The Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC’s or The Joint’s) spine and heart programs, which he runs, have helped more than a thousand people. “We sent him to India, he had heart surgery. '”Hodes, who as a child would read books about doctors working overseas, first visited Ethiopia as a volunteer aid worker in 1984-85. They live with a Jewish family and they got really good spine surgery,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to being in Australia and meeting everybody, and talking about my work and talking about JDC.

Source: Ethiopian News November 17, 2022 01:35 UTC