Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Charitable Foundation to Donate $5 Million to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
JDC today announced that The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Charitable Foundation, a Bermuda trust, will grant $5 million to help ensure the continuance of JDC’s 2008 welfare and relief programs in the former Soviet Union (FSU). The donation, coming just weeks after JDC approved a budget including a $9 million deficit for 2008, will help JDC continue to provide essential aid to over 100,000 Jewish elderly in more than 3,000 cities in the FSU who are not eligible for restitution funding. The donation marks a major, unprecedented increase in contributions received by JDC from European Jews to meet the needs of fellow Jews and complements the estimated $90 million received by JDC from the Federation system of North America annually.