"Alone in These Four Walls": Liliya's Story
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a Federation overseas beneficiary agency, is the leading global Jewish nonprofit organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. JDC rescues Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish future, and lead the Jewish community’s response to crises. For over 100 years, their work has put the timeless Jewish value of mutual responsibility into action, making JDC essential to the survival of millions of people and the advancement of Jewish life across the globe.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, JDC gives elderly Jewish women in the Ukraine food, medicine, and homecare.
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Impact Stories
- Delivering Comfort and Food In Jewish Cleveland
- A Lasting Friendship Through the Tragedies of the Holocaust
- Setting the Stage for Holocaust Education
- "Alone in These Four Walls": Liliya's Story
- "Without JDC, I'd Be Lost": Vladimir's Story
- Regaining Confidence through Youth Futures
- Adding Up The Progress Of STEM In Israel
- The Addis Family: Reunited at Last
- Making the Move to Israel and Scrubbing In
- Jewish Cleveland Supporting Education During COVID-19
- Serving Cleveland and Repairing the World
- Federation Task Force Seeks to Ease Grieving in COVID-19
- Learning Strength, Respect, and Teamwork with Horvitz YouthAbility
- Rally for Israel
- Navigating Alzheimer’s and Dementia Together
- New Psychiatric Children's Hospital Addresses County's Pressing Need
- The Story of ‘The British Schindler’
- SAYing and Doing the Right Things in Local Public Schools
- Bringing Holocaust Education to Students Across Ohio
- Congregational Learning Has a New Look During a Pandemic
- Feeding the Hungry
- Safety in Our Jewish Day Schools
- Combating Antisemitism Through icnext
- Fostering the Next Generation of Civic Leaders
- Jewish Cleveland Stands Up to Hate in New York
- Jewish Continuity Starts Here: The Vitality of Jewish Overnight Camp
- The “Heart” of Jewish Cleveland
- Cleveland Students Create the Art of Yom Hashoah