Caring for Israel's Lonely and Isolated Elderly: JDC Day Care Centers

Описание: "If it wasn't for the center, my day would be spent looking at my four walls," says Yehuda, 96. Learn how JDC's network of day care centers are pioneering care and social support for Israel's vulnerable elderly.

For more than 100 years, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has been saving Jewish lives, building Jewish life, and transforming Jewish values into action that benefits all people in need. As the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian aid group, JDC today works in more than 70 countries and in Israel to alleviate hunger and hardship, rescue Jews in danger, create lasting connections to Jewish life, and provide disaster relief and development support for victims of natural and man-made disasters.