JDC founded the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work in Jerusalem in September 1958. Read a recollection of the school as told by Ellen Samuels Tuyahov, the daughter of a former professor & learn more about JDC's role in developing the field of social work: archives.jdc.org/from-the-midwe…
Join us for a book talk on September 3rd with Daniela Spenser (@ciesas)!
Echoes of Exile reveals the seismic disruptions of twentieth-century European history through the intimate lens of one family’s struggle to survive.
Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#Onthisday 111 years ago, JDC's founding telegram was sent by Henry Morgenthau, US Amb. to the Ottoman Empire, to Jewish leader Jacob Schiff in NY requesting $50,000 in aid for Jews in Ottoman-ruled Palestine. American Jewish donors soon wired the sum:
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It's #InternationalDogDay!
It was true then and it's true now, dogs are our best friends and where we go, they go! Never underestimate the power of a furry friend.
After WWII, Rabbi Joseph Lookstein traveled through South America rallying support among #LatinJews for Europe’s devastated Jewish communities. Dive into his scrapbook which records his mission and tells the story of global Jewish solidarity: archives.jdc.org/rabbi-joseph-l…
Tonight is the start of Tu B'Av, the Jewish day of love. Celebrate by perusing our images of global Jewish weddings: archives.jdc.org/project/jewish…#TuBAv
For over a century, JDC has supported summer camps for Jewish children across the globe—from fresh air retreats in 1930s Eastern Europe to refuge and recreation following WWII, and heritage-rich experiences in the former Soviet Union: archives.jdc.org/project/summer…
ICYMI: Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky's lecture on "Jewish Refugees in the Age of the Jewish Nation: Soviet Jews as 'Cold War Refugees' or 'Israeli Repatriates,' 1972-1991" is now up on our website!
Watch now: archives.jdc.org/zborovsky-jewi…
Tucked in postwar files, archivists found vibrant postcards drawn by Jewish refugee children in 1948. Their message? A heartfelt thank-you to JDC’s Swiss rep. Saly Mayer—for a rare gift: fresh oranges 🍊Hope, resilience, and art in the aftermath of war: archives.jdc.org/artwork-and-or…
Join us on July 10th @12pm (EDT) for the webinar "Jewish Refugees in the Age of the Jewish Nation: Soviet Jews as 'Cold War Refugees' or 'Israeli Repatriates' 1972-1991" led by JDC Archives Fellow Alexandra Zborovksky. Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
ICYMI: Dan Michman's lecture, co-sponsored by @JewishBook, is now up on our website! Watch him present the 6th Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture on "The Yiddishe Neshome of Yehuda Bauer’s Historiography": archives.jdc.org/michman-yiddis…
ICYMI: Laura Hobson Faure's book talk, co-sponsored by @JewishBook, is now up on our website!
Watch her present on her new book "Who Will Rescue Us? The Story of the Jewish Children Who Fled to France and America During the Holocaust": archives.jdc.org/who-will-rescu…
#OnThisDay in 1933, Rabbi Irving Reichert of San Francisco sent a cable to Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, head of JDC’s German Relief Campaign, while on a fact-finding trip to Nazi Germany. Read his urgent radiogram & learn what his mission helped set in motion:
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Victor Chalfin's story - captured in a home movie - sheds light on Jewish life in Russia in the age of pogroms and the role JDC played in helping Jews throughout the region.
Watch the tape and learn more: archives.jdc.org/they-gave-us-m…
We are harnessing technology to enhance access. #ArchivesAreAccessible Our online database offers a window into a century of JDC activity. During #IAW2025 explore our photo collection, which contains more than 150,000 digitized images: archives.jdc.org/photo-collecti…
Join us on June 11th at 12pm (EDT) for the 6th Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture "The Yiddishe Neshome of Yehuda Bauer's Historiography" led by Dan Michman (@BarIlanU & @yadvashem). Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Ever wonder how @TheJDC formed its logo?
Learn about the evolution of JDC's iconic logo, which was designed by Polish Jewish artist Morris Wyszogrod, who went from JDC aid recipient to JDC graphic artist: archives.jdc.org/the-jointnik-b…
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