Invective Damages Holocaust Survivors
Julius Berman Special To The Jewish WeekLast week, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) came under a vicious attack in this newspaper (“Clean Up the Claims...
View ArticleClaims Conference Board A ‘Rubber Stamp’
Haim Roet I resigned from the board of the Claims Conference in June after the chairman of the board and of the Control Committee didn’t accept my proposal to obtain an objective expert’s evaluation...
View ArticleMore on the Claims Conference: A Half Truth Is A Whole Lie
Roman R. Kent Special to the Jewish Week Isi Leibler's Opinion article, "Clean Up the Claims Conference" (Aug. 27), shocked and infuriated me.read more
View ArticleClaims Conference Insiders Nabbed In $42 Million Fraud
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Scheme to rip off German government went back to 1994.An 11-month federal investigation into allegedly fraudulent Holocaust reparation claims resulted in the announced arrest...
View ArticleFresh Scrutiny Of Claims Conference Allocations
Stewart Ain Staff Writer In wake of fraud revelation, group to move on new disbursement committee.As the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany seeks to root out additional cases of...
View ArticleDeal Reached For Needy Survivors
Stewart Ain Staff Writer After negotiations with Claims Conference, Germany doubles home care funds for the low-income elderly, ensuring ‘minimum standard’ of ‘dignity.’At the age of 89, Holocaust...
View ArticlePoland's Foreign Minister Misspeaks On Restitution
Menachem Z. Rosensaft Special to the Jewish Week By disparaging the US government's support of demands that Poland compensate Jews for property stolen from them during the Holocaust, Polish Foreign...
View ArticleGermany Ups Funds To Holocaust Survivors
JTA The German government will increase funds given to Holocaust survivors by 15 percent.read more
View ArticleClaims Conference Expects To Recover Only 2 Percent Of Fraudulent Payments
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Officials of the Conference on Material Claims Against Germany say they expect to recover less than $1 million of the $50 million in fraudulent Holocaust claims on behalf of...
View ArticleA Claims Conference Report To The Community
Julius Berman Special To The Jewish Week Within the past year, the Claims Conference has obtained approximately $700 million in pledged funding from the German government for homecare for Holocaust...
View ArticleMaking Sense Of Claims Conf. Brouhaha
Uriel Heilman JTA WJC head Lauder demands an accounting about handling of fraud case; cover-up alleged. Who knew what, and when? Those are the questions critics are asking following the disclosure...
View ArticleElderly Survivors Win New Benefits
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Despite questions on Claims Conference fraud investigation, Germans approve $1 billion — largest amount ever — for seniors’ home care. Amid an internal probe into how the...
View Article‘We Cannot Investigate Ourselves … And Expect To Resolve Doubts’
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Survivors’ group joins Jewish Agency chair in calling for independent review of Claims Conference’s 2001 bungling of fraud tip. Pressure mounted Monday on the Claims...
View ArticleUnder Pressure, Claims Conf. Officials Alter Meeting Agenda
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Discussion of ombudsman’s probe into handling of fraud moved up on the schedule. Stung by a sharply worded e-mail from a board member demanding an immediate copy of an...
View ArticleChange At The Claims Conference
Wed, 07/03/2013 Editorial The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, better known as the Claims Conference, has been responding to calls for more openness and transparency of late in...
View ArticleCalls For Shake-up
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Ombudsman urges restructuring as two board members resign, citing report’s lack of fairness. read more
View ArticleClaims Conference Faces Changes
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Board members, outsiders, survivors to review of reparations organization's management in wake of fraud, but Berman survives as chairman. A “thorough analysis of the current...
View ArticleSurvivor Backs Claims Conference
Jehuda Evron Special To The Jewish Week I am a Holocaust survivor who sits on the board of directors of the Claims Conference. At the recent annual board meeting, we discussed this year’s negotiations...
View ArticleGerman Ruling Leads To Suit Against Claims Conference
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Civil lawsuit by Jewish heirs raises fresh questions of property ownership. When a three-judge German appeals court ruled recently about the ownership of unclaimed Jewish...
View ArticleSins Of Commission At The Jewish Week
Julius Berman Special To The Jewish Week Last May, The Jewish Week published an Editorial (“Sins of Omission at The Times”) complaining about The New York Times’ failure, in publishing a two-part...
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