JDC

As Jewish givers pull back in FSU, Christian group steps in

With the financial crisis spreading in the former Soviet Union, longtime sources of Jewish funding have cut back while a Christian group from the United States has stepped up its giving.

Ruthless Cosmopolitan: New effort to preserve restituted property

Often forgotten amid the slow and painful legal battles to get back historic Jewish properties in Central and Eastern Europe is the practical need to care for, conserve and maintain them once they’ve been recovered.