World Briefs
JTA Staff
March 7, 2002
Syria\’s president backed a Saudi plan for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.
Category
survivors
Justice Delayed and Justice Denied
Rep. Henry Waxman
February 14, 2002
Holocaust survivors have been waiting decades to reclaim Holocaust-era insurance policies. Unfortunately, the findings of an ongoing congressional investigation I initiated indicate that their wait is far from over.
A Survivor’s ‘Triumph’
Andrea Adelson
December 13, 2001
\”Testimonies of Triumph,\” a short film about a Jewish Polish family that endured years in hiding to escape the Holocaust, is to have its first broadcast Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. on public television station KOCE.
Show Us the Money
Sharon Samber
November 15, 2001
The word from survivors is clear: The Holocaust insurance claims process doesn\’t work.
Lawmakers joined survivors in their criticism, accusing the international commission charged with resolving Holocaust-era insurance claims of being too slow and not getting money to policyholders or their heirs.
A Tale of Two Fighters
Tom Tugend
October 25, 2001
\”Maybe heroes should be watched from a distance. They\’re important in time of war, but not so comfortable in time of peace,\” muses Arnost Lustig toward the end of the documentary \”Fighter.\”\n\nLustig is talking about Jan Wiener, the film\’s title character and Lustig\’s traveling companion in a journey back in time and space to the stations of the Holocaust, which both survived.
A Time to Pay
Tom Hayden
July 26, 2001
The largest Holocaust-era German insurance company has not paid a single claim to survivors. Meanwhile, the international commission created to resolve Holocaust claims disputes has spent $30 million on administrative costs, compared to $3 million distributed to elderly survivors. From my own experience, these were predictable scandals. It is not too late to reverse them. In any event, the story should be told.
Holocaust Arts Contest
Mike Levy
May 31, 2001
By 7 p.m., the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust was packed with parents, teachers, survivors and dozens of students who had participated in the Jay Shalmoni Holocaust Arts and Writing Contest. The May 22 reception honored those students, each of whom had spoken to a Holocaust survivor and, inspired by those in-depth talks, had created powerful works of art.
Survivors Get Short-Shrift
Tom Tugend
May 24, 2001
At issue is whether ICHEIC should have sole jurisdiction over such disputes or whether survivors can file separate class action suits in American courts.
Israel’s Wagner Taboo
Larry Derfner
May 17, 2001
After strenuous protests by Holocaust survivor groups, backed by virtually the entire Israeli political spectrum, the decision was taken last week to look for an alternative to the Wagner concert that had been scheduled for this summer\’s Israel Festival, the country\’s annual international cultural showcase.
7 Days In Arts
Mike Levy
March 22, 2001
Strut on over to the University of Judaism\’s Gindi Auditorium for a musical celebration of the 1930s and \’40s.
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