World Jewish News

Israeli Holocaust fund claims to be short on money

An Israeli fund for Holocaust survivors has claimed that it lacked the funds to continue assisting some of the neediest survivors. Officials with the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims blamed the Jewish Claims Conference (JCC) on Monday for not providing additional funding. The JCC funds the majority of the needs, but has not answered its request for an additional US$ 10 million that would cover the two programs in question, the foundation said. In response, the Claims Conference said it had increased its funding to the foundation every year since it was founded and expects to give it US$ 40 million in 2006. Wolf Factor, an Auschwitz survivor who heads the fund, told JTA that more money needed to be channeled to needy Holocaust survivors instead of going to youth education and other projects.

Источник: worldjewishcongress.org