Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute

The Institute's mission is to identify and study key social issues, and contribute to shaping policy, designing programs and improving services for individuals, families, and communities.

In 1974, the JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology was established with a grant from the Brookdale Foundation as a partnership between the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) and the Government of Israel.

The Institute's multi-disciplinary approach is reflected in the diversity of the 130+ research and support staff, who have backgrounds in anthropology, economics, education, gerontology, health, psychology, public policy, social work, sociology, statistics, and more.

As a partnership between the government and the philanthropic sector, MJB seeks to "promote the application and impact of the research while ensuring academic independence and objectivity.

[5] In the 1990s, the mass immigration of Ethiopian Jews in Israel created a need for an entirely new social policy and service infrastructure to promote their integration into Israeli society.