As Jews with strong ties to Israel, communities on the continent express frustration with its eroding democratic values and policies that affect them even in their own countries

National security minister has vowed to shut down Joint Distribution Committee program tackling crime in Arab communities, branding the century-old, apolitical group 'leftist'

National security minister reportedly makes remarks at meeting on slashing funding for project run by American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Chabad raising funds to buy hundreds of generators; JFNA announces another $7 million infusion for Ukraine effort; Joint Distribution Committee raising money for blankets

As costs of food, medicine and gasoline rise along with the number of recipients who require them, humanitarian groups maximize efficiency ahead of what they see as a long haul

Volunteers draw on Jewish experiences with suffering to offer help to refugee children traumatized by war and to help them prepare for a new school year in Poland

Elizaveta Sherstuk was chosen to represent the Diaspora at Israel's main Independence Day ceremony. 'This is the acknowledgment of the importance of what we do'

Claims Conference initiative brings together 100 survivors to warn of need to remember Nazi atrocities amid rising antisemitism

'We've become crisis experts in 3 weeks,' says head of Joint Distribution Committee in Chisinau, one of a dizzying number of groups trying to care for those fleeing the war

A tent operated by the JDC serving bean-and-vegetable borscht is a welcome sight for those fleeing the war, and the aid from local and foreign volunteers doesn't stop there