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OFFER: Vatican to Release WWII-era ‘Jewish Files’ Online
Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Jewish requests for help from the
Catholic Church during World War II to be published online, two years aft er
making their physical copies available to historians, JTA reported.

His decision is the latest development in the Vatican’s newfound reckoning of
its legacy during the Holocaust.

Th e correspondence contains 2,700 fi les specifi cally recounting Jewish groups
and families requesting assistance from the Vatican in avoiding deportation or
trying to free relatives from concentration camps, both in the run-up to and
during the Holocaust.

Pope Pius XII, who served as pope during the war’s most pivotal years, is oft en
charged by historians with ignoring Jewish pleas for help and cozying up to Hitler
and Mussolini to preserve the infl uence of the Church.

Th e Vatican has long insisted that Pius XII should be celebrated for secretly
advocating for Jews via diplomatic means, but that narrative is changing. Th e
Church opened its secret fi les on Pius’ archives to historians in 2020, but by pub-
lishing its Jewish-related fi les online, it opens them up to easier access and greater
public scrutiny.

‘Nazi Hunter’ to Head DOJ Team Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine
Eli Rosenbaum, a Justice Department veteran known for his work tracking and
deporting former Nazis residing in the United States, will lead a team working
to identify and prosecute people responsible for alleged war crimes in Ukraine,
JTA reported.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment on June 21,
while in Ukraine.

“Th ere is no hiding place for war criminals. Th e U.S. Justice Department will
pursue every avenue of accountability for those who commit war crimes and
other atrocities in Ukraine,” Garland wrote in a news release.

Rosenbaum will lead the DOJ’s War Crimes Accountability Team. Starting in
1979, Rosenbaum led a team through the Offi ce of Special Investigations, or OSI,
that over decades deported more than 95 war criminals and their allies.

Rosenbaum is expected to work with both domestic and international offi ces
regarding crimes over which the United States has jurisdiction, including the
killing of American journalists.

Israeli Building Starts Hit 27-year High
Building starts in Israel reached their highest level since 1995, although they
remain below the government’s annual target, Globes reported.

Th e Central Bureau of Statistics reported 68,970 building starts between April
2021 and March 2022, which is up from 63,274 in 2021. Th e government’s annual
target is 70,000.

Th ere were 79,060 building permits issued during that time, and 159,900 new homes
were under construction, which is a record. Th e previous year, 76,340 building permits
for new homes were issued, while 150,895 homes were under construction.

A third of those new building starts were in seven cities: Tel Aviv-Yafo,
Ashkelon, Jerusalem, Bat Yam, Rishon Lezion, Beit Shemesh and Netanya. Tel
Aviv-Yafo led with 4,982 building starts; Ashkelon was second with 3,679.

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An Israel Democracy Institute Study released on June 21 revealed that Israelis
are somewhat more satisfi ed with their economic situation than before the pan-
demic, Th e Times of Israel reported.

In the 2019 survey, 28% of respondents were “somewhat satisfi ed” or “very sat-
isfi ed” with their economic situation. In May, that fi gure was 33%.

But 21% were “not satisfi ed at all” in May, compared to 16% in 2019. Researchers
attributed that to pandemic-induced societal and labor market inequalities.

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— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
the family caregiver.

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