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New holiday supplement from JDC focuses on critical Jewish needs, urging the Jewish public to discuss their responsibility to their fellow Jews, Israel’s most vulnerable, and wider world. Jewish humanitarian organization holds hundreds of Rosh Hashanah events in Ukraine, across the former Soviet Union, and around the globe

The annual conference of the project “Shava Pituach” was held last month. Over 120 senior executives from the business world and the largest companies in the economy, along with many others, attended the conference to hear and discuss the business opportunities in development, emphasizing comprehensive design, products, and services for people with disabilities.

At the end of May (30.5.23), residents around the country will celebrate the international “Neighbors’ Day.”

Last Thursday marked a momentous occasion as we celebrated the Wrap-Up of the 2022 Innovation Journey program, in partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry.  The aim of the program is to encourage and support Israeli ag-tech businesses to operate in emerging markets.

10 small-big facts about JDC relationship with Israel

We were excited to join an Iftar dinner last Thursday. attended by the President, Isaac Herzog. Suzan Hasan, JDC-TEVET Deputy CEO, was honored to speak at the occasion. You are welcome to read Suzan’s important words. Good evening everyone. “Ramadan brings us together…” is a sentence most of us are familiar with, and it authentically […]

Last week, the second tour of Yossi’s Bus was held, a joint initiative of JDC-ELKA and the Bachar family, as part of the scholarship in memory of the late Dr. Yossi Bachar, former CEO of the Ministry of Finance, Chair of Discount Bank and Chair of the JDC-ELKA Advisory Committee.

Over 1 million people over age 65 live in Israel, and despite the ‘return to routine’ – about a fifth of them feel they have no-one to turn to. “The main issue is financial, but it usually affects their physical or mental state,” says the CEO of JDC-Eshel The original article in Hebrew on the […]

The Joint Distribution Committee has sent vital medical supplies to Haiti in the wake of the powerful earthquake. The Joint’s International Development and Disaster Response unit is also raising funds for the victims.

The Joint and its partners are turning Bedouin preschools green, with a focus on ecology for the next generation.