“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I cannot say any more than thank you,” Lea Kriesbacher quietly and earnestly whispers into the phone. She rushes on, โIf I have one word, it is a dream. A dream which every winter for the past four years has come true.โ Lea is one of about 70 survivors […]
Mihail, 82, had not left his one-room Kiev apartment since the recent unrest in the Ukrainian capital turned violent.ย Frightened and alone, he was indescribably grateful when Alena Druzhynina showed up at his apartment with a food package from Hesed Bโnei Azriel. She walked through the then-dangerously chaotic Independence Square area to make sure that […]
In Israel, Hillel, the Jewish university student organization, has found a way to make the vital connection between young people and survivors so the stories of the Shoah may continue to be told for generations to come. Through Zachor vโKabed, Remember and Honor, which is supported by Claims Conference allocations, university students throughout Israel each […]
Establishes Demographic Research & Policy Unit to Track Shoah Victim Needs Board Approves Recommendations of Structure & Governance Panel; Officers Elected After extensive discussion among more than 60 representatives from its member organizations at the annual meeting of the Claims Conference, the Board of Directors voted on the long-term future direction of the organization that […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: July 1, 2019 โ Today, Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced the results of the organizationโs negotiations this year with the German Government on behalf of Jewish Holocaust survivors. โThese increased benefits achieved by the hard work of our negotiations delegation, including […]