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More Than Just an ID Card

More Than Just an ID Card

CARE Packages in Action

CARE Packages in Action

Volunteer Profile: Susan Lieberman

Volunteer Profile: Susan Lieberman

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring 2024

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring 2024

Stories Come to Life

Stories Come to Life

Devi Mays Lectures on Forging Ties, Forging Passports: Migration and the Modern Sephardi Diaspora

Devi Mays Lectures on Forging Ties, Forging Passports: Migration and the Modern Sephardi Diaspora

Anna-Carolin Augustin Lectures on the Joint’s involvement in Jewish cultural reconstruction in the aftermath of the Holocaust

Anna-Carolin Augustin Lectures on the Joint’s involvement in Jewish cultural reconstruction in the aftermath of the Holocaust

JDC Archives Partners with the New York Philharmonic

JDC Archives Partners with the New York Philharmonic

Raúl Peñaranda and Robert Brockmann give a book talk on Escape to the Andes: The Story of Mauricio Hochschild, the “Schindler of Bolivia”

Raúl Peñaranda and Robert Brockmann give a book talk on Escape to the Andes: The Story of Mauricio Hochschild, the “Schindler of Bolivia”

Letter from the Director

Letter from the Director

The Difference a Day Makes

The Difference a Day Makes

Lending a Paw: Hibuki Therapy

Lending a Paw: Hibuki Therapy

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter 2023-2024

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter 2023-2024

JDC Archives Accepting Applications for 2024 Fellowships

JDC Archives Accepting Applications for 2024 Fellowships

Israel and JDC: In the Words of Ralph Goldman

Israel and JDC: In the Words of Ralph Goldman

Simone Gigliotti Lectures on JDC’s Mobile Film Units in Postwar Germany

Simone Gigliotti Lectures on JDC’s Mobile Film Units in Postwar Germany

A Wretched Voyage with a Happy End: The Story of the Cabo de Buena Esperanza and Cabo de Hornos

A Wretched Voyage with a Happy End: The Story of the Cabo de Buena Esperanza and Cabo de Hornos

Yair Wallach Lectures on Ashkenazi History in the Modern Middle East: Early 20th Century Egypt and Palestine

Yair Wallach Lectures on Ashkenazi History in the Modern Middle East: Early 20th Century Egypt and Palestine

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2023

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2023

Seeking Aunt Liz

Seeking Aunt Liz

JDC Archives to Co-Sponsor Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean

JDC Archives to Co-Sponsor Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean

An Agreement in Ethiopia

An Agreement in Ethiopia

JDC Archives Series Highlights JDC’s Programs for Children

JDC Archives Series Highlights JDC’s Programs for Children

Robin Buller Lectures on Sephardi Immigrants to France, 1919-1945

Robin Buller Lectures on Sephardi Immigrants to France, 1919-1945

Anna Sommer Schneider Lectures on Yiddishkeit and JDC’s Support for Jewish Education in Communist Poland

Anna Sommer Schneider Lectures on Yiddishkeit and JDC’s Support for Jewish Education in Communist Poland

2023 JDC Archives Fellows Announced

2023 JDC Archives Fellows Announced

Scrapbooks and Albums Rehoused

Scrapbooks and Albums Rehoused

Jonathan Sarna Lectures on the Transformation of JDC into a Permanent Organization

Jonathan Sarna Lectures on the Transformation of JDC into a Permanent Organization

Merry Fitzpatrick Lectures on Heroic Medical Research from the Warsaw Ghetto: Preserving a JDC Legacy

Merry Fitzpatrick Lectures on Heroic Medical Research from the Warsaw Ghetto: Preserving a JDC Legacy

Michael Rom Lectures on Egyptian Jewish Immigration to Brazil, 1956-61

Michael Rom Lectures on Egyptian Jewish Immigration to Brazil, 1956-61

Ethell Gershengorin Lectures on The JDC’s Activities on Behalf of Eastern European Jewish Children, 1919-1929

Ethell Gershengorin Lectures on The JDC’s Activities on Behalf of Eastern European Jewish Children, 1919-1929

Through the Eyes of an Artist

Through the Eyes of an Artist

Book Review—More Than Parcels: Wartime Aid for Jews in Nazi-Era Camps and Ghettos

Book Review—More Than Parcels: Wartime Aid for Jews in Nazi-Era Camps and Ghettos

A Game of Chance

A Game of Chance

Benefiting a Multitude

Benefiting a Multitude

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter-Spring 2023

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter-Spring 2023

JDC at the Movies

JDC at the Movies

Walter Francis Lectures on “Building Memory: Jewish Communal Reconstruction in Postwar Tunisia, 1945-1967”

Walter Francis Lectures on “Building Memory: Jewish Communal Reconstruction in Postwar Tunisia, 1945-1967”

Danielle Willard-Kyle Lectures on A Children’s Paradise? The JDC and Selvino, Italy, 1945-48

Danielle Willard-Kyle Lectures on A Children’s Paradise? The JDC and Selvino, Italy, 1945-48

A Tale of Two Photographs

A Tale of Two Photographs

Old World Discoveries

Old World Discoveries

The Women of Rieucros

The Women of Rieucros

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall-Winter 2022-2023

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall-Winter 2022-2023

JDC Archives Accepting Applications for 2023 Fellowships

JDC Archives Accepting Applications for 2023 Fellowships

Tuvia Friling Lectures on Dr. Joseph Schwartz – ‘The Web Spinner’

Tuvia Friling Lectures on Dr. Joseph Schwartz – ‘The Web Spinner’

Memories of Tehran

Memories of Tehran

On Meditating Behind the Camera

On Meditating Behind the Camera

Giving Names to Faces

Giving Names to Faces

Joshua Tapper Lectures on “Who Should the Players Be?”: The JDC in the Soviet Union, 1989-1991

Joshua Tapper Lectures on “Who Should the Players Be?”: The JDC in the Soviet Union, 1989-1991

Book Review: Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism

Book Review: Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2022

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2022

Jonathan Zisook Lectures on “Passover for the Passed Over”: Jewish Religious Life in Poland after 1968

Jonathan Zisook Lectures on “Passover for the Passed Over”: Jewish Religious Life in Poland after 1968

Lorena Cardona González Lectures on Jewish Refugees from Nazism in Colombia, 1945-1950

Lorena Cardona González Lectures on Jewish Refugees from Nazism in Colombia, 1945-1950

2022 JDC Archives Fellows Announced

2022 JDC Archives Fellows Announced

Sandra Gruner-Domić Lectures on Bolivia, a Forgotten Refuge During the Holocaust: Jewish Immigration 1937-1941

Sandra Gruner-Domić Lectures on Bolivia, a Forgotten Refuge During the Holocaust: Jewish Immigration 1937-1941

Jonathan Sarna Lectures on Re-evaluating the Role of American Jewry during the Holocaust

Jonathan Sarna Lectures on Re-evaluating the Role of American Jewry during the Holocaust

Marking the 60th Anniversary of the Mass Jewish Emigration from Algeria

Marking the 60th Anniversary of the Mass Jewish Emigration from Algeria

Book Review—The Compromise of Return: Viennese Jews after the Holocaust

Book Review—The Compromise of Return: Viennese Jews after the Holocaust

From the Midwest to the Mid-East

From the Midwest to the Mid-East

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring–Summer 2022

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring–Summer 2022

Lists of Shanghai Repatriates to Austria and Germany Indexed

Lists of Shanghai Repatriates to Austria and Germany Indexed

JDC Archives’ Annual Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture—Laura Hobson-Faure’s “A ‘Jewish Marshall Plan’: The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France”

JDC Archives’ Annual Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture—Laura Hobson-Faure’s “A ‘Jewish Marshall Plan’: The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France”

JDC Archives Public Program Series Highlights Jewish Women in Turbulent Times

JDC Archives Public Program Series Highlights Jewish Women in Turbulent Times

Juliet Golden Lectures on Sara-Zofia Syrkin-Binsztejnowa

Juliet Golden Lectures on Sara-Zofia Syrkin-Binsztejnowa

Recent Acquisitions

Recent Acquisitions

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter–Spring 2022

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter–Spring 2022

Melissa Klapper Lectures on American Jewish Women Serving the JDC Abroad During the Interwar Years

Melissa Klapper Lectures on American Jewish Women Serving the JDC Abroad During the Interwar Years

Photo Collection Spans Decades and Continents

Photo Collection Spans Decades and Continents

The Sailings of the S.S. Marine Flasher

The Sailings of the S.S. Marine Flasher

New Book—In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

New Book—In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

The Sridei Aish: Saved from the Consuming Fire

The Sridei Aish: Saved from the Consuming Fire

A Rhapsody for the Generations

A Rhapsody for the Generations

JDC Archives’ Annual Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture—Susan Gilson Miller’s “Years of Glory: Nelly Benatar and the Pursuit of Justice in Wartime North Africa”

JDC Archives’ Annual Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture—Susan Gilson Miller’s “Years of Glory: Nelly Benatar and the Pursuit of Justice in Wartime North Africa”

Zvi Feine & Sandra Segal Lecture on Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen’s Leadership in Romania

Zvi Feine & Sandra Segal Lecture on Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen’s Leadership in Romania

The Art of Documenting JDC Assistance

The Art of Documenting JDC Assistance

JDC Archives Staff Present at FDR Library’s Virtual Conference

JDC Archives Staff Present at FDR Library’s Virtual Conference

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2021–Winter 2022

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2021–Winter 2022

Researching His Roots in the Ukraine

Researching His Roots in the Ukraine

JDC Emigration Service Cards of 1960s Czech Refugees Added to Names Index

JDC Emigration Service Cards of 1960s Czech Refugees Added to Names Index

Watch Recordings of JDC Archives Public Programs

Watch Recordings of JDC Archives Public Programs

David Nasaw Lectures on Holocaust Survivors in Exile in Germany after World War II

David Nasaw Lectures on Holocaust Survivors in Exile in Germany after World War II

Anat Kutner Lectures on the Role of JDC in the Rehabilitation of Cyprus Detainees 1946-1949

Anat Kutner Lectures on the Role of JDC in the Rehabilitation of Cyprus Detainees 1946-1949

At Home in Feldafing

At Home in Feldafing

A JDC Archives Fellow Discusses Her Research on Jewish Life in 1950s Poland

A JDC Archives Fellow Discusses Her Research on Jewish Life in 1950s Poland

Vast New York 1975-1989 Collection Now Digitized

Vast New York 1975-1989 Collection Now Digitized

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2021

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Fall 2021

Yechiel Bar-Chaim and Seymour Epstein Reflect on their Service as JDC Country Directors in North Africa

Yechiel Bar-Chaim and Seymour Epstein Reflect on their Service as JDC Country Directors in North Africa

A Snapshot of Coming to America

A Snapshot of Coming to America

From Europe to Israel to Germany to Brazil

From Europe to Israel to Germany to Brazil

Sylvia Hershcovitz Lectures on Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania

Sylvia Hershcovitz Lectures on Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania

Frankee Lyons Lectures on the JDC in Post-Stalinist Poland, 1957-1960s

Frankee Lyons Lectures on the JDC in Post-Stalinist Poland, 1957-1960s

Alexandra Kramen Lectures on the Struggle for Holocaust Justice in the Jewish Displaced Persons Community of Föhrenwald, 1945-1957

Alexandra Kramen Lectures on the Struggle for Holocaust Justice in the Jewish Displaced Persons Community of Föhrenwald, 1945-1957

Dóra Pataricza Lectures on the Joint’s Activity in Szeged in the Aftermath of the Holocaust

Dóra Pataricza Lectures on the Joint’s Activity in Szeged in the Aftermath of the Holocaust

Backdrop to Rescue

Backdrop to Rescue

New Book—From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History

New Book—From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History

Overcoming Obstacles to Freedom

Overcoming Obstacles to Freedom

Avinoam Patt Lectures on the Jewish Heroes of Warsaw

Avinoam Patt Lectures on the Jewish Heroes of Warsaw

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring-Summer 2021

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Spring-Summer 2021

Found in the Names Index

Found in the Names Index

Rebecca Clifford Lectures on the Difficulties of Family Reunification after the Holocaust

Rebecca Clifford Lectures on the Difficulties of Family Reunification after the Holocaust

Zvi Gitelman Lectures on JDC’s Return to the Soviet Union in the 1980s

Zvi Gitelman Lectures on JDC’s Return to the Soviet Union in the 1980s

Distribution of Religious Items

Distribution of Religious Items

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter-Spring 2021

JDC Archives Virtual Programs: Winter-Spring 2021

The Joint and the Casa Dello Studente

The Joint and the Casa Dello Studente

AJDC Paris Emigration Service Index Cards Added to Names Index

AJDC Paris Emigration Service Index Cards Added to Names Index

Fred Lazin Lectures on JDC and European Refugees in Postwar Shanghai

Fred Lazin Lectures on JDC and European Refugees in Postwar Shanghai

JDC Archives Historic Films in Action

JDC Archives Historic Films in Action

Panel on JDC’s Work in Poland at 2020 Association for Jewish Studies Virtual Conference

Panel on JDC’s Work in Poland at 2020 Association for Jewish Studies Virtual Conference

JDC Archives Shares Zbąszyń Refugees List with JRI-Poland

JDC Archives Shares Zbąszyń Refugees List with JRI-Poland

Yechiel Bar-Chaim and Ivan Čerešnješ Lecture on Jewish Resilience and Resourcefulness During the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1992-1995

Yechiel Bar-Chaim and Ivan Čerešnješ Lecture on Jewish Resilience and Resourcefulness During the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1992-1995

JDC Archives Online Events: Fall 2020-Winter 2021

JDC Archives Online Events: Fall 2020-Winter 2021

Interning, COVID-19 style

Interning, COVID-19 style

JDC Archives Scholars’ Workshop Focuses on Jews in the Muslim World

JDC Archives Scholars’ Workshop Focuses on Jews in the Muslim World

An Illuminated Manuscript

An Illuminated Manuscript

Found on Film

Found on Film

MyHeritage Adds JDC Emigration Service Card Records to Its Online Offerings

MyHeritage Adds JDC Emigration Service Card Records to Its Online Offerings

Abra Cohen Lectures on If Objects Could Talk

Abra Cohen Lectures on If Objects Could Talk

Lior Sternfeld Lectures on Studying the Middle East through the Prism of the Jewish Communities

Lior Sternfeld Lectures on Studying the Middle East through the Prism of the Jewish Communities

Jeff Edelstein Lectures on the JDC Archives Names Index as a Window to JDC’s History

Jeff Edelstein Lectures on the JDC Archives Names Index as a Window to JDC’s History

Linda Levi Presents “The JDC Archives: New Materials of Interest to Jewish Genealogists” at IAJGS Annual Conference

Linda Levi Presents “The JDC Archives: New Materials of Interest to Jewish Genealogists” at IAJGS Annual Conference

New Book—The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II

New Book—The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa: The Impact of World War II

JDC Archives Online Events

JDC Archives Online Events

James Wooten’s Home Movies

James Wooten’s Home Movies

Finding a Friend and Family at a Critical Moment

Finding a Friend and Family at a Critical Moment

Index of AJDC Prague Office Emigration Case Files Now Available

Index of AJDC Prague Office Emigration Case Files Now Available

Sari Siegel Lectures on Jewish Survivor-Physicians in Transition: From DP Camp Doctors to Emigrants, 1945-1950

Sari Siegel Lectures on Jewish Survivor-Physicians in Transition: From DP Camp Doctors to Emigrants, 1945-1950

Michal Ben Ya’akov Lectures on Images of Moroccan Jews and Perceptions of American Jews, 1942-1954

Michal Ben Ya’akov Lectures on Images of Moroccan Jews and Perceptions of American Jews, 1942-1954

Emily Bengels Lectures on Interagency Efforts for Child Rescue and Immigration to the US: 1939-1942

Emily Bengels Lectures on Interagency Efforts for Child Rescue and Immigration to the US: 1939-1942

Life in Sosúa Revealed

Life in Sosúa Revealed

New Book—Hitler’s Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal

New Book—Hitler’s Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal

JDC Archives Fellowship Lectures Available Online

JDC Archives Fellowship Lectures Available Online

JDC during the Time of the Spanish Flu (1918–1920)

JDC during the Time of the Spanish Flu (1918–1920)

Picture It

Picture It

A Rare Romanian Artifact in the Archives

A Rare Romanian Artifact in the Archives

New Book—Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey

New Book—Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey

A Gift from Golda

A Gift from Golda

Reflections on Shanghai

Reflections on Shanghai

Panel on JDC’s Work in Italy at Association for Jewish Studies Conference

Panel on JDC’s Work in Italy at Association for Jewish Studies Conference

Stacy Veeder Lectures on “The Thread that Binds”: Personal Correspondence and Relief Aid in the Camps of Occupied France, 1940-1944

Stacy Veeder Lectures on “The Thread that Binds”: Personal Correspondence and Relief Aid in the Camps of Occupied France, 1940-1944

Jan Láníček Lectures on “Sardines to the Ghettos”: Relief Food Parcels for Jews in Occupied Europe during the Second World War

Jan Láníček Lectures on “Sardines to the Ghettos”: Relief Food Parcels for Jews in Occupied Europe during the Second World War

JDC Archives’ Annual Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture—Marion Kaplan, “Lisbon: Harbor of Hope for Jewish Refugees”

JDC Archives’ Annual Helen Cohen Memorial Lecture—Marion Kaplan, “Lisbon: Harbor of Hope for Jewish Refugees”

Lauren Henry Lectures on The JDC and the Jews of Alsace and Algeria, 1940-1963

Lauren Henry Lectures on The JDC and the Jews of Alsace and Algeria, 1940-1963

It Started and Ended with a Newspaper Article

It Started and Ended with a Newspaper Article

JDC Archives Events in November and December

JDC Archives Events in November and December

Exploring the Lists in the Names Index

Exploring the Lists in the Names Index

Snapshots of a Forgotten World

Snapshots of a Forgotten World

New Book—Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran

New Book—Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran

How a Recent Grant Helped Uncover a Rare Artifact’s Provenance

How a Recent Grant Helped Uncover a Rare Artifact’s Provenance

Rachel Blumenthal Lectures on Survivors, Locals, and Welfare Agencies in the Austrian Alps

Rachel Blumenthal Lectures on Survivors, Locals, and Welfare Agencies in the Austrian Alps

Michael Nutkiewicz Lectures on Eli Gumener’s Memoirs

Michael Nutkiewicz Lectures on Eli Gumener’s Memoirs

A Tale from Australia

A Tale from Australia

“They Gave Us Money to Live”

“They Gave Us Money to Live”

JDC Archives Holds Volunteer Recognition Luncheon

JDC Archives Holds Volunteer Recognition Luncheon

Lending a Helping Hand

Lending a Helping Hand

Researching the “Polenaktion” at the JDC Archives

Researching the “Polenaktion” at the JDC Archives

Piecing together a Puzzle with Newly Received Digital Collections

Piecing together a Puzzle with Newly Received Digital Collections

Gaëlle Fisher Lectures on Making Sense of Catastrophe: Jewish Leadership in Romania during the Holocaust

Gaëlle Fisher Lectures on Making Sense of Catastrophe: Jewish Leadership in Romania during the Holocaust

Alina Bothe Lectures on the Polenaktion: Deportation, Refugee Life and Jewish Solidarity

Alina Bothe Lectures on the Polenaktion: Deportation, Refugee Life and Jewish Solidarity

Ming Hui Pan Lectures on the Survival of Jews in China during World War II

Ming Hui Pan Lectures on the Survival of Jews in China during World War II

The JDC at 100: A Century of Humanitarianism

The JDC at 100: A Century of Humanitarianism

Illuminating History

Illuminating History

JDC Archives Enters New Partnership with International Tracing Service

JDC Archives Enters New Partnership with International Tracing Service

JDC Archives Announces May Events

JDC Archives Announces May Events

From JDC Iran to Morocco with a Healing Mission

From JDC Iran to Morocco with a Healing Mission

New Book: The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

New Book: The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

It Only Takes One Document

It Only Takes One Document

Tunisian Treasure

Tunisian Treasure

“Someone in the World Still Cared about Their Fate”

“Someone in the World Still Cared about Their Fate”

“A New Lens” on JDC’s Historic Films

“A New Lens” on JDC’s Historic Films

New Book on War Refugee Board

New Book on War Refugee Board

Mr. Shamsian’s Shiviti Gift

Mr. Shamsian’s Shiviti Gift

Finding a Long-Lost Relative after 77 Years

Finding a Long-Lost Relative after 77 Years

Danielle Willard-Kyle Lectures on Jewish Refugees and Humanitarian Aid in Italian Displaced Persons Camps

Danielle Willard-Kyle Lectures on Jewish Refugees and Humanitarian Aid in Italian Displaced Persons Camps

From JDC in Norway to JDC in New York

From JDC in Norway to JDC in New York

Laura Almagor Lectures on Jewish DPs in Austria and Koppel S. Pinson (1904-1961)

Laura Almagor Lectures on Jewish DPs in Austria and Koppel S. Pinson (1904-1961)

Archives Website’s “Our Stories” Section Presents Collection Highlights in a New Way

Archives Website’s “Our Stories” Section Presents Collection Highlights in a New Way

Gertrud Glanz’s Scrapbook from Shanghai

Gertrud Glanz’s Scrapbook from Shanghai

JDC Archives Artifacts and Ephemera Collection Database now open

JDC Archives Artifacts and Ephemera Collection Database now open

A Historian Reflects on His Research about Soviet Jewish Transmigrants

A Historian Reflects on His Research about Soviet Jewish Transmigrants

Denis Kozlov Lectures on Soviet Jewish Migration during the 1970s-1980s

Denis Kozlov Lectures on Soviet Jewish Migration during the 1970s-1980s

“He Remembered My Voice after 25 Years”

“He Remembered My Voice after 25 Years”

New Book on World War I and the Jews

New Book on World War I and the Jews

From Europe to the Farm

From Europe to the Farm

New Book on Wartime Refugees in Casablanca

New Book on Wartime Refugees in Casablanca

Learning More about the Children of Cyprus

Learning More about the Children of Cyprus

Trench Art in the JDC Archives

Trench Art in the JDC Archives

Joseph Benatov Lectures on the Fate of Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust

Joseph Benatov Lectures on the Fate of Bulgarian Jews during the Holocaust

JDC Archives Showcased in Two Scholarly Publications

JDC Archives Showcased in Two Scholarly Publications

Naida Michal Brandl Lectures on Jewish Life in Croatia, 1945-1952

Naida Michal Brandl Lectures on Jewish Life in Croatia, 1945-1952

Omri Tubi Lectures on the Transnational Roots of the Jewish State and Malaria Eradication

Omri Tubi Lectures on the Transnational Roots of the Jewish State and Malaria Eradication

Do You Have a JDC Story?

Do You Have a JDC Story?

New Book on the International Committee of the Red Cross by 2014 JDC Archives Fellow, Gerald Steinacher

New Book on the International Committee of the Red Cross by 2014 JDC Archives Fellow, Gerald Steinacher

Polish Yiddish Theater Posters

Polish Yiddish Theater Posters

Do You Know What a Fuzzy Search Is in Our Database?

Do You Know What a Fuzzy Search Is in Our Database?

Badges of Honor

Badges of Honor

A JDC Connection Comes Full Circle

A JDC Connection Comes Full Circle

Do you Recognize Someone?

Do you Recognize Someone?

Genealogical Resources on Immigrants to Eretz Yisrael

Genealogical Resources on Immigrants to Eretz Yisrael

When a Letter Becomes Art

When a Letter Becomes Art

An Enduring Personal JDC Connection in Poland

An Enduring Personal JDC Connection in Poland

Natan Meir Lectures on Town Fools, Beggars, and Other Outcasts in Eastern Europe

Natan Meir Lectures on Town Fools, Beggars, and Other Outcasts in Eastern Europe

Russian Children’s Art

Russian Children’s Art

Michal Frankl Lectures on Jewish Refugees on the Borders of East-Central Europe, 1938

Michal Frankl Lectures on Jewish Refugees on the Borders of East-Central Europe, 1938

Rescue through Emigration in the Nazi Era

Rescue through Emigration in the Nazi Era

Genealogical Resources in the Records of JDC’s Warsaw Office, 1939-1941

Genealogical Resources in the Records of JDC’s Warsaw Office, 1939-1941

Glenn Dynner Lectures on JDC Aid to Traditionalist Jews in Interwar and Nazi-Occupied Poland

Glenn Dynner Lectures on JDC Aid to Traditionalist Jews in Interwar and Nazi-Occupied Poland

Lighting the Way

Lighting the Way

Making Connections: Linking Finding Aids and Digitized Records

Making Connections: Linking Finding Aids and Digitized Records

The SS Serpa Pinto Lists: A Resource for Genealogy Research

The SS Serpa Pinto Lists: A Resource for Genealogy Research

JDC Archives Website as a Scholarly Resource in the Digital Age

JDC Archives Website as a Scholarly Resource in the Digital Age

JDC Archival Film and Video Collections as Historical and Genealogical Resources

JDC Archival Film and Video Collections as Historical and Genealogical Resources

Luca Fenoglio Lectures on Rescue Activities in Italian-Occupied Southeastern France

Luca Fenoglio Lectures on Rescue Activities in Italian-Occupied Southeastern France

Cultivating Artists on Cyprus: The Rutenberg Seminar

Cultivating Artists on Cyprus: The Rutenberg Seminar

The JDC Archives Names Indexing Project: A Personal Retrospective

The JDC Archives Names Indexing Project: A Personal Retrospective

Mary Cox Lectures on Feeding Hungry Children after World War I

Mary Cox Lectures on Feeding Hungry Children after World War I

Rachel Blumenthal Lectures on the Creation of the Claims Conference

Rachel Blumenthal Lectures on the Creation of the Claims Conference

A Grandfather’s JDC Legacy

A Grandfather’s JDC Legacy

Finding Her “Joint Family” in the Archives

Finding Her “Joint Family” in the Archives

Issachar Ryback’s Agro-Joint Album

Issachar Ryback’s Agro-Joint Album

Entwined: Sabah, JDC, and Me

Entwined: Sabah, JDC, and Me

Anna Manchin Lectures on Jews, Communism, and Ethnicity in 1946 Hungary

Anna Manchin Lectures on Jews, Communism, and Ethnicity in 1946 Hungary

New Book Offers Insight on Early Aid to Russian Jews

New Book Offers Insight on Early Aid to Russian Jews

Records of JDC’s Role in “Operation Magic Carpet” Airlift Now Digitized

Records of JDC’s Role in “Operation Magic Carpet” Airlift Now Digitized

Medals of Honor

Medals of Honor

Documenting JDC’s Work in the Soviet Union

Documenting JDC’s Work in the Soviet Union

Miranda Carson Shares Her JDC Story

Miranda Carson Shares Her JDC Story

Andrew Falk Lectures on American Jewish Foreign Policy in the Era of World Wars

Andrew Falk Lectures on American Jewish Foreign Policy in the Era of World Wars

JDC Archives Fellow Lectures on Holocaust Survivors and “the Right to Health”

JDC Archives Fellow Lectures on Holocaust Survivors and “the Right to Health”

Traversing a Minefield to Escape Communist Hungary

Traversing a Minefield to Escape Communist Hungary

“Conditions Terrifying Utterly Hopeless”: A 1933 Telegram

“Conditions Terrifying Utterly Hopeless”: A 1933 Telegram

Festive Purim Sketches in an Israel Old Age Home

Festive Purim Sketches in an Israel Old Age Home

President Woodrow Wilson and JDC

President Woodrow Wilson and JDC

Citibank, a Mysterious Bank Account, and a Hunt in the Archives

Citibank, a Mysterious Bank Account, and a Hunt in the Archives

“Whence Shall Come Our Aid?” JDC’s Early Fundraising Campaigns

“Whence Shall Come Our Aid?” JDC’s Early Fundraising Campaigns

Harry Kamel: A Story of Gratitude

Harry Kamel: A Story of Gratitude

Memories from Aden

Memories from Aden

Painting Depicts JDC Founders

Painting Depicts JDC Founders

Gerald Steinacher Lectures on the Red Cross, Jewish Relief Agencies, and the Holocaust

Gerald Steinacher Lectures on the Red Cross, Jewish Relief Agencies, and the Holocaust

Helen Cytryn and the Joint: A Photo Identification 70 Years in the Making

Helen Cytryn and the Joint: A Photo Identification 70 Years in the Making

A Symbol for the Continuity of Jewish Life

A Symbol for the Continuity of Jewish Life

I Live. Send Help.

I Live. Send Help.

Golda Schoenbaum and the Joint: a Lifelong Relationship

Golda Schoenbaum and the Joint: a Lifelong Relationship

The 1948 JDC Haggadah

The 1948 JDC Haggadah

The Jews of Sosúa

The Jews of Sosúa

A Lens on Poverty

A Lens on Poverty

World War I Prisoner of War Cards Available

World War I Prisoner of War Cards Available

A Tour Guide to a Century of Global Relief Work

A Tour Guide to a Century of Global Relief Work

Esther Haskin and the Joint

Esther Haskin and the Joint

Insight into Moses Beckelman: Neither Pencil-Pusher Nor Pushover

Insight into Moses Beckelman: Neither Pencil-Pusher Nor Pushover

Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and JDC’s Response

Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and JDC’s Response

Using Digital Technology to Research Icchoc Mendel Ganc’s Name

Using Digital Technology to Research Icchoc Mendel Ganc’s Name

Delivering Food Relief with Dignity: A Unique Artifact

Delivering Food Relief with Dignity: A Unique Artifact

Emely Katz Shares Her JDC Story

Emely Katz Shares Her JDC Story

A Rosh Hashanah Story

A Rosh Hashanah Story

Lior Sternfeld Lectures on the Jewish Community in Iran from 1941 until the Revolution

Lior Sternfeld Lectures on the Jewish Community in Iran from 1941 until the Revolution

Explore JDC’s Extensive Photo Resources

Explore JDC’s Extensive Photo Resources

Collection of 40,000 Deposit Cards from the World War II Era Features Albert Einstein Record

Collection of 40,000 Deposit Cards from the World War II Era Features Albert Einstein Record

Elka Deitsch Shares her JDC Story

Elka Deitsch Shares her JDC Story

Traditional Ethiopian Pottery

Traditional Ethiopian Pottery

Special Video of Operation Solomon, the 1991 Airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel

Special Video of Operation Solomon, the 1991 Airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel

Joan Finkelstein Shares Her JDC Story

Joan Finkelstein Shares Her JDC Story

Long-Time JDC Staffer Donates Treasure Trove of Images to Archives

Long-Time JDC Staffer Donates Treasure Trove of Images to Archives

Polish Jewish Expellees from Germany (1938-1939) Receiving JDC Aid

Polish Jewish Expellees from Germany (1938-1939) Receiving JDC Aid

Yom HaShoah and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Yom HaShoah and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

A Timely Seder

A Timely Seder

JDC Haggadah: Occasions of Rescue, Relief and Renewal

JDC Haggadah: Occasions of Rescue, Relief and Renewal

Symbol of Freedom: Seder Plate Distributed in Displaced Persons Camps

Symbol of Freedom: Seder Plate Distributed in Displaced Persons Camps

New Release Pays Tribute to Forgotten Heroes of Soviet Jewish Collective

New Release Pays Tribute to Forgotten Heroes of Soviet Jewish Collective

Miriam Steinberg Weiss Shares Her Father’s JDC Story

Miriam Steinberg Weiss Shares Her Father’s JDC Story

JDC Founding Telegram, 1914

JDC Founding Telegram, 1914

JDC Archives Documents in Forthcoming Book on Minsk

JDC Archives Documents in Forthcoming Book on Minsk

Historic Sound Recording from 1949 Operation Magic Carpet

Historic Sound Recording from 1949 Operation Magic Carpet

Bela Schoenfeld Shares Her JDC Story

Bela Schoenfeld Shares Her JDC Story

As Jews Today Celebrate the Siyum HaShas, Remembering the Publication of the “JDC Talmud”

As Jews Today Celebrate the Siyum HaShas, Remembering the Publication of the “JDC Talmud”

Early Soviet Jewish Life Captured on Film

Early Soviet Jewish Life Captured on Film

Happy Purim!

Happy Purim!

Reuven Avital’s Story

Reuven Avital’s Story

Postcard from Theresienstadt

Postcard from Theresienstadt

A Silent Yizkor

A Silent Yizkor

Refuge in Jamaica

Refuge in Jamaica

Historic JDC Poster

Historic JDC Poster

An Early Call to Action

An Early Call to Action

Lodz Ghetto Currency

Lodz Ghetto Currency

Woodrow Wilson’s Appeal

Woodrow Wilson’s Appeal