American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Jewish humanitarian groups step in, or try to, as crises unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan

The Joint Distribution Committee and American Jewish World Service are sending aid to Haiti. But HIAS says it can do little to help Afghans as the Taliban retakes their country.

By Philissa Cramer August 16, 2021 6:52 am

For elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union, COVID-19 lockdown loneliness is debilitating

Organizations like the JDC are calling elderly, often poor Jews to make up for the social networks the pandemic has destroyed.

June 25, 2020 5:04 pm

JDC aid organization lays off 53 staffers around the world

The cuts aim to close an anticipated $16 million gap in this year’s $373 million budget, donations are expected to fall and the need for aid has increased.

May 22, 2020 9:46 am