American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, also known as Joint or JDC, is a Jewish relief organization based in New York City. The organisation has supported Jewish people living in Israel and thro
JDC offices in Jerusalem
The 1914 telegram that prompted the establishment of the Joint Distribution Committee.
Card issued to a Hungarian prisoner of war by the Vladivostok branch of the Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers, 1920
Jacob Schiff
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Jacob Henry Schiff was a Jewish German-born American banker, businessman, and philanthropist. He helped finance the expansion of American railroads, and the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist R
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
…to Jews living in Palestine under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The organization began its efforts to save Jews with a donation of $50,000 from Jacob Schiff, a wealthy Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the main funder of the organization and helped raise money to aid and save Jews around the…
Portrait by Aimé Dupont, 1903