JDC Voices Blog
UN Event Brings JDC, Israel Partnership for the Elderly to the Forefront
When you think of the elderly living in senior living facilities, do the words “vibrant” and “exciting” immediately come to mind? If they didn’t before, they will after seeing the New Look at Aging photo exhibition, a collection featuring original, colorful, and compelling photos of active seniors from Israeli photographer Oren Biran.
My Grandmother’s JDC Story
I'm grateful to JDC for having such an important mission and working hard to help Jews around the world like, once upon a time, my grandmother.
Forging Hungary’s Jewish Future
The support of American Jews, at this crucial times are so needed and so greatly appreciated by those of us who understand well the realities – both the challenges and the opportunities – in Hungary right now.
Holli Rafkin-Sax: My introduction to JDC
My route to JDC was less direct than others I assume. I came from a very reform Jewish family in Boston area where history and tradition were important but we were not very observant.
JDC Entwine Trip Participants Celebrate Lag B’Omer Moroccan Style
This past weekend marked Lag B’Omer, the thirty-third day of the Omer, a light-hearted Jewish holiday that marks a break in the mourning customs associated with the counting of the seven-week period from Passover to Shavuot. Jews traditionally celebrate the holiday with outings, bonfires, weddings, and other community ceremonies.
What My Trip to Russia Meant to Me
We left Moscow at the crack of dawn this morning and headed out for a trek to the edge of Siberia to a town called Yekaterinburg. There are about 62,000 Jews in this rural central region of Russia, which comprises about 20% of Russia's territory. This includes some 11,000 elderly Jews (many of whom are Holocaust survivors) that JDC supports with food, shelter, and medical assistance. JDC is also active in helping organize and sustain the Jewish community, including a variety of youth programs
My Thoughts After Visiting Cuba with JDC Ambassadors
I have known about and spoken about the amazing work JDC does on behalf of the Jews all over the world, but not until a recent trip with JDC Ambassadors to visit the Jewish Community in Cuba was I was able to witness the rebirth of a Jewish community first hand
JDC and Partners Bring Trees, Books to Filipino School
As people around the world gear up to celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 22nd, the recent work that JDC, the Jewish Association of the Philippines (JAP), and Israel did by planting trees to absorb flood waters still present at the Mambusao Elementary School in the Philippines has important resonance.
Healthy Parenting Transforms Israeli Families
The program helps families change old habits, make new healthier lifestyle choices and achieve their family goals.
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