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Providing Aid to Vulnerable Jews

September 25, 2026

“We Are Each Other’s Shelter”: A Sukkot Reflection from Ukraine

Voice
September 10, 2026

On Rosh Hashanah, This Mother Dreams of a Better Future for Her Children

Voice
September 10, 2026

“Because You Help Us, We Live”: Vladimir’s Rosh Hashanah Story

Video
September 3, 2026

Honoring the Old, Embracing the New: A Rosh Hashanah Reflection from Kazakhstan

Voice
September 1, 2026

“When We All Work Together”: Traveling With Federation Leaders in Georgia, Poland, and Ukraine

Video
July 28, 2026

“Only Together”: Alina’s Love Story in Jewish Kazakhstan

Video
July 6, 2026

On Tisha B’Av, This Holocaust Survivor Says “Never Again”

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“We Survive Because of Each Other”: A Meditation on the Meaning of Tisha B’Av

Voice
May 8, 2026

“We Love Who We Are”: Sofya’s Mother’s Day Story

Video
May 4, 2026

“Like a Mother to Me”: Reflecting on JDC in Kazakhstan

Voice
April 13, 2026

This Yom HaShoah, My Dream of a World Without Antisemitism

Voice

“Investing In My Future”: Albina’s Story of Ukrainian Jewish Resilience

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“A World of Love and Care”: Valentin’s Story

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Aiding Jewish Communities in Times of Crisis and Calm

Stories

Fostering Volunteerism to Serve the Neediest Jews

Stories

Restoring Hope for Youth in Northern Israel

Voice

Collective Strength, Indestructible Unity: Assisting Ukraine’s Jews in Poland

Voice
October 7, 2025

America’s Favorite Charities 2025

In The News

World Teachers’ Day 2025: This Educator Has a Lesson for Jews Around the Globe

Voice
September 22, 2025

“To Return to My Roots”: Rusudan’s Rosh Hashanah Story

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A Necessary Sweetness: This Ukrainian Jewish Mother Reflects on Rosh Hashanah

Voice
September 9, 2025

In Moldova, Jewish life is fueled by descendants of those who fled — and new refugees from Ukraine

In The News

“A Time to Forgive”: One Georgian Jew’s Advice for Living a Good Life

Voice

“Not on the Margins”: The Beauty and Resilience of Jewish Kyrgyzstan

Voice

On the Border with JDC, Spiriting Ukraine’s Jews to Safety

Voice

The Courage to Persist, The Will to Dream: A Rosh Hashanah Story from Georgia

Voice
August 26, 2025

Transnistria’s Jews find themselves caught in a Soviet time warp as Ukraine war rages next door

In The News

“The Arev of the Jewish World”: Celebrating JDC’s Work around the Globe

Voice
August 12, 2025

JDC CEO Ariel Zwang: ‘Wherever Jews are in peril, we’ve rescued them’

In The News

“No Time to Mourn” : These Elderly Jewish Sisters Open Up on Tisha B’Av

Voice

“One People, Many Faces”: Embracing Our Jewish Future with JDC

Voice

This Internally Displaced Jew Finds New Roots in Zaporizhzhia

Voice
July 10, 2025

“Sacred Work”: JDC Supporters in Ukraine and Moldova

Video
June 29, 2025

As an Israeli stranded in Europe, I found the Jewish people’s resilience alive and well

In The News
June 17, 2025

“No One Stood Aside”: JDC’s Refugee Response in Poland

Video

“Reclaiming What Was Lost”: One Jewish Grandmother’s Dreams for the Future

Voice

Building the Future We Want in Jewish Bulgaria

Voice

From Ukraine to Poland, Giving Back (and Finding Peace) with JDC

Voice
May 7, 2025

“Love, Kindness, and Hope”: One Mother’s Story in Georgia

Video

From Ukraine to Poland, Celebrating the Strength of Women Volunteers

Voice

“To Do Good for Others”: Yefimiya and Antonina’s Story

Voice
April 20, 2025

Passover in a land fighting invasion

In The News

“In Memory’s Light”: On Yom HaShoah, This Holocaust Survivor Tells His Story

Voice
April 7, 2025

“I Stood My Ground”: Svetlana’s Yom HaShoah Story

Video
April 4, 2025

“Like a Miracle”: Lev’s Story

Video
March 7, 2025

Sasha: One Ukrainian Jewish Refugee’s Story

Video
March 3, 2025

Sasha: One Ukrainian Jewish Refugee’s Story

Video
February 24, 2025

A marathon with no end: Jewish groups operating in Ukraine feel the strain after 3 years of constant war

In The News
February 24, 2025

Isolated on the anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian Jews translate their prayers

In The News
February 24, 2025

February 24: Daria’s Birthday Reflection

Video
February 21, 2025

“We Need to Live”: Denis and Natalia’s Story

Video
February 21, 2025

“Help with Open Arms”: Yana’s Story

Video
February 21, 2025

“So We Can Stay Human” — Chernihiv: One City’s Story

Video
February 13, 2025

“We Will Show What Resilience Is”: Natalia’s Story

Video
February 12, 2025

As Ukraine Conflict Approaches Three-Year Mark, JDC Spotlights Worsening Needs of the Country’s Most Vulnerable Jews

Press Releases
February 12, 2025

As war approaches three-year mark, JDC spotlights needs of Ukrainian Jews

In The News
February 11, 2025

“Without You, We Wouldn’t Stay Alive”: Alona’s Story

Video
February 6, 2025

JDC updates Tidewater on Ukraine after 1,000+ days of conflict

In The News
January 31, 2025

From vulnerability to strength: Empowering the economically at-risk

In The News
January 29, 2025

“The Community Has Adopted Me”: Angela’s Story

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