The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee announced on Sunday the appointment of Ariel Zwang as their new CEO, who will be the first woman to lead the global Jewish nonprofit in its more than 100-year history. We’re thrilled to share that Ariel Zwang, the noted American nonprofit executive and Jewish leader, has been named the…
— The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is providing aid to Haiti after a hurricane caused widespread damage in the Caribbean country. The Jewish humanitarian group, partnering with the on-the-ground relief organization Heart to Heart International, is focusing on providing medical aid and serving the basic needs of those affected by Hurricane Matthew, according to a…
Alan Gill, the CEO of the American Joint Distribution Committee, will step down in 2016. Gill, 63, was appointed CEO of the JDC, which is a partner of the Jewish Federations of North America and one of the world’s largest Jewish relief aid organizations, in 2012. He will remain an executive advieor to the organization…
Armed with a razor-sharp mind, a disarming smile and an iconic bowtie, Ralph Goldman, who died October 7 at the age of 100, glided effortlessly through the Jewish mega-dramas of the 20th century. Born in Ukraine in 1914, raised in Boston and educated in Jewish studies and Hebrew, he grew up to be a world…
Ralph Goldman, who as a young man helped shepherd the State of Israel into existence and later devoted his professional life to bringing humanitarian relief to Jews across the globe, has died at 100. Goldman, who worked with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee since 1968 – he served twice as its chief executive and…
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee named Alan Gill, its longtime executive director of international relations and a resident of Israel, as the organization’s new CEO. Gill will take over on Jan. 31, 2013 from interim CEO Darrell Friedman, who stepped in after the abrupt resignation of CEO Steven Schwager in June. The JDC, which…
The books, with such titles as “The Negro and Organized Labor” and “Who’s Who in World Jewry, 1965,” stretched in rows more than 50 feet down the hallway of a Manhattan office building. Hundreds more publications, on topics such as race, religion, civil rights, terrorism and the Holocaust, were clustered in empty adjoining offices, spread…
Despite promises to overhaul the way American Jews direct their contributions for causes in Israel and overseas, the Jewish Federations of North America is struggling to change the system. An ambitious reform plan approved last year recently suffered a setback with the resignation of Joanne Moore, the top professional in charge of its implementation. With…
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