Robert Bandanza
August 17th, 2006, 03:10 PM
Tiny Country's Jewish Community Seeks Payment, Recognition for WWII
By Larry Luxner
LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 16 (JTA) -- Visitors to Luxembourg's modern city history museum might be surprised to find Torah scrolls, Havdalah spice boxes, silver Shabbat candles and other Jewish ritual objects.
After all, this wealthy little country in the heart of Europe has only 1,000 Jews -- and ever since World War II, when the Nazis nearly decimated its Jewish community, Jews here have kept a low profile.
http://www.cjp.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=192460
By Larry Luxner
LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 16 (JTA) -- Visitors to Luxembourg's modern city history museum might be surprised to find Torah scrolls, Havdalah spice boxes, silver Shabbat candles and other Jewish ritual objects.
After all, this wealthy little country in the heart of Europe has only 1,000 Jews -- and ever since World War II, when the Nazis nearly decimated its Jewish community, Jews here have kept a low profile.
http://www.cjp.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=192460