Castro nearly wiped out Cuba’s Jewish schools
Traveling to Cuba with resources that can be used for Jewish education is a ‘profound mitzva’ By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN ...
Tag: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Doing good around the Jewish world
AJW Staff Report A "Global Symposium" hosted by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Jewish Federations from around ...
Symposium will discuss Jewish future
Joint Distribution Committee, Midwest Federations will co-host July 21 event at Hyatt Regency AJW Staff Report The American Jewish Joint ...
Collaborating to save lives in the Shoah
The Ambiguity of Virtue: Gertrude van Tijn and the Fate of the Dutch Jews, by Bernard Wasserstein, Harvard, 352 pages, ...
Saul Kagan, who founded Claims Conference, dies at 91
In 47 years as organization’s leader, he helped secure billions in restitution payments By URIEL HEILMAN NEW YORK (JTA) ...
Opinion: Repaying a debt to the Philippines
Seventy years ago, the Philippine president helped save 1,000 lives By ALAN H. GILL NEW YORK (JTA) — As the ...
Jewish groups aiding Syrian refugees — sort of
Most of money raised so far has gone to groups working with refugees in Jordan By URIEL HEILMAN NEW YORK ...
Event celebrates Minnesota ties to rescue of Ethiopian Jewry
AJW Staff Report Minnesotans who played a role is the mass aliya (emigration to Israel) of Ethiopian Jews were remembered ...
Celebrating Shabbat in Rwanda
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American Jews plan relief efforts in wake of Israeli blaze
In the long term, the fire could test the Jewish Agency’s plan that places more emphasis on creating volunteer opportunities ...
