The JDC at 100: A Century of Humanitarianism

The history of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee from its origins in 1914 through its first century.

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Main Author: Mitsel, Mikhail (Author)
Contributors: Bemporad, Elissa (Contributor) ; Granick, Jaclyn (Contributor) ; Grossmann, Atina (Contributor) ; Rutland, Suzanne D (Contributor) ; Vanden Daelen, Veerle (Contributor) ; Patt, Avinoam (Contributor) ; Levi, Linda G (Contributor) ; Mandel, Maud S (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: OnixTransformation.OnixModel.CityOfPublication Wayne State University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Further subjects:B American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee-History
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Summary:The history of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee from its origins in 1914 through its first century.
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Medical Welfare in Interwar Europe: The Collaboration between JDC and OZE-TOZ Organizations -- 2. JDC in Minsk: The Parameters and Predicaments of Aiding Soviet Jews in the Interwar Years -- 3. The First American Organization in Soviet Russa: JDC and Relief in the Ukraine, 1920-1923 -- 4. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Programs in the USSR, 1941-1948: A Complicated Partnership -- 5. DORSA and the Jewish Refugee Settlement in Sosúa, 1940-1945 -- 6. Laura Margolis and JDC Efforts in Cuba and Shanghai: Sustaining Refugees in a Time of Catastrophe -- 7. "Joint Fund Teheran": JDC and the Jewish Lifeline to Central Asia -- 8. Destination Australia: The Roles of Charles Jordan and Walter Brand -- 9. Imported from the United States? The Centralization of Private Jewish Welfare after the Holocaust: The Cases of Belgium and France -- 10. Behind the Iron Curtain: The Communist Government in Poland and Its Attitude toward the Joint's Activities, 1944-1989 -- 11. Years of Survival: JDC in Postwar Germany, 1945-1957 -- 12. JDC Activity in Hungary, 1945-1953 -- 13. JDC and Soviet Jews in Austria and Italy -- Contributors -- Index.
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ISBN:0814342353