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Join us on Wednesday, November, 11th at 12PM (ET) for the book talk "Through the Eyes of Jewish Child Survivors from Poland: Rethinking Rescue and Children's Agency in the Holocaust" led by Joanna Michlic (@GratzCollege). To register: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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#callforapplications for our 2027 fellowship program!
For more information, and to apply, visit: archives.jdc.org/jdc-archive…
JDC-Israel staff attend Jerusalem’s first breast cancer awareness walk in 1997. The walk was an initiative of the Women’s Health Empowerment Program, a JDC-supported project aimed at raising awareness about early detection, treatment & peer support. #breastcancerawarenessmonth
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Join us on Wednesday, October 28th at 12PM (ET) for the book talk "Little Edna's War" led by Janet Bond Brill, Ph.D. Register today: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Join us on Wednesday, November, 11th at 12PM (ET) for the book talk "Through the Eyes of Jewish Child Survivors from Poland: Rethinking Rescue and Children's Agency in the Holocaust" led by Joanna Michlic (@GratzCollege). To register: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
#childrensurvivors
Join us on Wednesday, October 28th at 12PM (ET) for the book talk "Little Edna's War" led by Janet Bond Brill, Ph.D. Register today: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
ICYMI: The lecture on "The Aumônerie générale des israélites de France 1940-1944" led by Dr. Emmanuelle Moscovitz (@yadvashem) is now up on our website!
Watch now: archives.jdc.org/aumonierie-…
Wishing you and your family a sweet, healthy, and peaceful New Year!
Jews head to the synagogue to eat a Rosh Hashana meal provided by JDC, Równe, Poland (presently Rivne, Ukraine), ca. 1921. (NY_01685)
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Join us on Tuesday, September 8th at 12PM (ET) for the webinar "The Aumônerie générale des israélites de France 1940-1944: From Spiritual Aid to Active Resistance" led by Emmanuelle Moscovitz (@yadvashem).
Register today: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
On #InternationalDogDay, we recognize the Hibuki stuffed dog, a therapeutic toy created by JDC in 2006, who has helped tens of thousands of children facing conflict and natural disaster in Israel, Japan, and war-torn Ukraine.
Meet Hibuki: archives.jdc.org/lending-a-p…
ALT Children find comfort playing with therapeutic stuffed animals amidst rocket fire. Sderot, Israel, 2007. Photograph: Debbi Cooper
Join us on Tuesday, September 8th at 12PM (ET) for the webinar "The Aumônerie générale des israélites de France 1940-1944: From Spiritual Aid to Active Resistance" led by Emmanuelle Moscovitz (@yadvashem).
Register today: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
#HappyBastilleDay Here, modern dancer Paula Padani dances in front of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, ca. 1948. She went on 3 JDC-sponsored morale-boosting tours, visiting DP camps & communities in Germany & Austria to perform for survivors. Learn more: archives.jdc.org/exhibits/mo…
We remember Israel Friedlaender, rep. of the JDC to Ukraine, who was murdered on July 5, 1920, near Yarmolintsy (Ukraine) while delivering relief money & surveying conditions of the Jews in Eastern Europe, who were suffering from the effects of WWI, pogroms, & subsequent unrest.
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Join us on Monday, June 29th at 12PM (ET) for the webinar "The JDC Parcels Operation in the Soviet Union during World War II: The Paper Trail of Jewish Refugees" led by JDC Archives Fellow Na'ama Seri-Levi.
Register today: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
On #InternationalArchivesDay, we're reflecting on the power of memory and the voices that help preserve it. Listen to the oral history of JDC staffer Amy Zahl Gottlieb, who recalls assisting Oskar Schindler after WWII and meeting one of the Schindlerjuden: archives.jdc.org/he-remember…
ALT Photo: Israel G. Jacobson, JDC's first post-war country director in Greece, and Amy Zahl (middle right, wearing a jacket and white blouse) surrounded by displaced Greek Jews, Greece, 1945. (NY_07033)
This week, we're celebrating #InternationalArchivesWeek with the theme #ArchivesForJustice. During #IAW2026 we invite you to watch a lecture by JDC Archives Fellow Alexandra Kramen on the pursuit of justice in the DP camps following WWII: archives.jdc.org/alexandra-k…
ALT Photo: The main street in Camp Föhrenwald, Germany, 1953. Photographer: Jerome Silberstein (NY_12842)
Join us on Monday, June 29th at 12PM (ET) for the webinar "The JDC Parcels Operation in the Soviet Union during World War II: The Paper Trail of Jewish Refugees" led by JDC Archives Fellow Na'ama Seri-Levi.
Register today: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
ICYMI: Dr. Rachel Deblinger's webinar highlighting her new book "Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the Holocaust" is now up on our website: archives.jdc.org/rachel-debl…
#JAHM #OurSharedHeritage #Jewishhistory #WWII
As we conclude Jewish American Heritage Month #JAHM, we're proud to share a letter from the Archives that was sent by President Harry S. Truman to JDC Chairman Edward Warburg in 1945, expressing his praise for JDC's post-war relief effort.
#OurSharedHeritage
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Join us on Monday, June 1st at 12pm (ET) for the webinar "To Die Bringing Relief - The Travel of Israel Friedlander and Bernard Cantor in Ukraine: Insights From the JDC Archives." led by JDC Archives Fellow Kostiantyn Tkachuk. Register today: jdc-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
