JDC Voices Blog
Odessa Horse Therapy Program Helps Children In Need
13 year-old Egor is one of five at-risk Ukrainian Jewish children with special needs from the Odessa community who recently visited the city's Horse Club for a special therapy program.
Celebrating Shabbat Together in Turkey
Our Shabbat event was amazing! We had so much fun. I got the idea when I was sent to a Tzeadim Yesod training program in Jerusalem, and we went to an amazing Kabbalat Shabbat event. I wanted to have an experience like that in my community, and we did it! Now we have people celebrating -- congratulating us, saying they didn't understand the concept before and asking when we'll hold another one. I'm so happy.
From the CEO: Memory in Action – Elie Wiesel, JDC in Poland
The persistence, and power, of memory in Jewish life is undeniable. It is a driver of many great achievements and gives us pause when brazen acts of inhumanity interrupt our daily routines in the form of terrorism, hate, and persecution.
Remembering Elie Wiesel
The death of Elie Wiesel has hit me particularly hard, as my last surviving uncle is only one year younger and ill. The last survivors of the Holocaust are dying and as a child of survivors, I feel as though we are losing the connection to that Jewish world that was destroyed by the Holocaust.
NYC Interfaith Volunteer Effort for Syrian Refugees Underscores Partnership for JDC
For three years now, the civil war raging in Syria has produced millions of refugees fleeing violence, presenting a global humanitarian challenge to nations in Europe, the Middle East, and beyond.
JDC Participates in “Israel Opens Doors” Exhibit
In the heart of Russia's capital city, in the Manezh exhibition hall, the 'Israel Opens Doors' exhibit -- running through June 12 -- celebrates the 25th anniversary of the resurrection of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Jewish state. JDC's 'Privilege to Help' project is a key component of the presentation.
Entwined: Me, Sabah and JDC
Growing up as the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor always seemed normal. Just like the slight Polish accent I couldn't detect or the fact that my 100-year-old grandfather exercised every morning, none of it seemed weird, special, or out of the ordinary. As I grew up I learned that my grandfather and his life were not normal or ordinary at all. Everyone didn't have a Holocaust-surviving, money-donating, business-growing, daily-exercising, 17-grandchildren-loving, or book-writing grandfather, or Sabah as I called him.
World Humanitarian Summit Reflections
Sam Amiel, JDC's Senior Program Director, International Development Program and Asia/Africa Region, discusses his participation in the first-ever UN World Humanitarian Summit, an event bringing together global organizations to share best practices related to improving humanitarian aid.
On the Ground in Ecuador, Delivering Critical Aid
More than a week after the devastating earthquake in Ecuador, JDC and its partners are providing aid to hundreds of people, including food, water, medical equipment and supplies, water filters and purification tablets, solar panel lamps, and post-trauma kits for children.
NFTE Takes Bite Out Of Big Apple
Living in Jerusalem, 17-year-old Yaron Ohayon cares for his elderly father when he isn't in school. Before enrolling in the Amal Lady Davis High School, Yaron dropped out of four other schools.
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