How Much? Living Respectably In Israel
The government of Israel says they are “correcting a 60-year-old blight”…
Six million Jews were killed by the Nazis during World War II. Hundreds of thousands who survived concentration camps came to Israel after the war. Many suffered physical or psychological damage from the torture and deprivation they suffered at the hands of the Nazis.
Six decades after the war ended, the remaining survivors are elderly, and many have been unable to provide for themselves in their final years, suffering chronic shortages of money for medical and psychological treatment and in some cases even food.
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“We are correcting a 60-year-old blight,” he said. “Holocaust survivors living in Israel are entitled to live respectably without reaching a situation in which it is beyond their means to enjoy a hot meal.”
Beginning next year, the amount allocated for 120,000 needy survivors, about half the total number still living in Israel, will be $28 million annually, according to Olmert’s statement.
But that works out to an average of just $20 a month for each survivor.
Apparently, the cost of living respectably in Israel is just $19.44 per month, that’s the amount their generous stipend works out to be.
The number 1944 is ironic enough if you ask me.
[Crossposted at RetroMental]