JDC Next Gen Event Bridges Past and Present

Last week, JDC’s Next Gen group held an event: Inside Jewish Ukraine, in partnership with Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Boston’s Jewish Federation). JDC, through the experiences of two speakers—one JSC fellow and one RIG fellow—who recently lived and worked in Ukraine, shared the realities of modern-day Jewish life in the former Soviet Union. While the purpose of the evening was to discuss JDC’s current efforts to bolster Jewish cultural life in the region, our history working in the FSU through both World Wars and then post-communism seemed to resonate with attendees as well. Read “JDC Breathing New Life Into Jewish Communities in the FSU,” a reflection from Daniel Levenson who speaks to the feelings the event stirred about his own family’s heritage and connection to their land of origin.