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…• The Joint Distribution Committee For most of the 20th century, through war and natural disaster, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has sought to relieve hardship for millions of people in peril. This organization formed 85 years ago to assist Jews in Europe and the former Palestine. Now the JDC reaches out compas- sionately with food and medical supplies wherever help is needed. But the JDC also has a mission of spiritual r...…





