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A jar of Dragon's Breath zhug produced by Jewish community members in Odessa, Ukraine. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Hummus is becoming popular in Ukraine. Jews there opened a zhug factory to capitalize on it.

A factory producing the Yemenite hot sauce commonly served with hummus hopes to address the mounting economic needs of Ukrainian Jews.

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 23, 2019 4:11 pm

JDC aiding Jews affected by munitions blast in Kazakhstan

One 86-year-old woman was led by her non-Jewish caretaker to a safe location where the Jewish-American aid group is helping people affected by the explosion.

July 17, 2019 8:04 am

JDC chief David Schizer leaving for return to Columbia Law School faculty

Schizer has headed the international Jewish relief agency during a three-year leave from the university.

March 26, 2019 2:04 pm

Women serve in 13 percent of leadership positions in Latin American Jewish institutions

By JTA Staff March 10, 2019 8:09 am

Support for Israel rises among European Jewish leaders, survey finds

November 20, 2018 7:53 am

The sale of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community center deals a painful blow to a dwindling community

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 14, 2018 4:18 pm

Opinion

The evils of the Holocaust demand that each one of us be a lifesaver

By David Schizer April 11, 2018 11:46 am

Humanitarian groups provide Passover food for needy Jews in former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

March 28, 2018 9:13 am

More women are in charge of Jewish groups in the former Soviet Union, thanks to a communist legacy

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 8, 2018 5:34 pm

JDC dedicates home for 100 years worth of its historical documents

February 14, 2018 8:41 am

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