In a remarkable sixty-five year odyssey, Stanley Abramovitch crisscrossed the Jewish world on behalf of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC or the “Joint”) bringing aid and simple caring to Jews in need in more than twenty countries on three continents. Through his life’s work, Stanley did more than just bear witness to the great events of post-Holocaust Jewish history. He helped shape them. Through his stories, Stanley Abramovitch offers us a precious and fascinating window on a Jewish world that has changed beyond recognition in just one lifetime.