reparation Archives – Jewish Journal

Conference tackles Shoah survivors’ needs for next decade

Jane Ulman July 3, 2008

Not only are survivors alive in large numbers — estimated at 700,000 worldwide, with about 85,000 in the United States — but they are projected to be a part of Jewish society for another 10 to 15 years, and even longer for child survivors.

Community Briefs

Jewish Journal September 11, 2003

Community Briefs

Comfort Women

Rob Eshman March 25, 1999

During World War II, the Japanese army forced as many as 200,000 women and girls from mostly Asian countries to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers and officers. About 80 percent of these \”comfort women,\” as the Japanese euphemism of the time termed them, were the daughters of mine workers and farmers in Korea, which was under Japanese occupation.