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JDC History

Best Charities for 2022

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America’s Top 100 Charities

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SPONSORED CONTENT: Hanukkah Recipes From Around The World

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SPONSORED CONTENT: My Father Is Catholic, But I’m a Proud Polish Jew

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SPONSORED CONTENT: This unique Hanukkah program celebrates a world of Jewish miracles

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JDC offers Hanukkah series showcasing Jewish life from Estonia to Latin America

In The News
October 6, 2021

Reinventing a Century of History for a Modern World

Stories
January 12, 2021

A Love Letter to Artifacts: The Treasures Housed in JDC’s Archives

Voice
May 22, 2020

Jewish American Heritage Month: President Truman Celebrates JDC

Voice
May 14, 2020

Jewish American Heritage Month: The Enduring Bond Between JDC and the USA

Voice
May 8, 2020

On the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day, Celebrating JDC’s Lifesaving Post-War Relief Effort

Voice
April 20, 2020

German Youth Encounter History Through a Shoah Survivor’s Art

In The News
June 25, 2019

The Long Legacy of the Shoah in Scandinavia

In The News
September 7, 2018

The Surprising Story Behind This Picture of Leonard Bernstein Conducting an Orchestra of Holocaust Survivors

In The News
July 5, 2018

Explore the Revamped JDC Archives Site

Voice
February 23, 2018

Real-life ‘Casablanca’ story is even more dramatic than the Hollywood classic

In The News
January 18, 2018

The Unsung, Unfinished Legacy of Isaac Giterman

In The News
December 14, 2017

A Boy Murdered for his Gelt and 4 Other Wild Hanukka Stories from the Past

In The News
October 17, 2017

I thought I knew how my family escaped the Holocaust. The truth was hidden in a Dominican town.

In The News
August 16, 2017

Why Charles Jordan’s Death Remains A Puzzling Cold War Mystery

In The News
August 14, 2017

A tropical story of diamonds and Holocaust survival in ‘Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels’

In The News
July 31, 2017

Picturing a World

In The News
June 16, 2017

A Forgotten Story: Film Delves into Cuban Diamond Industry

In The News
June 1, 2017

Take Note

In The News
April 4, 2017

Dominican Republic was WWII refuge for Jews

In The News
April 10, 2017

See Rare Footage of Post Holocaust Passover Celebrations

In The News
April 3, 2017

Covering Tyranny, The AP and Nazi Germany: 1933-1945

In The News
February 27, 2017

Did U.S. Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Doom the Passengers on the ‘St. Louis’? It’s Complicated.

In The News
February 13, 2014

New JDC Photo-Book Reveals Long Lost Einstein letter, Rare World War II-era Images

Press Releases
March 23, 2016

During World War II, U.S. Intelligence Targeted American Jews

In The News
April 15, 2016

Remembering Archivist and Warsaw Ghetto Survivor Rose Klepfisz

In The News
July 1, 2016

Rare Documents on Polish Jewish History Available Online 70 Years After Kielce Pogrom

In The News
August 3, 2016

Assorted Oddities: Receipt for a Holocaust Survivor – a Sefer Torah

In The News
November 29, 2016

$10,000 Grant for Documentary Filmmakers

In The News
January 24, 2017

JDC Joins Google Cultural Institute, Shines New Light on Jewish History

Press Releases
May 17, 2016

Forward

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March 4, 2016

1941: Mrs. Roosevelt’s Request

In The News
March 3, 2016

‘Rescue, Relief and Renewal’: Exhibit puts human face on ‘the Joint’ in Poland

In The News
January 17, 2016

1941: Relief Director Tells Plight of Jews in Europe

In The News
January 2, 2015

In Moving Memoir, Connection to JDC

Voice
November 29, 2014

A Century of Tikun Olam

In The News
October 24, 2014

Moscow Marks JDC Centennial

In The News
June 13, 2014

JDC Marks 100th At New York Exhibit

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June 12, 2014

Marilyn Kushner & Linda Levi

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June 12, 2014

Museum Chronicles 100 Years of JDC

In The News
May 5, 2014

“I Live. Send Help.”

Press Releases
April 21, 2014

A Pictorial History of Passover

In The News
April 17, 2014

The Jewish People’s 911

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March 9, 2014

‘When Jews Colonized Crimea’

In The News
March 4, 2014

Before It Was A Russian Stronghold, Crimea Was Once A Potential Jewish Homeland

In The News
December 4, 2013

JDC Kicks off 100th Anniversary in Washington DC

Press Releases
March 3, 2012

JDC Global Archives Website Brings Jewish History to Life

Press Releases
January 27, 2012

Designer Ilie Wacs Pens Memoir

In The News
January 17, 2012

Laura Margolis in the Spotlight: Portrait of a heroine in Shanghai

In The News
May 2, 2011

Social Networking The Archives

In The News
February 18, 2010

Memories of Sarajevo

Voice
December 24, 2009

In 2009, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Touched Lives, Transformed Communities

Press Releases
November 6, 2009

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Celebrates 95 Years of International Humanitarian Aid

In The News
June 29, 2009

A Wide Angle On Compassion

In The News
January 1, 2009

JDC Celebrates 95 Years of International Humanitarian Aid

Press Releases