New York News

‘The Other Sharansky’ To Be Honored Here

05/22/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Avital Sharansky, one of the stars of the Soviet Jewry movement who faded by her own choice after advocating tirelessly for the release of her husband, Natan, from Soviet prison, will step back into public view, for one night, next week.

Shelly The Survivor

05/22/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor

Tuesday seemed like any other day for Sheldon Silver as he went about his business in Albany, announcing the Assembly’s passage of the DREAM Act, to increase access to college financial aid for immigrant students.

Making Sense Of Claims Conf. Brouhaha

05/21/2013 | Uriel Heilman | JTA

Who knew what, and when?

Those are the questions critics are asking following the disclosure that the Claims Conference received an anonymous letter in 2001 identifying several fraudulent Holocaust-era restitution claims — nearly a decade before the organization halted a massive fraud scheme.

Walk For Israel: From Jamaica Estates To Indonesia

05/17/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Karen Hochberg, who founded a Memorial Day weekend march for Israel in her Jamaica Estates neighborhood a dozen years ago, now coordinates larger-scale marches around the world for the nonprofit group Afikim to honor Israel’s anniversary.

Claims Conference Bungled Fraud Warning

05/17/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Questions were being raised this week about the actions of the Claims Conference in its handling of a 2001 “smoking gun” letter that spelled out details of the fraud that ended up costing the Claims Conference $57.3 million.

‘Closure’ On Holocaust Claims Fraud

05/17/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

A former senior employee of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and two codefendants were convicted last Wednesday in Manhattan federal court of helping defraud the organization out of $57.3 million intended for Jewish victims of the Holocaust.