Links to Other Web Sites of Interest
Links to Other Web Sites of Interest
JDC’s FAMILY OF SITES
Ashalim
www.ashalim.org.il
Ashalim (Association for the Planning and Development of Services for Children
and Youth at Risk and their Families) was established to help Israeli children
and youth who live at risk of abuse or neglect grow up in nurturing families
and communities, to improve their lives and ultimately, to reduce this tragic
situation in society. This is a unique partnership of JDC-Israel, Israel’s
government, and the UJA/Federation of New York.
JDC-ELKA
www.jdc.org.il/elka
In Israel, JDC-ELKA works to enhance the management skills of senior professionals
and policymakers in the public and non-profit sectors. By improving
the efficiency and effectiveness of Israel's social service infrastructure,
it hopes to improve the quality of life for Israel's citizens.
JDC-ESHEL
www.jdc.org.il/eshel/eshelhom.html
As a joint venture between JDC-Israel and the Government of Israel, ESHEL (The
Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel)
has been at the forefront of the planning and development of services for Israel's
senior population.
JDC - ISRAEL
www.jdc.org.il
From 1914 to 1948, JDC provided welfare and social assistance to members of
the Yishuv (Jewish settlers in what was then Palestine), and its pioneering
social services helped create the foundation for the nascent Jewish state. Today,
JDC's Israel operation remains at the cutting edge of public policy innovation.
JDC-Israel seeks to enhance the quality of life for Israel's vulnerable populations
(including children, youth and families at risk, struggling immigrant populations,
the elderly and the disabled) by developing innovative programs to meet their
most acute needs. Current priorities include the JDC-proposed "Keeping
the Children Safe" initiatives under the IEC campaign, which are helping
to reduce Israeli children's exposure to terrorist attack by providing after-school
and summer camp programs that keep them off high-risk streets and city centers.
JDC Leatid Europe
www.Leatid.org
The European Center for Jewish Leadership is a non-profit organization offering
training programs and resources for Jewish community leaders.
JDC Leatid Latin America
www.leatidla.org
The Latin American Center for Jewish Leadership is a non-profit organization
offering training programs and resources for Jewish community leaders.
Jewish Programs
www.jewishprograms.org
A JDC family of web sites including Morim, Madrichim (youth
counselors) and Jewish Community Centers that provides resources and tools
to lay leaders and professionals in communities of different sizes and needs.
Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute
www.jdc.org.il/brookdale
The Institute is Israel's leading center for applied research on human services
with seven major divisions: Aging, Health Policy, Immigrant Absorption, Disability,
the Center for Children and Youth, Special Crosscutting Programs and International
Cooperation. The Institute is an independent, non-profit organization operating
as a partnership between the JDC and the Government of Israel.
The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation / AJJDC International Jewish Summer Camp
www.szarvas.org/szarvas.html
Every summer the camp in Szarvas, Hungary welcomes over 2,000 Jewish campers
from over 20 countries.
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies
www.taubcenter.org.il
The Taub Center is an independent, non-partisan research institute funded primarily by JDC. The Taub Center helps Israeli policymakers identify strategic social developments and formulate appropriate actions and policies to improve the well-being of Israel’s population.
Conference for Material Claims Against Germany
www.claimscon.org
The "Claims Conference" is JDC’s major partner in providing welfare services
to needy elderly Jewish victims of Nazi persecution in the former Soviet republics
as well as in Eastern Europe.
Interaction
www.interaction.org
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development
and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. JDC is one of more than 160
members operating in every developing country working to overcome poverty,
exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for
all.
Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues
www.iataskforce.org
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues is a diverse, broad-based coalition composed of approximately 70 North American Jewish organizations, foundations, federations and private philanthropists, who are committed to the welfare of Israel and support the Jewish state’s right to a secure and peaceful existence. Members of the Task Force are proud of the democratic, sovereign state of the Jewish people and support Israel’s Declaration of Independence, including the article that promises social and political equality for all its inhabitants—Jews and Arabs alike. The Task Force, which educates North American Jewry on majority/minority relations in Israel, is lead by an Executive Committee the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Anti-Defamation League, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, Brian Lurie, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, New Israel Fund and UJA-Federation of New York.
Jewish Service
www.jewishservice.org
A network of Jewish service organizations that provide opportunities for Jewish
youths and adults to engage in Tikkun Olam including JDC’s Jewish Service
Corps and JDC’s Ralph I. Goldman Fellowship.
Jewish Funders Network
www.jfunders.org
The Jewish Funders Network brings together Jews, nationally and regionally,
who believe that their funding decisions must be philosophically and strategically
sound.
United Jewish Communities
www.ujc.org
United Jewish Communities represents and serves 156 Jewish federations and
400 independent Jewish communities across North America. JDC programs
are supported primarily by contributions to the annual campaigns of the Jewish
Community Federations throughout the U.S. in partnership with UJC.
World Jewish Relief
http://www.worldjewishrelief.org.uk
World Jewish Relief is a British humanitarian aid charity. It is dedicated
to saving the lives of Jewish individuals and the life of Jewish communities,
wherever the need is greatest.
NOTE: This list does not represent an endorsement of these Web sites or their content. From time to time, a URL address may change. We try to keep abreast of these changes. However, if you find that you are unable to access a site via a current hyper-link, please let us know by sending us an email (info@jdc.org). Thank you!