Inside Jewish Turkey Panelists: (left to right) Sedat Behar, Illona Moaraf Fins, Evan Schultz (JDC Jewish Service Corps Fellow in İzmir, Turkey – 2003-04) and Chloe Markowitz (JDC Jewish Service Corps Fellow in İzmir, Turkey – 2006-07)
On Wednesday, August 10, 175 young Jewish professionals came together in Manhattan for JDC Dimensions Presents: Where East Meets West – Inside Jewish Turkey , an in-depth look at the Jewish community of Turkey, featuring young, authentic voices from Istanbul and İzmir.
One of the event chairs, Margalit Rosenthal, participated in Inside Jewish Germany & Turkey, a JDC overseas experience for young professionals, in March. She blogged about her impressions of the Turkish Jewish community on JDC: In Service this week.
