Building Community Through Volunteers in Jewish Mumbai
Tahl Mayer, JDC Entwine’s 2012-2013 Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Mumbai, India has joined the local Jewish Community Center (JCC) to spearhead a new youth leadership and engagement initiative.
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Jewish Education in Istanbul Paves Way for Community’s Future
Rafi came to Ulus as a first-grader, but after his parents divorced and finances for his single mom grew thin, he wasn’t sure he’d be able to remain there to complete his education—even though he anticipated the incredible opportunities it could offer him.
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Nourishing Jewish Connection Across Asia’s Communities
Stacy Palestrant is originally from Phoenix, Arizona where she grew up affiliated with the Jewish Conservative movement. But for the past four and a half years she and her family have lived in Beijing, China, where they are equally involved in both the local Chabad and the “unaffiliated” community, Kehilat Beijing. Her daughters, ages 5 and 3, speak fluent Chinese, Hebrew, and English; and she believes that just as being proficient in multiple languages helps people traveling from one country to the next, fluency in diverse forms of Jewish expression holds advantages for Jews traversing different communities.
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Recovery for Japanese Elderly, One Stitch at a Time
Ms. Saito is among tens of thousands of people living in transitional shelters as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami that pummeled the east coast of the country in March 2011. While JDC's initial phase relief brought the disaster victims emergency aid like food, water, and blankets, the protracted situation of those who lost everything—family, homes, livelihoods, and community—necessitated a different kind of intervention.
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Enterprising Community Leader Mirrors the New Dynamism of Turkey’s Young Jews
Lisi, a 29-year-old volunteer organizer in Turkey, says, “Our community is small, but our potential is enormous.” Find out how JDC’s leadership training helped her recruit hundreds of unaffiliated young people to Istanbul’s Jewish community.
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Young Leader Brings Jewish Inspiration Home to India
Despite the challenges of growing up Jewish in Mumbai, Meirah’s family ensured she’d have a strong Jewish identity. Find out how JDC’s leadership training programs empowered this dynamite community leader.
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A Healing Hug from Israel to Japan
When missile fire started to escalate in their border town during the Second Lebanon War, seven-year-old Dan handed his younger sister his Hibuki doll to ensure that she wouldn’t be afraid. Now, find out how JDC’s cutting-edge trauma treatment program is helping children in post-tsunami Japan cope in the wake of their tragedy.
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How I Moved to India and Rediscovered My Judaism
Former JDC Jewish Service Corps fellow Jeanine Buzali takes us on her personal Jewish journey in India. And see the faces of the future of Mumbai’s Bene Israel community in Asian Jewish Life.
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Indian Rosh Hashanah and Other Jewish Traditions
JDC has helped the Bene Israelis a lot, especially in bringing them closer. JDC supports the community’s Jewish holiday celebrations, which includes sending people (through the JDC-supported Evelyn Peters Jewish Community Center in Mumbai) to conduct High Holiday services and seders in villages with synagogues such as Pen, Panvel, Alibag, and Nagaon.