JDC in the 1980s
Refugees from Cambodia.
Thailand, 1980.
Permitted to re-enter East European countries to respond to the needs of Holocaust survivors and other vulnerable populations, JDC partnered with local Jewish communities to strengthen communal infrastructure and to help the needy. JDC’s long history of providing nonsectarian aid culminated in the formal establishment of its International Development Program in 1986.
In Depth
1980s: Expanding JDC’s Reach as New Opportunities Arise
A luncheon at Hirsh Jewish School
Paris, France, 1980.
Soviet Jewish Transmigrants
Italy, 1980.
A kosher Kitchen in Jewish quarter of Budapest, Hungary located adjacent to the Orthodox synagogue
Budapest, Hungary, 1980.
Yom Kippur services
Budapest, Hungary, 1980.
Women on line at food depot from the central kosher kitchen
Hungary, Budapest, c.1980.
Celebrating Hanukkah
Bucharest, Romania, 1980.
An exercise class for the residents of the ESHEL Home for the Aged
Afula, Israel, 1980s.
The Beit-Pomerantz (Shmuel Ha-Navi Community Center) children’s summer camp
Jerusalem, Israel, 1980.
Refugees from Cambodia
Thailand, 1980.
JDC in Ethiopia helps distribute seven tons of clothing shipped from New York to aid famine victims
Gondar region, Ethiopia, 1984.
A water system provided by JDC as part of a nonsectarian recovery and development program in Ethiopia
Gondar region, Ethiopia, 1984.
An Armenian earthquake victim is helped to board an El Al airplane for travel to Israel, where she will be treated for her injuries
Armenia, 1989. Photograph: Shlomo Arad.
