Glenn Dynner Lectures on JDC Aid to Traditionalist Jews in Interwar and Nazi-Occupied Poland
Glenn Dynner, recipient of a 2016 Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave his public lecture on JDC’s generous aid to Jewish traditionalists (Orthodox and Hasidic Jews), whom some JDC leaders described as “the fountain of Judaism the world over, including...
Luca Fenoglio Lectures on Rescue Activities in Italian-Occupied Southeastern France
Luca Fenoglio, the 2016 Martin and Rhoda Safer/JDC Archives Fellow, gave his lecture, “Rescue through Collaboration: The Rescue Activities of the Comité d’Aide aux Refugiés in Italian-Occupied Southern France.” Also known as Comité Dubouchage, the...
Mary Cox Lectures on Feeding Hungry Children after World War I
Mary E. Cox, recipient of a 2016 Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave her public lecture on “Feeding Hungry Children After World War I.” The lecture focused on the mapping of feeding centers in Vienna in the post-World War I period. Mary E. Cox received...
Rachel Blumenthal Lectures on the Creation of the Claims Conference
Rachel Blumenthal, recipient of a 2015 Fred and Ellen Lewis/JDC Archives Fellowship, gave a lecture on “The Creation of the Claims Conference 1951-1953: A Look Back at History.” The lecture explored how a large number of Jewish organizations collaborated to create a...