A New Program, Established by The Claims Conference and Funded by The German Government, Will
Ensure Holocaust Survivors Globally Have the Means to Get To COVID-19 Vaccine Sites
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The Claims Conference is an organization, created in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel, that is dedicated to the well-being of Holocaust survivors and to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust. What does that history mean in the context of the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on […]
“There used to be 30 seconds to get to a shelter once there was a siren, but since the flood of multiple rockets at once, now it is more like 20 seconds,” the social worker at Beit Halperin Nursing Home in Ashkelon told me last week as we stood in a crowded reinforced room, about […]
The Claims Conference mourns the loss of Holocaust historian Alex Dancyg, z”l. It is with great sadness that we share that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the death of Alex Dancyg at some point during his captivity by Hamas. Alex, a 76-year-old educator of the Holocaust and Polish-Jewish history, was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 from […]