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Restitution organizations

The propensity for Jewish organizations to have complicated names and frequently overlapping missions can be seen in the complex area of obtaining restitution for Holocaust-era crimes and looting of personal and communal possessions.

New Holocaust restitution project launched

A new Holocaust-era restitution project will work to identify individuals whose property and assets were confiscated by the Nazis. Project HEART — Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce, a new initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel with support from the government of Israel, was announced Wednesday.

Israeli comptroller cites ‘many flaws’ of restitution firm

A company established by Israel\’s Knesset to return or distribute assets belonging to Holocaust survivors and their heirs has been deficient and slow, a state comptroller\’s report said. The report, released Monday, found \”many flaws\” in the activities of the Company for the Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims\’ Assets, which was established in 2006. The flaws include not searching actively enough for heirs, failing to formulate a long-term policy to detect the needs of and help Holocaust survivors, and granting millions of shekels to other organizations established to assist Holocaust survivors that were not eligible to receive the funds. The report found that the company failed to advertise its assets globally, as it was charged to do three months after it was established, beginning its international campaign three years late, in April 2010.

Israelis prod Shoah Claims Conference for bigger share

An Israeli coalition, including the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israeli Holocaust survivor organizations and the Knesset\’s pensioner affairs minister, is calling on the Claims Conference to give Israel a larger share of Holocaust restitution funds and more control over distribution decisions.

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