, Hungary, welcomes over 2,000 Jewish campers from over 20 countries.

Taub Center for Social Policy Studies
The Taub Center is an independent, non-partisan research institute funded primarily by JDC. The Taub Center helps Israeli policy makers identify strategic social developments and formulate appropriate actions and policies to improve the well-being of Israel’s population.

Other Special Organizations 

Conference for Material Claims against Germany
The claims conference is JDC’s major partner in providing welfare services for needy elderly Jewish victims of Nazi persecution in the former Soviet republics as well as in Eastern Europe.

InterAction
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. JDC is one of more than 160 members operating in every developing country and working to overcome poverty, exclusion, and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all.

Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues is a diverse, broad-based coalition composed of approximately 70 North American Jewish organizations, foundations, federations, and private philanthropists who are committed to the welfare of Israel and support the Jewish state’s right to a secure and peaceful existence. Members of the task force are proud of the democratic, sovereign state of the Jewish people and support Israel’s Declaration of Independence, including the article that promises social and political equality for all inhabitants—Jews and Arabs alike. The task force, which educates North American Jewry on majority/minority relations in Israel, is led by an executive committee composed of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Brian Lurie, the New Israel Fund, and UJA-Federation of New York.

Jewish Coalition for Service
The Jewish Coalition for Service is a network of Jewish service organizations that provides opportunities for Jewish youths and adults to engage in tikkun olam—repair of the world—including JDC’s Jewish Service Corps and JDC’s Ralph I. Goldman Fellowship.

Jewish Funders Network
The Jewish Funders Network brings together Jews, nationally and regionally, who seek to make philosophically and strategically sound funding decisions.

Jewish Healthcare International
Jewish Healthcare International is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian coalition of healthcare professionals dedicated to improving the quality of and access to medical services for at-risk communities.

The Jewish Federations of North America
The Jewish Federations of North America represents 157 Jewish Federations & 400 independent Jewish communities. The Federation movement, collectively among the top 10 charities on the continent, protects and enhances the well-being of Jews worldwide through the values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (charity and social justice) and Torah (Jewish learning).

World Jewish Relief
World Jewish Relief is a British humanitarian aid charity. It is dedicated to saving the lives of Jewish individuals and the life of Jewish communities, wherever the needs are greatest.

Swiss Banks Settlement
The Swiss Banks Settlement is a $1.25-billion settlement of lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors in U.S. courts against certain Swiss banks and other Swiss entities. The settlement agreement was signed on January 26, 1999, and it has been implemented under the auspices of Judge Edward R. Korman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The settlement agreement created five classes of claimants eligible under the settlement—Jews, Roma, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and disabled persons—and five categories of claims: Deposited Assets Class, Slave Labor Class I, Refugee Class, Slave Labor Class II, and Looted Assets Class.

11th Meeting of Leaders from Latin American and Caribbean Institutions and Communities
The 11th Meeting of Leaders from Latin American and Caribbean Institutions and Communities joins volunteer and professional leaders from Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, and Israel. The meeting will be held from Wednesday, May 6, to Sunday, May 10, 2009, at the Hotel Hilton Cartagena in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. This unique event allows participants to think about and seek concrete answers to dilemmas and challenges faced by the Jewish people in terms of the complex realities of today’s world. The Organizing Committee is made up of members of Montefiori Israeli Association of Bogotá, the Israeli Philanthropic Center of Barranquilla, the Israeli Center of Bogotá, and the Hebrew Sephardic Community of Bogotá. These institutions will organize the activity jointly with JDC.

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