Reuters: Mosque doubles as work haven to Israel's Bedouin women
JDC’s one-stop employment centers for Israeli Bedouin woman, located in local mosques, is featured in this Reuters story.
JDC in the News
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Forward: Tunisian Jews Seek Place in New Order
In a story on Tunisian Jewry a year and a half after the Arab Spring, JDC’s 62-year work with the Jewish community — including Jewish education and elderly care — is highlighted.
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The New York Times: Second-Generation Ethiopians in Israel March Toward Dream of Acceptance
JDC-Israel Director Arnon Mantver and program expert Tamar Lilay are featured in a piece examining the role of second generation Ethiopian-Israelis in transforming their communities and dealing with the challenges of integration into Israeli society.
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Mishpacha: When Disaster Strikes
A sweeping profile of Will Recant, JDC’s disaster relief expert, in one the the Haredi Jewish world’s leading news magazines.
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JTA: Bulgaria’s economic crisis has Jewish community facing harsh realities
JDC experts and programs are featured as part of the community-wide strategy to ensure Bulgarian Jews can survive the serious financial crisis currently rocking this Balkan nation and its Jewish community. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews have immediately supported JDC’s efforts for those hit hardest by this financial downturn.
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eJewishPhilanthropy: In an Uncertain Europe, Jewish Leaders’ Survey Reveals Much
With a new dawn in Europe in the wake of economic and political upheaval, Marcelo Dimentstein, director of the JDC-International Center for Community Development, discusses the findings of a survey on the opinions of European Jewish leadership.
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Jerusalem Post: Rebirth Under Detention
JDC Archives expert Yitzhak Teutsch is extensively quoted in a story about a project to reclaim information on the detention of Jewish refugees on the island of Cyprus after the Second World War. JDC’s vast Archives, including photos and document information, are being used by Israelis trying to reconnect to their time in these camps as children.
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Associated Press: Ohio rabbi's books tied to Holocaust survivors
JDC’s publication of the “Survivor’s Talmud” and its support for Jewish displaced persons after World War Two is highlighted in this nationally syndicated Associated Press story on a Rabbi’s purchase of rare post-war volumes of a Talmud.
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JTA: Crisis-hit Greek Jews fear for their future
In a feature story on the ongoing financial struggle facing Greece’s Jews, JDC’s critical support for rent subsidies, food, and school scholarship for members of the Athens community is mentioned.
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Cleveland Jewish News: JDC disaster relief is a light unto the nations
An op-ed by JDC’s Disaster Relief Expert Will Recant discussing JDC’s humanitarian interventions – including Haiti and Japan – in the last two years.