Report: Coerced contraception behind 50 percent decline in Ethiopian-Israeli birth rate

Published on December 11, 2012

Israeli and Jewish aid officials are denying an Israeli TV report alleging that Ethiopian immigrant women have been coerced into taking contraceptive shots.

Three Jews in Baltimore

By David Suissa
Published on November 13, 2012

If you’ve ever been to one of those giant auto shows where hundreds of gleaming new car models are lavishly displayed in a convention hall the size of Montana, you’ve got an idea of what it felt like last Sunday morning when I entered the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly (commonly known as the “GA”), which is being held this year at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Eastern European giving

Published on October 11, 2012

Wearing an elegant dress and a name tag, Dasha Fedoseeva flitted among the tables during a recent Jewish community dinner in Moscow just after Rosh Hashanah.

Polish architects design five sukkot for display in Warsaw

Published on October 5, 2012

Five sukkot designed by Polish architects are being displayed in a public square in Warsaw.

JDC appoints Darrell Friedman interim CEO

Published on May 15, 2012

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee named Darrell Friedman as interim CEO following the abrupt resignation of longtime CEO Steven Schwager.

JDC CEO Steven Schwager stepping down

Published on May 11, 2012

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s CEO is stepping down.

In Japan, pride in the Jewish response to tsunami

Published on March 7, 2012

As I sit here in Tokyo with the first anniversary of the tsunami fast approaching, I recall my surprise the first time a Japanese person thanked me, as a Jew, for Israel’s immediate response to the disaster.

Turkey earthquake: How you can help

Published on October 24, 2011

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in eastern Turkey on Oct. 23, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has begun collecting funds for relief efforts.

JDC helping Christchurch Jews to rebuild

Published on March 7, 2011

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is helping the Jewish community of Christchurch to rebuild following the city's devastating earthquake. JDC funding will contribute to Christchurch Jewish community efforts to repair a damaged local synagogue and homes, replace household goods, provide financial stipends and temporary relocation costs, and support community service or children’s programs for the wider community, the organization said in a statement.

JDC staffer to chair Obama’s faith-based panel

Published on February 8, 2011

President Obama named a top American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee official as chairman of his faith-based council, as well as a top Conservative rabbi to the council. Susan Stern, the government affairs adviser to the JDC, will chair the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a Feb. 4 White House announcement said.

Young Iranian Jewish professionals make a splash launching JDC’s L.A. Chapter

By Karmel Melamed
Published on July 14, 2010

JDC opens Baltics job centers

Published on May 25, 2010

Job centers pioneered by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Argentina were launched in the Baltics.

JDC mulls fund-raising changes

Published on April 30, 2010

An internal policy committee at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is offering the organization's board 13 formal recommendations for revamping how it raises money -- many of which could have a major impact on the North American network of local Jewish charitable federations.

Young Philanthropists Host Haiti Fundraiser

By Melanie Reynard
Published on March 16, 2010

Los Angeles residents Alexis Alagem, 25, and Jackie Winnick, 27, pulled together the support of their social networks at a private back lounge of Bar 210/Plush in Beverly Hills the night of March 12, as a fundraiser for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) relief program in Haiti.

Briefs: Methodists don’t ‘divest,’ Jewish groups mobilize for Myanmar, Reno TV anchor sues

Published on May 8, 2008

Briefs

A ‘Promise’ to Help Jews Overseas

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on December 1, 2005

The thought of Klara Kogan, who exists on a paltry government pension, haunts Steven Schwager, executive vice president of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), which provides relief and welfare to Jews abroad.

Read All About It

By Rob Eshman
Published on October 27, 2005

Alberto Senderey is a model Jewish professional, and not just because he invited me as one of five Americans included for the four-day symposium in beautiful Oxford. An energetic, optimistic burst of Argentine energy, he recognized that Jewish media have a unique and underappreciated perspective on Jewish communal life.

JDC’s Priority:

By Ruth Stroud
Published on September 17, 1998

The situation is dire. On its existing funds -- about $40 million a year, most of which comes from the monies collected by Jewish federations across the U.S. -- the organization can just about handle its caseload of 140,000 people.