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Book SynopsisThis is the dramatic story of how the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, a voluntary, humanitarian organization supported by American Jewry, made its entry into the isolated, poverty-stricken world.
Trade Review?Weiner has written a thorough study that will enrich anyone interested in Jewish community development and life in the former Soviet Union. -- Andrew Harrison, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation * American Jewish History *
…Weiner has written a thorough study that will enrich anyone interested in Jewish community development and life in the former Soviet Union. -- Andrew Harrison, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation * American Jewish History *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Reconnection to Jewish Culture and Learning: Introduction: The JDC Jewish Library Project; Background: Jewish Education and Culture during the Soviet Era; JDC's Official Re-entry and the Formulation of JDC Strategy in Education and Culture in the So Chapter 3 Jewish Education Reborn: Introduction; Education: Jewish Education Reborn; Educational Materials: Textbooks, Teacher's Workbooks, Videos, Posters and Environmental Learning Materials; JDC and Early Childhood Education; JDC Activities with Jewish Tea Chapter 4 JDC Relief and Welfare Activities in the FSU: Introduction; Background; Stage One: The First Officially Recognized JDC Humanitarian Aid Activities; Stage Two: Several Intensive Emergency Relief Efforts after the Collapse of the Soviet Union; Stage T Chapter 5 Jewish Religious Renewal and JDC Activities in the FSU: Introduction; Background; JDC's Role in the Distribution of Religious Articles; JDC's Contribution to the Role of Rabbis and Religious Functionaries; Reconnection with the Jewish Calendar and t Chapter 6 JDC's Role in Facilitating Jewish Community Renewal and Development in the FSU: Introduction; Background; The First Phase- JDC's Early Steps Towards Recreating a Sense of Community; The Second Phase: Reassessing Community Development Objectives and Chapter 7 JDC and Jewish Property Reclamation as an Instrument of Community Organization in the Former Soviet Union: Introduction; Background; JDC Guidelines on Communal Property; Stage One: Archival Research; Stage Two: Community Education; Stage Three: Prov Chapter 8 Appendix A: AJJDC Board Members- Soviet Union Area Committee, 1989-1999 Chapter 9 Appendix B: AJJDC Soviet Union Team (SUT) Staff Members 1988-1998 Chapter 10 Index
