The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives collection of Artifacts & Ephemera contains over 1,000 works ranging from posters and illuminated records to precious artwork and gifts from Jewish communities around the world, which illustrate and bring to life JDC's global humanitarian aid efforts. Let the artifacts guide your journey through JDC history and Jewish history at large. By analyzing different objects from around the world, learn more about the Jewish global experience during the past century.
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Theodor Herzl proposed a temporary safe haven in Uganda. However, a Jewish homeland in East Africa was heavily opposed by the Zionist Congress.
Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA. Families come together twice a month, once to experience Shabbat as a B’Yachad community and another time to help heal the world by participating in Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) projects
J-JEP is a multi-denominational collaboration between Beth Shalom, a traditional Conservative congregation, and Rodef Shalom, a Classical Reform congregation. The learning in J-JEP reflects the belief that no two households are the same.