Dedication, take 7: One of the great Jewish organizations in the U.S. working in support of Jews overseas has been the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. "The Joint" was founded in 1914 by American Jewish philanthropists Henry Morgenthau Sr. and Jacob Schiff to aid the Jews of Ottoman Palestine, who had been cut off by the start of World War I from their usual sources of support. Over the years, the JDC has supported vulnerable Jewish populations in Europe and Israell. n addition to material help, the Joint has helped to rebuild Jewish life in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, working with communities on the ground and sending young Jewish adults from the West as fellows who teach and offer all kinds of programming.
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