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The Jewish Voice and Herald: Our Jewish community contributes to a rousing Limud Keshet in Poland

Julian Swalter, now 17, found out he was Jewish when he was 10. Larysa vanBeek and Marcjanna Kubala were 13 before they found out they were Jewish. All three of these teens are Polish, and all three are involved in the growing Jewish community in Poland. We met them all last weekend at Limud Keshet in Warsaw, a weekend-long program of Jewish learning. JFRI’s Community Development Committee (CDC) made the decision last year to allocate funding to this program, operated by the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). The support our Jewish community has offered to the Polish Jewish community through the JDC is having a significant impact.
October 30, 2009
The Jewish Voice and Herald: Jewish charities on Top 400 list: See how they ranked

Julian Swalter, now 17, found out he was Jewish when he was 10. Larysa vanBeek and Marcjanna Kubala were 13 before they found out they were Jewish. All three of these teens are Polish, and all three are involved in the growing Jewish community in Poland. We met them all last weekend at Limud Keshet in Warsaw, a weekend-long program of Jewish learning. JFRI’s Community Development Committee (CDC) made the decision last year to allocate funding to this program, operated by the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). The support our Jewish community has offered to the Polish Jewish community through the JDC is having a significant impact.
October 27, 2009
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Philanthropy 400

The 400 biggest charities offer a bellwether that suggests giving will drop sharply in 2009. Among the top 100 … the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
October 26, 2009
JTA: Michael Steinhardt Joins Board of JDC-Taub Center

Michael Steinhardt has joined the board of the JDC-Taub Center for Social Policy. The center, founded in 1982 by American the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, provides the country's leading policy makers and general public with overarching socio-economic perspective, together with long-term strategic analyses and appraisals of policy options in the economic and social spheres, according to the JDC.
October 26, 2009
The Jerusalem Post: Despite new resources, many trafficking victims go unidentified

Despite new legislation aimed at tackling human trafficking and increased resources to help victims, many people brought to Israel for forced labor or the sex industry remain unknown, according Ilan Cohn, senior program officer for the Center for International Migration and Integration (CIMI). CIMI is a joint effort of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the Justice Ministry with funding from the European Council and kicked off the first of five workshops Wednesday aimed at teaching officials from the Israel Police and the ministries of Justice, Interior, Health, Welfare and Social Services and Public Security to better recognize the victims and help them.
October 14, 2009
BBC Middle East: Israel sends aid to flood-stricken Burkina Faso

The Foreign Ministry's international aid department - MASHAV - together with JDC Israel sent humanitarian aid to Burkina Faso following heavy flooding. Special aid was sent last week by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC Israel) to Burkina Faso. The West African country is suffering from a severe humanitarian crisis, due to recent floods, and hundreds of thousands of people have become refugees in their own country.
October 13, 2009
Jerusalem Post: NGOs Lead Israel’s Relief Efforts in the Philippines

Over the last four days, delegation of six Israeli volunteers has treated over 600 typhoon victims for water related diseases in the Philippines, according to IsraAID, the coalition of Jewish and Israeli NGOs providing relief work and education abroad. The workers members of the Fast Israeli Rescue Search Team (FIRST) arrived in the Philippines on Saturday morning. FIRST, which is part of IsraAID, has also received support from …The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
October 13, 2009
Jewish News of Southeastern Virginia: JDC Opens Relief Box

JDC has opened a mailbox for a non-sectarian basis for relief efforts following two earthquake-related disasters in the Asia Pacific region: in the tsunami-wracked Samoan islands and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra; as well as the Tropical Storm Parma, which strengthened to a typhoon and two cyclones in the Philippines, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless.
October 12, 2009
Australian Jewish News: Community Gives Aid For Disaster Relief

With the region reeling from the aftermath of earthquakes in Indonesia, quakes and tsunamis in Samoa, and a typhoon in the Philippines, Jewish Aid Australia (JAA) is urging its supporters to help with emergency efforts. The community is working with Jewish Aid Australia and Mazon, as well as seeking to combine with the wonderful efforts of the Joint Distribution Committee, which has already pledged significant financial resources to help provide aid and assistance in the rebuilding process.
October 8, 2009
JTA: JDC Collects Money for Quake Victims in Asia

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is collecting funds on a non-sectarian basis for relief efforts following two earthquake-related disasters in the Asia Pacific region. The JDC is raising to help the tsunami-wracked Samoan islands and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, as well as the Philippines, where tropical storm Parma strengthened to a typhoon and two cyclones, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. For more information check the JDC's Web site.
October 2, 2009

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JDC in the News

The Jewish Voice and Herald: Our Jewish community contributes to a rousing Limud Keshet in Poland

The Jewish Voice and Herald: Jewish charities on Top 400 list: See how they ranked

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Philanthropy 400

JTA: Michael Steinhardt Joins Board of JDC-Taub Center

The Jerusalem Post: Despite new resources, many trafficking victims go unidentified

BBC Middle East: Israel sends aid to flood-stricken Burkina Faso

Jerusalem Post: NGOs Lead Israel’s Relief Efforts in the Philippines

Jewish News of Southeastern Virginia: JDC Opens Relief Box

Australian Jewish News: Community Gives Aid For Disaster Relief

JTA: JDC Collects Money for Quake Victims in Asia

JDC, Cookies, and Your Privacy

JDC in the News

The Jewish Voice and Herald: Our Jewish community contributes to a rousing Limud Keshet in Poland

The Jewish Voice and Herald: Jewish charities on Top 400 list: See how they ranked

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Philanthropy 400

JTA: Michael Steinhardt Joins Board of JDC-Taub Center

The Jerusalem Post: Despite new resources, many trafficking victims go unidentified

BBC Middle East: Israel sends aid to flood-stricken Burkina Faso

Jerusalem Post: NGOs Lead Israel’s Relief Efforts in the Philippines

Jewish News of Southeastern Virginia: JDC Opens Relief Box

Australian Jewish News: Community Gives Aid For Disaster Relief

JTA: JDC Collects Money for Quake Victims in Asia

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