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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 299 

Congratulating the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee on the 

celebration of its 100th anniversary and commending its significant contribution to empower and revitalize developing communities around the 

world. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2013 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. REID, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. HELLER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. KIRK, Mr. COONS, Mr. WARNER, Mr. 

WYDEN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. TOOMEY, Mrs. BOXER, 

Ms. COLLINS, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. JOHANNS, and Mr. RUBIO) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

DECEMBER 13 (legislative day, DECEMBER 11), 2013 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee on the celebration of its 100th anniversary and 

commending its significant contribution to empower and 

revitalize developing communities around the world. 

Whereas the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 

(referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘JDC’’), the leading 

Jewish humanitarian assistance organization in the 

world, provides economic relief to communities facing 


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hardship and builds the foundation for self-sustaining 

Jewish community life; 

Whereas when the JDC was founded in 1914, the organization initiated relief projects in communities primarily in 

Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and, as of November 2013, the JDC works in 70 countries worldwide and 

touches more than 1,000,000 lives each year; 

Whereas the JDC has pioneered high-impact programs that 

provide access to education, health care, food, shelter, 

and assistance with job training and placement for governments and other organizations to utilize; 

Whereas the JDC has developed and implemented initiatives 

in Israeli society aimed at meeting the needs of the most 

disadvantaged citizens in the State of Israel, including 

children and youth at risk, the chronically unemployed 

(including ultra-Orthodox Jews, people with disabilities, 

and Israeli Arabs), and the elderly; 

Whereas the JDC received the Israel Prize in 2007 for its 

lifetime achievements and special contributions to society 

and the State of Israel for developing innovative, scalable 

solutions to meet the needs of the most disadvantaged 

citizens in the State of Israel; 

Whereas the JDC has helped transform the lives of women 

and girls throughout the world, through initiatives that 

provide access to health care and education to girls, encouraging them to overcome gender barriers, receive an 

education, and become community leaders; 

Whereas the JDC is engaging many young individuals in the 

United States to participate in rescue, renewal, and revitalization work through service and volunteer programs 

around the world; 


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Whereas the JDC and the United States Government have a 

historic and enduring relationship that has evolved from 

cooperating in life-saving work in Europe through the 

American Relief Administration following World War I 

and the War Refugee Board during World War II to the 

more recent partnerships between the JDC and the Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, and 

the United States Agency for International Development; 

Whereas the JDC mobilizes its expert professionals and network of local, United States, Israeli, and global partners, 

including the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, to provide immediate relief and long-term assistance in the 

aftermath of natural disasters, such as by providing 

emergency supplies and medical assistance following the 

earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011 and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010; and 

Whereas the JDC creates programs and solutions that benefit the neediest populations in communities around the 

world and confronts the most difficult challenges, such as 

natural disasters, extreme poverty, political instability, 

and genocide: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes and celebrates the 100th anniver3 sary of the founding of the American Jewish Joint 

4 Distribution Committee; and 

5 (2) commends the American Jewish Joint Dis6 tribution Committee on its valuable work around the 

7 world and wishes the organization success in its fu8 ture efforts. 

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