NYJW Opinion

Calls are growing louder for Poland to adopt a process to resolve private property restitution claims of families — mostly non-Jewish — whose property was confiscated by the Nazis and/or later nationalized by the Communists. (See story on page 1.) For years, Poland has claimed it cannot afford to pay such restitution. But now it […]

The seemingly growing gap between Israel and Jews in the diaspora threatened to widen even more last week when a major participant in an effort designed to improve the relationship withdrew from the project. In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Natan Sharansky and Charles Ratner — chairman and board chairman, respectively, of […]