JDCOUR WORKNEWSGET INVOLVEDABOUT USTHE JDC ARCHIVESJDC VOICES A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the current JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA For Immediate Release – The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT For Immediate Release – New York, NY – The Board of Directors of JDC, the global Jewish humanitarian organization, elected Mark Sisisky as its next President, a position he will assume in February 2020. TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center (JCC)—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi.More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by WORLD WAR II REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS With the rise of Nazism, JDC spearheaded an intensive emigration effort, working to identify escape routes and safe havens. It helped refugees obtain visas and transport, provided assistance en route, and aided many once they reached their destinations. HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES The Fred and Ellen Lewis Fellowship. The Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship was established in 2011 with a generous gift to the JDC Archives from the estate of Ellen Lewis, a longtime JDC employee who worked for JDC from 1947 – 1985.One (1) or two (2) fellowships will be awarded each year to deserving scholars engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to JDCOUR WORKNEWSGET INVOLVEDABOUT USTHE JDC ARCHIVESJDC VOICES A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the current JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA For Immediate Release – The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT For Immediate Release – New York, NY – The Board of Directors of JDC, the global Jewish humanitarian organization, elected Mark Sisisky as its next President, a position he will assume in February 2020. TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center (JCC)—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi.More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by WORLD WAR II REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS With the rise of Nazism, JDC spearheaded an intensive emigration effort, working to identify escape routes and safe havens. It helped refugees obtain visas and transport, provided assistance en route, and aided many once they reached their destinations. HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES The Fred and Ellen Lewis Fellowship. The Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship was established in 2011 with a generous gift to the JDC Archives from the estate of Ellen Lewis, a longtime JDC employee who worked for JDC from 1947 – 1985.One (1) or two (2) fellowships will be awarded each year to deserving scholars engaged in graduate level, post-doctoral, or independent study to

JDC

A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the current

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A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the current

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Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. THROUGH TRAVELS WITH JDC, CONNECTING MY FAMILY TO THE In November 2019, Fred and I were lucky enough to attend the opening ceremony of the Active Jewish Teens (AJT) conference in Ukraine. AJT was founded in 2014 by local teens and JDC, and it’s powered by a partnership with the Genesis Philanthropy Group and part of the BBYO

global movement.

THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP JDC is the leading, global Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish future, and lead the Jewish community’s response to crises. GLOBAL JEWISH REFLECTIONS I found holiness in Jerusalem, too, where I had the amazing opportunity to join an Entwine group from Michigan. Together we stood, shoulder-to-shoulder, overlooking East Jerusalem and sharing falafel sushi on a food tour in the shuk (marketplace). I realized that WORLD WAR II REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS With the rise of Nazism, JDC spearheaded an intensive emigration effort, working to identify escape routes and safe havens. It helped refugees obtain visas and transport, provided assistance en route, and aided many once they reached their destinations. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF CYPRUS During the summer of 1946, the British Mandate in Palestine had to address the problem of an increasing number of illegal immigrants. Most were Holocaust survivors who were trying to start a new life in a new country, only to encounter locked gates.

FINDING AID

Series: General Extent: 9 files The General series consists of correspondence, memoranda, cables, and reports, detailing a range of events in the region, such as: reactions to the riots in Aden following the United Nations partition vote in November 1947 (including a map of damage incurred); staff member Harry Viteles’ three trips to Aden; thank you cables received from assistees of JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, EMIGRATION, 1949 Item ID : 675920 : Title : Germany, Emigration, 1949 : Scope and Content : Monthly narrative and statistical reports (incomplete), including numbers of emigrants JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

by

CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, EMIGRATION, 1949 Germany, Emigration, 1949. Monthly narrative and statistical reports (incomplete), including numbers of emigrants, means of transport, destinations; some emigrants’ names. Cables on departures of ships, flights. Miscellaneous on prospects, problems of immigration to Israel. Press release (June 2, 1949) on first emigration of Jews from

Berlin

HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and JDC - ARCHIVES : SS DROTTNINGHOLM 1945 Item ID : 394236 : Title : SS Drottningholm 1945 : Reference Code : IST 37-49 / 3 / 9 / IS.178 : Folder Number : IS.178 : Old Folder Number : 15: similar items JDC - ARCHIVES : BELGIUM: ROMI GOLDMUNTZ COMMUNITY CENTER Item ID : 1004671 : Title : Belgium: Romi Goldmuntz Community Center, 1966-1968, 1970 : Scope and Content : Correspondence on financing, financial arrangements with donor, creation of Romi Goldmuntz Community Center in Antwerp. JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE FLASHER, 1946-1948 SS Marine Flasher, 1946-1948. Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. Contains list of names of passengers. JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

by

CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, EMIGRATION, 1949 Germany, Emigration, 1949. Monthly narrative and statistical reports (incomplete), including numbers of emigrants, means of transport, destinations; some emigrants’ names. Cables on departures of ships, flights. Miscellaneous on prospects, problems of immigration to Israel. Press release (June 2, 1949) on first emigration of Jews from

Berlin

HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and JDC - ARCHIVES : SS DROTTNINGHOLM 1945 Item ID : 394236 : Title : SS Drottningholm 1945 : Reference Code : IST 37-49 / 3 / 9 / IS.178 : Folder Number : IS.178 : Old Folder Number : 15: similar items JDC - ARCHIVES : BELGIUM: ROMI GOLDMUNTZ COMMUNITY CENTER Item ID : 1004671 : Title : Belgium: Romi Goldmuntz Community Center, 1966-1968, 1970 : Scope and Content : Correspondence on financing, financial arrangements with donor, creation of Romi Goldmuntz Community Center in Antwerp. JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE FLASHER, 1946-1948 SS Marine Flasher, 1946-1948. Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. Contains list of names of passengers.

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A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the current

JDC IN THE NEWS

JDC in the News. The coronavirus is ravaging India. Here’s how you can help. 175,000 Holocaust Survivors Live in Israel. Most Live on $101 a Month in Government Stipends. BRINGING THE PAST TO LIFE: INSPIRING FILMMAKERS AROUND THE Bringing the Past to Life: Inspiring Filmmakers Around the World. October 2020. JDC became a part of Veronica Selver’s life when she was just five years old. Seventy years later, the organization is there once again. Veronica is a filmmaker from Oakland, California. Based on her late mother’s memoir, her recent documentary, IRMI,

takes

JEWISH PHILANTHROPIST, DR. IRVING SMOKLER ELECTED AS NEW For Immediate Release. New York, New York, USA – Dr. Irving Smokler of Boca Raton, Florida, has been elected as 15th President of JDC, a 94-year-old overseas humanitarian aid organization.Smokler, an active board member since 1991, has held several principal roles at JDC, including Treasurer of JDC, Chair, Budget & Finance Committee, Chair of the Board of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP Please contact Tarang Jagota at Tarang.Jagota@JDC.org. JDC is the leading, global Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish

future, and

ISRAEL UNLIMITED MAKING STRIDES TO END DISABILITIES 02/27/2017. While Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month is coming to a close, the work of JDC’s Israel Unlimited — a partnership between JDC, the Ruderman Family Foundation, and the Government of Israel — continues at full speed, providing the opportunity for people with disabilities to live independently and

lead rich

JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE FLASHER, 1946-1948 SS Marine Flasher, 1946-1948. Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. Contains list of names of passengers. JDC - ARCHIVES : CENTRAL FUND FOR TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS Hebrew English. Item ID. 821960. Title. Central Fund for Traditional Institutions (Cleveland), 1962-1964. Scope and Content. Miscellaneous, including annual reports, financial correspondence, on Cleveland organization's support, via JDC, of religious institutions in Israel. JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE PERCH, 1946-1947 Hebrew English. Item ID. 631887. Title. SS Marine Perch, 1946-1947. Scope and Content. Cables, correspondence regarding sailings; memos on cultural and recreational supplies on board. JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, GAUTING SANATORIUM, 1947-1953 Germany, Gauting Sanatorium, 1947-1953. Cables, correspondence about medical supplies, including pharmaceuticals; reports on treatment and rehabilitation of TB patients. JDCOUR WORKNEWSGET INVOLVEDABOUT USTHE JDC ARCHIVESJDC VOICES 1 day ago · A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the

current

JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

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Give by phone. 212-687-6200. Give by mail. Send a check payable to JDC to: JDC, P.O. Box 4124 New York, NY 10163, USA. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that

JDC ARCHIVES

Historic Film, Video, and Audio Collection. Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. JDC’s decades of experience working in Ethiopia and Israel make us perfectly

positioned

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, EMIGRATION, 1949 Germany, Emigration, 1949. Monthly narrative and statistical reports (incomplete), including numbers of emigrants, means of transport, destinations; some emigrants’ names. Cables on departures of ships, flights. Miscellaneous on prospects, problems of immigration to Israel. Press release (June 2, 1949) on first emigration of Jews from

Berlin

JDCOUR WORKNEWSGET INVOLVEDABOUT USTHE JDC ARCHIVESJDC VOICES 1 day ago · A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the

current

JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

by

WAYS TO GIVE

Give by phone. 212-687-6200. Give by mail. Send a check payable to JDC to: JDC, P.O. Box 4124 New York, NY 10163, USA. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that

JDC ARCHIVES

Historic Film, Video, and Audio Collection. Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. JDC’s decades of experience working in Ethiopia and Israel make us perfectly

positioned

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, EMIGRATION, 1949 Germany, Emigration, 1949. Monthly narrative and statistical reports (incomplete), including numbers of emigrants, means of transport, destinations; some emigrants’ names. Cables on departures of ships, flights. Miscellaneous on prospects, problems of immigration to Israel. Press release (June 2, 1949) on first emigration of Jews from

Berlin

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JDC (the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or "The Joint") is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish

future

WAYS TO GIVE

A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the current

JDC IN THE NEWS

JDC in the News. The coronavirus is ravaging India. Here’s how you can help. 175,000 Holocaust Survivors Live in Israel. Most Live on $101 a Month in Government Stipends.

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JDC is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization, impacting millions of lives in more than 70 countries. JDC leverages a century’s experience confronting poverty and crisis around the world to save the world's poorest Jews, build Jewish life and leaders, and empower Israel's future by advancing its most

vulnerable

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Major Gifts – Recognition. Join individuals and families who are engaging in lifesaving work and changing the Jewish future, one person at a time. JDC's most generous donors gain insider access to our work and become members of a passionate global network. JDC is pleased to recognize those who are donating at the following major gifts levels. THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP Please contact Tarang Jagota at Tarang.Jagota@JDC.org. JDC is the leading, global Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish

future, and

JEWISH PHILANTHROPIST, DR. IRVING SMOKLER ELECTED AS NEW For Immediate Release. New York, New York, USA – Dr. Irving Smokler of Boca Raton, Florida, has been elected as 15th President of JDC, a 94-year-old overseas humanitarian aid organization.Smokler, an active board member since 1991, has held several principal roles at JDC, including Treasurer of JDC, Chair, Budget & Finance Committee, Chair of the Board of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute WORLD WAR II REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS World War II-Era Refugees and Displaced Persons. JDC worked with HICEM (the Jewish Overseas Emigration Association) to facilitate and finance the emigration of children without American relatives. Lisbon, Portugal, June 1941. With the rise of Nazism, JDC spearheaded an intensive emigration effort, working to identify escape routes and

safe havens.

HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and JDC - ARCHIVES : BELGIUM: ROMI GOLDMUNTZ COMMUNITY CENTER Item ID : 1004671 : Title : Belgium: Romi Goldmuntz Community Center, 1966-1968, 1970 : Scope and Content : Correspondence on financing, financial arrangements with donor, creation of Romi Goldmuntz Community Center in Antwerp. JDCOUR WORKNEWSGET INVOLVEDABOUT USTHE JDC ARCHIVESJDC VOICES 1 day ago · A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the

current

JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

by

WAYS TO GIVE

Give by phone. 212-687-6200. Give by mail. Send a check payable to JDC to: JDC, P.O. Box 4124 New York, NY 10163, USA.

JDC ARCHIVES

Historic Film, Video, and Audio Collection. Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. JDC’s decades of experience working in Ethiopia and Israel make us perfectly

positioned

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, EMIGRATION, 1949 Germany, Emigration, 1949. Monthly narrative and statistical reports (incomplete), including numbers of emigrants, means of transport, destinations; some emigrants’ names. Cables on departures of ships, flights. Miscellaneous on prospects, problems of immigration to Israel. Press release (June 2, 1949) on first emigration of Jews from

Berlin

JDCOUR WORKNEWSGET INVOLVEDABOUT USTHE JDC ARCHIVESJDC VOICES 1 day ago · A Message to Our Supporters. In light of the current environment related to coronavirus, we encourage donors wishing to make a gift to JDC to use our online donation option at donate.jdc.org.If you would like to make a wire or stock transfer, please email info@jdc.org for instructions. Donors may experience some delay in receiving gift acknowledgment letters in the mail due to the

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JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

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Historic Film, Video, and Audio Collection. Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. JDC’s decades of experience working in Ethiopia and Israel make us perfectly

positioned

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : GERMANY, EMIGRATION, 1949 Germany, Emigration, 1949. Monthly narrative and statistical reports (incomplete), including numbers of emigrants, means of transport, destinations; some emigrants’ names. Cables on departures of ships, flights. Miscellaneous on prospects, problems of immigration to Israel. Press release (June 2, 1949) on first emigration of Jews from

Berlin

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JDC is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization, impacting millions of lives in more than 70 countries. JDC leverages a century’s experience confronting poverty and crisis around the world to save the world's poorest Jews, build Jewish life and leaders, and empower Israel's future by advancing its most

vulnerable

OUR STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF RABBI YECHIEL ECKSTEIN Z”L For Immediate Release – It is with a deep and profound sadness that The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) joins with so many others in Israel and around the world in mourning the untimely death of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, z”l, the founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and a towering figure in the philanthropic and Jewish world. Rabbi THE STORY OF THE S.S. ST. LOUIS (1939) The Story of the S.S. St. Louis. (1939) In an effort to flee Nazi Germany, more than 930 refugees sailed from Hamburg on May 15, 1939 on the S.S. St. Louis and reached Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Arrangements for the voyage were organized independently by the Hamburg-American Line, without the involvement of any Jewish

organizations.

WORLD WAR II REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS World War II-Era Refugees and Displaced Persons. JDC worked with HICEM (the Jewish Overseas Emigration Association) to facilitate and finance the emigration of children without American relatives. Lisbon, Portugal, June 1941. With the rise of Nazism, JDC spearheaded an intensive emigration effort, working to identify escape routes and

safe havens.

JEWISH PHILANTHROPIST, DR. IRVING SMOKLER ELECTED AS NEW For Immediate Release. New York, New York, USA – Dr. Irving Smokler of Boca Raton, Florida, has been elected as 15th President of JDC, a 94-year-old overseas humanitarian aid organization.Smokler, an active board member since 1991, has held several principal roles at JDC, including Treasurer of JDC, Chair, Budget & Finance Committee, Chair of the Board of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and JDC - ARCHIVES : BELGIUM: ROMI GOLDMUNTZ COMMUNITY CENTER Item ID : 1004671 : Title : Belgium: Romi Goldmuntz Community Center, 1966-1968, 1970 : Scope and Content : Correspondence on financing, financial arrangements with donor, creation of Romi Goldmuntz Community Center in Antwerp.

ABOUT US | JDC

JDC (the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or "The Joint") is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish

future

JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

by

JDC ARCHIVES

Historic Film, Video, and Audio Collection. Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. JDC’s decades of experience working in Ethiopia and Israel make us perfectly

positioned

THE STORY OF THE S.S. ST. LOUIS (1939) The Story of the S.S. St. Louis. (1939) In an effort to flee Nazi Germany, more than 930 refugees sailed from Hamburg on May 15, 1939 on the S.S. St. Louis and reached Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Arrangements for the voyage were organized independently by the Hamburg-American Line, without the involvement of any Jewish

organizations.

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN JOINTEXAMPLES OF JOINT

COMMITTEE

In the years 1945-1949 AJDC imported almost 600 railway car and shiploads with hundreds of tons of food and other goods. The first transport arrived in Gdynia on October 8, 1945, and contained, among other items, 5 tons of vegetable fat, 2 tons of powdered milk, and the like. The Polish headquarters of AJDC had separate departments for

receipt

ABOUT US | JDC

JDC (the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or "The Joint") is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish

future

JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The ventilators, manufactured in Israel, are in high demand

by

JDC ARCHIVES

Historic Film, Video, and Audio Collection. Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT A retired Managing Partner of Heritage Wealth Advisors based in Richmond and president and chief investment officer of New Dominion of Virginia, Mr. Sisisky brings to his new role a formidable background in finance, philanthropy, and a deep commitment to the Jewish people and Israel. “Since I was first introduced to JDC more than a decade

ago

TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. JDC’s decades of experience working in Ethiopia and Israel make us perfectly

positioned

THE STORY OF THE S.S. ST. LOUIS (1939) The Story of the S.S. St. Louis. (1939) In an effort to flee Nazi Germany, more than 930 refugees sailed from Hamburg on May 15, 1939 on the S.S. St. Louis and reached Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Arrangements for the voyage were organized independently by the Hamburg-American Line, without the involvement of any Jewish

organizations.

ROMANIA CELEBRATES OPENING OF 4TH JCC 10/14/2010. This past Sunday, October 10, the city of Timisoara opened the doors of a new Jewish Community Center ( JCC )—the fourth in Romania following others in Bucharest, Oradea, and Iasi. More than 300 people attended the opening celebration, which included a concert followed by an “after-party” for local Jewish youth. REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) Refuge in Shanghai (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to the city from 1938-1939. Most were destitute or nearly so. JDC - ARCHIVES : RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN JOINTEXAMPLES OF JOINT

COMMITTEE

In the years 1945-1949 AJDC imported almost 600 railway car and shiploads with hundreds of tons of food and other goods. The first transport arrived in Gdynia on October 8, 1945, and contained, among other items, 5 tons of vegetable fat, 2 tons of powdered milk, and the like. The Polish headquarters of AJDC had separate departments for

receipt

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JDC in the News. The coronavirus is ravaging India. Here’s how you can help. 175,000 Holocaust Survivors Live in Israel. Most Live on $101 a Month in Government Stipends.

WAYS TO GIVE

Give by phone. 212-687-6200. Give by mail. Send a check payable to JDC to: JDC, P.O. Box 4124 New York, NY 10163, USA.

MAJOR GIFTS

Major Gifts – Recognition. Join individuals and families who are engaging in lifesaving work and changing the Jewish future, one person at a time. JDC's most generous donors gain insider access to our work and become members of a passionate global network. JDC is pleased to recognize those who are donating at the following major gifts levels. TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. JDC’s decades of experience working in Ethiopia and Israel make us perfectly

positioned

WE PROVIDE AID FOR VULNERABLE JEWS because Jews in many parts of the world go hungry, lack medicine, and are missing the other critical resources they need to live full lives. We provide the essentials — food, medicine, clothing, shelter. JDC - ARCHIVES : RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN JOINT In the years 1945-1949 AJDC imported almost 600 railway car and shiploads with hundreds of tons of food and other goods. The first transport arrived in Gdynia on October 8, 1945, and contained, among other items, 5 tons of vegetable fat, 2 tons of powdered milk, and the like. The Polish headquarters of AJDC had separate departments for

receipt

HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and GERMANY: FOEHRENWALD All Galleries Germany: Foehrenwald JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE TIGER, 1947 Item ID : 631929 : Title : SS Marine Tiger, 1947 : Scope and Content : Cables regarding sailings, finances. No passengers lists. Reference Code : NY AR194554 / 3 / 3 / 7 / 1203 JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE FLASHER, 1946-1948 SS Marine Flasher, 1946-1948. Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. Contains list of names of passengers.

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The Global Jewish 9-1-1. JDC (the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or "The Joint") is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA For Immediate Release – The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

JDC ARCHIVES

Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT For Immediate Release – New York, NY – The Board of Directors of JDC, the global Jewish humanitarian organization, elected Mark Sisisky as its next President, a position he will assume in February 2020. TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. THE STORY OF THE S.S. ST. LOUIS (1939) In an effort to flee Nazi Germany, more than 930 refugees sailed from Hamburg on May 15, 1939 on the S.S. St. Louis and reached Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Arrangements for the voyage were organized independently by the Hamburg-American Line, without the involvement of REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to JDC - ARCHIVES : RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN JOINTEXAMPLES OF JOINT

COMMITTEE

Item ID : 2149601 : Title : Records of the American Joint Distribution Committee: Warsaw office, 1945-1949 : Reference Code : W 45-49 : Full

Reference

JDC - ARCHIVES : BELGIUM: ROMI GOLDMUNTZ COMMUNITY CENTER Item ID : 1004671 : Title : Belgium: Romi Goldmuntz Community Center, 1966-1968, 1970 : Scope and Content : Correspondence on financing, financial arrangements with donor, creation of Romi Goldmuntz Community Center in Antwerp.

ABOUT US | JDC

The Global Jewish 9-1-1. JDC (the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee or "The Joint") is the leading Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 JDC RESPONDS TO COVID-19 SURGE IN INDIA For Immediate Release – The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the devastating COVID-19 surge in India by deploying ventilators to hospitals in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

JDC ARCHIVES

Throughout its history, JDC used audiovisual media to document its work, commissioning films and videos of its relief operations and sound recordings of speeches and radio broadcasts. CARING FOR THE WORLD'S NEEDIEST ELDERLY JEWS At the Vanguard in Supporting the World’s Poorest Jews. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is our esteemed partner in providing life-sustaining services to impoverished Holocaust survivors in the FSU and Eastern Europe, and under the leadership of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, our operational partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ensures that MARK SISISKY ELECTED NEW JDC PRESIDENT For Immediate Release – New York, NY – The Board of Directors of JDC, the global Jewish humanitarian organization, elected Mark Sisisky as its next President, a position he will assume in February 2020. TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. THE STORY OF THE S.S. ST. LOUIS (1939) In an effort to flee Nazi Germany, more than 930 refugees sailed from Hamburg on May 15, 1939 on the S.S. St. Louis and reached Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Arrangements for the voyage were organized independently by the Hamburg-American Line, without the involvement of REFUGE IN SHANGHAI (1938-1953) The Nazi “Anschluss,” the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, touched off a great tide of refugee migration to Shanghai, and some 17,000 residents of Central Europe streamed to JDC - ARCHIVES : RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN JOINTEXAMPLES OF JOINT

COMMITTEE

Item ID : 2149601 : Title : Records of the American Joint Distribution Committee: Warsaw office, 1945-1949 : Reference Code : W 45-49 : Full

Reference

JDC - ARCHIVES : BELGIUM: ROMI GOLDMUNTZ COMMUNITY CENTER Item ID : 1004671 : Title : Belgium: Romi Goldmuntz Community Center, 1966-1968, 1970 : Scope and Content : Correspondence on financing, financial arrangements with donor, creation of Romi Goldmuntz Community Center in Antwerp.

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Give by phone. 212-687-6200. Give by mail. Send a check payable to JDC to: JDC, P.O. Box 4124 New York, NY 10163, USA.

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Annual Recognition Levels. Those who give $10,000 to JDC, receive special invitations to Ambassador Events and Global Travel, and the opportunity to participate in or lead a JDC Giving Circle.. JDC Circle ($10,000+) Join the JDC Board on select international visits, receive first priority on all Ambassadors Trips and Inside JDC meetings and conference calls, which bring JDC’s work to life. TIKKUN OLAM VENTURES (TOV) TOV (Tikkun Olam Ventures), JDC’s new development assistance project, leverages Jewish philanthropy and mobilizes Israel’s innovative agricultural technology (AgTech) and expertise to transform the lives of smallholder farmers in developing societies. WE PROVIDE AID FOR VULNERABLE JEWS because Jews in many parts of the world go hungry, lack medicine, and are missing the other critical resources they need to live full lives. We provide the essentials — food, medicine, clothing, shelter. JDC - ARCHIVES : RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN JOINT Item ID : 2149601 : Title : Records of the American Joint Distribution Committee: Warsaw office, 1945-1949 : Reference Code : W 45-49 : Full

Reference

GERMANY: FOEHRENWALD All Galleries Germany: Foehrenwald HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CARDS, 1956-1957, NOW AVAILABLE IN JDC The JDC Archives Names Index now includes Hungarian Refugee Cards from 1956-57 from JDCs office in Vienna. Researchers and interested family historians can access these cards via the Names Index.The JDC Archives holds 10,000 Hungarian refugee registration cards, which contain biographical information, including birthplace and nationality, profession, temporary address in Austria, and JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE TIGER, 1947 Item ID : 631929 : Title : SS Marine Tiger, 1947 : Scope and Content : Cables regarding sailings, finances. No passengers lists. Reference Code : NY AR194554 / 3 / 3 / 7 / 1203 JDC - ARCHIVES : SS MARINE FLASHER, 1946-1948 Item ID : 631799 : Title : SS Marine Flasher, 1946-1948 : Scope and Content : Cables, correspondence regarding sailings, finances. Contains list of names of passengers. This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media. To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy

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