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JDC Hanukkah candle-lightings and other online programs are geared to connect Jews worldwide as the coronavirus pandemic reaches an especially dark period, December 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Hanukkah candle-lighting on Facebook, events on Zoom to connect Jews worldwide

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As a way to connect Jews of all ages during the height of the global coronavirus pandemic, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is inviting people to join on Facebook and unite with...
Staff and volunteers with the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) distribute food packages to the Jewish community in Kishinev, Moldova. Credit: Courtesy.

JDC names Ariel Zwang as agency’s new CEO

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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) announced Ariel Zwang as its next CEO, the first woman to hold this position in the organization’s history. Zwang currently serves as CEO of Safe Horizon, one of...

On Simchat Torah: Lessons from Liudmila, a pandemic sage

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As we are about to celebrate Simchat Torah—a holiday defined by its communal gatherings, and the critical importance of physical proximity and traditions like dancing with the Torah—I find myself thinking of the Talmudic...
JDC volunteers delivered food packages to seniors prior to the start of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 18, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Communities worldwide celebrate New Year amid pandemic with help of JDC

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In the face of a new, socially distant pandemic reality, thousands of Jews worldwide managed to enjoy JDC-supported holiday programming for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Nearly 9,000 elderly Jews in the former Soviet...
JDC volunteers safely deliver matzah to elderly Jews in locations around the former Soviet Union, including in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, home to the country's largest Jewish community, April 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

JDC deploys digital Passover resources to connect global Jewish communities

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To connect the global Jewish community for its first Passover in the age of social distancing, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, is deploying special online and digital holiday tools to help...
Alex Weisler and Asya Shmushkevich Credit: JDC.

An Esther for our times

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“Was it useful?” That was Asya Shmushkevich’s question last spring as I played her the video on my phone. Two years earlier, I’d interviewed her to spotlight the quiet crisis of tens of thousands of...
Song sessions, dancing and art workshops are part of the three-day American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) sixth annual Active Jewish Teens (AJT) Conference in Liev from Nov. 7-10, 2019, as they were last year (pictured). Credit: JDC.

Hundreds gather in Kiev for JDC’s Active Jewish Teens sixth annual conference

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More than 400 Jewish teens from around the world are gathering for American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) sixth annual Active Jewish Teens (AJT) Conference in Kiev this weekend to celebrate their growing role...
More than 8,500 poor, elderly Jews from in the former Soviet Union will receive a special holiday package of food and traditional holiday items for Rosh Hashanah, including honey, September 2016. Credit: JDC.

Thousands to celebrate Rosh Hashanah at JDC events from India to Morocco

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Thousands of Jews from emerging, established and ancient Jewish communities around the world will be celebrating Rosh Hashanah at scores of JDC events, including concerts, workshops, volunteer opportunities, trainings and cultural performances. As part of...
More than 250 Jewish volunteers and professionals joined together in Kiev, Ukraine, to participate in the JDC’s largest-ever conference on promoting Jewish communal responsibility and identity, held from May 17-19, 2019. Credit: JDC.

Conference in Kiev for JDC volunteers focuses on Jewish responsibility and identity

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More than 250 Jewish volunteers and professionals from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s regional volunteer center network joined together in Kiev, Ukraine, for expert presentations, educational sessions and team-building exercises aimed at strengthening...
Warm bedding is delivered to Svetlana M. in Babruysk, Belarus, from a representative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s Hesed Social Welfare Center. Credit: JDC.

As winter weather batters populations worldwide, JDC calls for aid efforts

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As extreme weather sweeps across the United States and Europe, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee urges the public to support local and global winter efforts that aid poor populations. JDC has provided such...