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| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, (JDC) has served as the overseas arm of the American Jewish community. The Organization mission is to serve the needs of Jews throughout the world, particularly where their lives as Jews are threatened or made more difficult. In this page you can learn more about the organization's mission, history, awards and more. |
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JDC’s mission in Israel is to represent North America's Jewish Federations in helping Israeli society enhance its own capacity to meet the needs of its weakest and least fortunate members. |
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| The JDC media center offers media resources, press releases, news about the JDC and even photo and video gallery. |
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Information about JDC's programs helping Jewish communities around the world in developing safety nets for the homeless, the elderly and the needy, support programs that provide educational, religious and recreational services and promote Jewish communal life. |
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JDC is striving to insure that overseas Jewish communities have the resources they need to help their most vulnerable children and families, and sponsors summer camps, after school programs, and trauma/crisis programs in Israel. |
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JDC is a lifeline of hope and support for millions of elderly Jews - many of whom are Holocaust survivors - in Israel and the Diaspora. |
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JDC has established an emergency relief program providing food, housing, and medical care for the poorest families, and helping the community by supporting business development and employment programs. |
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| JDC is reconnecting Jews around the globe to their Jewish heritage and to each other so that communities of every size and circumstance may thrive. |
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| JDC’s non-sectarian projects embody the Jewish moral principle of the responsibility to help repair the world. Working in partnership with international aid agencies, with local governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and with local Jewish communities, JDC's development and relief projects assist distressed communities around the world within a Jewish framework. |
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| JDC-Israel programs for people with disabilities are implemented by various divisions, spanning all age ranges, and working in coordination with government agencies, municipalities, non-profit organizations and academic institutions |
