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From the Collections

Musical Beginnings

Musical Beginnings

More Than Just an ID Card

More Than Just an ID Card

CARE Packages in Action

CARE Packages in Action

The Difference a Day Makes

The Difference a Day Makes

Lending a Paw: Hibuki Therapy

Lending a Paw: Hibuki Therapy

Israel and JDC: In the Words of Ralph Goldman

Israel and JDC: In the Words of Ralph Goldman

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

An Agreement in Ethiopia

An Agreement in Ethiopia

Scrapbooks and Albums Rehoused

Scrapbooks and Albums Rehoused

Through the Eyes of an Artist

Through the Eyes of an Artist

JDC at the Movies

JDC at the Movies

The Women of Rieucros

The Women of Rieucros

On Meditating Behind the Camera

On Meditating Behind the Camera

Recent Acquisitions

Recent Acquisitions

The Sridei Aish: Saved from the Consuming Fire

The Sridei Aish: Saved from the Consuming Fire

The Art of Documenting JDC Assistance

The Art of Documenting JDC Assistance

At Home in Feldafing

At Home in Feldafing

Backdrop to Rescue

Backdrop to Rescue

Distribution of Religious Items

Distribution of Religious Items

An Illuminated Manuscript

An Illuminated Manuscript

James Wooten’s Home Movies

James Wooten’s Home Movies

Life in Sosúa Revealed

Life in Sosúa Revealed

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

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

A Gift from Golda

A Gift from Golda

Snapshots of a Forgotten World

Snapshots of a Forgotten World

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

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

Lending a Helping Hand

Lending a Helping Hand

Illuminating History

Illuminating History

Tunisian Treasure

Tunisian Treasure

“A New Lens” on JDC’s Historic Films

“A New Lens” on JDC’s Historic Films

Mr. Shamsian’s Shiviti Gift

Mr. Shamsian’s Shiviti Gift

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

Trench Art in the JDC Archives

Trench Art in the JDC Archives

Polish Yiddish Theater Posters

Polish Yiddish Theater Posters

Badges of Honor

Badges of Honor

When a Letter Becomes Art

When a Letter Becomes Art

Russian Children’s Art

Russian Children’s Art

Lighting the Way

Lighting the Way

Issachar Ryback’s Agro-Joint Album

Issachar Ryback’s Agro-Joint Album

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

“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

Memories from Aden

Memories from Aden

Painting Depicts JDC Founders

Painting Depicts JDC Founders

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

The 1948 JDC Haggadah

The 1948 JDC Haggadah

A Lens on Poverty

A Lens on Poverty

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

Delivering Food Relief with Dignity: A Unique Artifact

Delivering Food Relief with Dignity: A Unique Artifact

A Rosh Hashanah Story

A Rosh Hashanah Story

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

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

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

Symbol of Freedom: Seder Plate Distributed in Displaced Persons Camps

Symbol of Freedom: Seder Plate Distributed in Displaced Persons Camps

JDC Founding Telegram, 1914

JDC Founding Telegram, 1914

Historic Sound Recording from 1949 Operation Magic Carpet

Historic Sound Recording from 1949 Operation Magic Carpet

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!

Postcard from Theresienstadt

Postcard from Theresienstadt

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