Szarvas: One International Jewish Home

For about 1,300 children and teens every summer, Szarvas -- the pioneering international Jewish summer camp operated in rural Hungary by JDC and the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation -- is a chance to connect to Judaism and meet friends from around the world. A second home for participants, Szarvas is a dynamic and vital part of the global Jewish revival. 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.