Focusing on 'Hope and Crisis in the Jewish World', top professional staff shared their own personal stories of their work, giving participants insight into JDC that is shared all too infrequently.
Welcome and Briefing from Steve Schwager, CEO
Innovating Israel
For 95 years, JDC has been on the ground in Israel, creating innovative approaches to helping the country’s most vulnerable people.
Gideon Herscher, Director of Field Relations tells the story of JDC in Israel, the history, the methodology and the people we help.
Gideon talks about JDC's beginnings. On the screen beside him is the telegram sent on August 31, 1914 by Henry Morgenthau, US Ambassador to Turkey to leaders of the Jewish community in New York. The telegram tells of the terrible conditions facing Jews living in (then) Palestine during World War I and the need for funds to be sent immediately to end starvation. This telegram was the initial step to the formation of JDC.
JDC in War and Conflict
A panel discussion on how JDC has responded in times of war and crisis, acting quickly to bring people to safety and helping with the recovery in the aftermath.
Amir Shaviv, Assistant Executive Vice President for Special Operations gives an overview of how JDC functions during war and conflict situations, in rescue operations and recovery and relief efforts.
Yechiel Bar-Chaim, Program Director for the Czech Republic, Algeria and Tunisia speaks about coordinating emergency rescue and relief operations in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War in the early 1990s.
Ami Bergman, now Country Director for Turkey and Egypt, played a prominent role in the planning and implementation of Operation Solomon in 1991, the largest human airlift in history which brought over 14,000 Ethiopian Jews and to Israel during a 36 hour period. Ami shares the story of this exciting and miraculous operation with participants.
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