Published 4 years ago

Number of Holocaust survivors in Israel needing financial aid is going up

Summary by The Times of Israel

State comptroller says funds designated for survivors not being dispensed, raps authorities for not surveying their needs: 'Time is running out'

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Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later

Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg call their reunion a miracle that began on the holiest day in Judaism, and it only happened thanks to a prayer service that was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. Decades ago their families, who came from the same city in Poland, escaped the Nazis, crossed into the Soviet Union and were sent to different labor camps in Siberia, where Eisenberg was born. More than 7…

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later

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USA Today

Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors

Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg parted ways in 1949 after befriending one another in a post-World War II displaced persons camp in Austria. They were reunited 71 years later on the Jewish fall holiday, Sukkot. (Oct. 20)

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Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later

NEW YORK (AP) — Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg call their reunion a miracle that began on the holiest day in Judaism, and it only happened thanks to a prayer service that was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.Decades ago their families, who came from the same city in Poland, escaped the Nazis, crossed into the Soviet Union and were sent to different labor camps in Siberia, where Eisenberg was born…

4 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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Jerusalem Post

Over 70% of Holocaust survivors need financial aid - comptroller

The report suggested one single information point be created to help survivors.

4 years ago·Jerusalem, Israel

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Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later

NEW YORK (AP) — Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg met after World War II at a displaced persons camp in Austria where they became friends. They last saw each other in 1949 when they were children. For decades, they lost track of each other. But Brandspiegel recently heard Sasha’s name being called out during a Yom Kippur service held via Zoom due to the coronavirus pandemic. It turned out they had been living les…

4 years ago·Waterloo, United States

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