Linda LEVI
Linda Levi is Assistant Executive Vice President of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, where she directs the JDC Archives, one of the most significant collections in the world for the study of modern Jewish history. The JDC Archives include 3 miles of text documents, 100,000 photographs, over 6,000 books, and 1,100 audio-recordings including oral histories. The JDC Archives are situated in two centers, NY and Jerusalem.
JDC, or the "Joint" as it is known to its hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries worldwide, is the major instrument of American Jewry for meeting global Jewish needs
Ms. Levi is a graduate of New York University and received her MA in Contemporary Jewish Studies from Brandeis University. She has lectured extensively about the JDC Archives, including at previous IAJGS conferences, at the Milstein Symposium at YIVO, for the JDC board of directors, for Jewish federation groups and elsewhere.
HIS / HER CONFERENCES
15/07/2012 - JDC Archives: Who we are and what we have to offer Jewish genealogists. The "Joint" in North Africa - North Africa , Resources , United States