The Jewish Week: Japan Jews Staying Put As Relief Funds
Interviews with JDC's disaster relief expert William Recant and JDC's Japan Representative Philip Rosenberg on Jewish relief efforts in Japan.
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CNN: Japan Tsunami aid and relief
Roundup story on Japan relief efforts noting JDC's immediate work on the island in the wake of the tsunami.
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JTA: A Jewish community president who can't be called to the Torah? Meet Bulgaria's Alex Osca
A feature on the Alex Oscar, president of the Bulgarian Jewish community, and a graduate of JDC vanguard leadership programs for young Jews in Eastern Europe.
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Asian Jewish Life: How I Moved to India and Rediscovered my Judaism
Op-ed by Jeanine Buzali, a JDC Jewish Service Corps volunteer, reflecting on her experience in India working with one of the world's most historic Jewish communties.
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Washington Jewish Week: Teach for Israel aims to reform sub-education in Jewish state
An interview with Asaf Banner, director of Teach First Israel, a JDC joint venture seeking to improved Israel's educational system by employing top Israeli graduates as teachers in underperforming classrooms.
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eJewishPhilanthropy: Haiti - Why We Do What We Do
Op-ed by JDC CEO Steven Schwager lauding the Jewish response to the earthquake in Haiti and describing JDC's robust relief program that has benefitted more than 250,000 people.
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The New York Times: Haiti's Recovery
Letter to the Editor from JDC's CEO Steve Schwager describing the humanitarian organization's critical work with disabled Haitian earthquake victims one year later.
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The New York Jewish Week: Will Mobile Giving Take Off In The Jewish World?
Over the course of the past year, a group of volunteers affiliated with The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) Next Gen initiative has been looking into launching a mobile giving campaign. When an earthquake devastated Haiti last month, suddenly the race was on to get it up and running immediately. JDC announced its text-to-donate campaign at “Help Haiti Now,” an emergency benefit held Jan. 19 at a popular music venue. The entire setup process took less than 48 hours after choosing a provider, says Sarah Eisenman, JDC’s director of next generation and service initiatives.
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The Columbus Dispatch: Students Rally to Help Haitians
The daily images and news out of Haiti are inspiring central Ohioans to jump in and get involved -- even if that means going face first. Matthew Rodier, a seventh-grader at Columbus Torah Academy, was looking for a service project for his March bar mitzvah when the earthquake occurred. "I was in the car with my dad on the way to tae kwon do and we came up with the idea to have a demonstration to raise money," said Matthew, who earned his black belt in the martial art in October. The Matthew Rodier Bar Mitzvah Project and Tae Kwon Do Demonstration: All proceeds go to the American Joint Distribution Committee, funding operations at a field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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The Jewish Exponent: The Reward Comes in the Form of Accomplishing the Work Itself
Millions of lives -- and the future of a tiny nation -- are still in jeopardy. No, we're not talking about Israel, but Haiti -- that small, impoverished island nation. Within hours of a catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti last week, Israel and the United States led the way in rescue and recovery. JDC is providing food, water and other material support for EcoWorks and the Afya Foundation, aiding the work of Paul Farmer's Partners in Health. It is also supporting medical services through Heart to Heart International and the IDF field hospital, which JDC furnished with infant incubators and orthopedic devices.