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Fund for Jewish Property Restitution to be Created in Ukraine

02.12.2005, [13:26] // Jewish Communities //

Kyiv – A meeting of the leaders of the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) was recently held in Jerusalem, where they discussed the return of property to the Jewish community in Ukraine. They decided to create a fund to solve restitution issues. jn.com.ua posted the news on 25 November 2005.

After the participants of the meeting discussed the situation in Ukraine, they decided to conduct their next meeting in Kyiv in mid-January 2006 and to create a joint fund for the Jewish community in Ukraine, the task of which will be to solve restitution issues there.

The administrators of this fund will be representatives of international Jewish organizations representing the WJRO and representatives of the Jewish community in Ukraine equal to their presence in the country. Unlike in Poland, in Ukraine the WJRO is not planning to transfer a part of the returned property to Ukrainian emigrants living in Israel and another part to the Jewish diaspora. All returned property will be used only by the Jewish community in Ukraine.

According to reports posted on the same site, a meeting of the leaders of Jewish organizations in Ukraine, at which they discussed how to counteract anti-Semitism and xenophobia, took place on 23 November. As a result, the newly-created initiative group made a decision to form a social committee against anti-Semitism and xenophobia.

Sources:

• http://jn.com.ua/events/vero_2511.html

• http://jn.com.ua/Antisemitism/antim_2411.html