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JERUSALEM, Feb. 17 (JTA) — Israeli survivor groups and the government are close to sealing a deal for the long-overdue disbursement of $59 million from a Swiss humanitarian fund for needy Holocaust survivors. But even though Israeli survivors may soon receive the money, many months of infighting between Israeli bureaucrats and survivors groups have slowed […]

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MONTREAL, Feb. 17 (JTA) — A Chasidic community’s apparent wedding invitation to an Austrian far-right leader has started a chain reaction that resulted in slammed doors at Montreal’s Holocaust museum. Jewish leaders, outraged that the small Tash Chasidic community apparently sent Jorg Haider letters inviting him to Quebec, barred him from visiting the museum. The […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (JTA) — After years of failing to address the issue of Holocaust restitution, Austria’s new government says it wants to quickly enter negotiations with survivors and Jewish groups to settle outstanding claims. However, some in the Jewish world see this sudden change of heart as an attempt to dampen the criticism of […]

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