Nearly 4,100 Survivors to benefit from restitution of communal properties wrongfully seized during and after WWII, support especially meaningful to Holocaust survivors displaced near Gaza border [...]

(New York, NY)  January 4, 2023:  The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) issued the following statement on the Romanian Bucharest’s city council for refusing to dismantle a bust [...]

The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) welcomes the agreement by Romania to provide approximately 7,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel with pensions. After more than six years, a deal [...]

The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) mourns the passing of Dr. Aurel Vainer, longtime head of the Jewish Federation in Romania. Gideon Taylor, WJRO Chair of Operations and Mark [...]

More than NIS 9 million provided to over 2,100 needy survivors JERUSALEM, October 13, 2020 – During these difficult times of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Jewish Restitution Organization [...]

Ministers, Government Officials, and Heads of International Organizations Gather to Reaffirm Commitment to Combating Holocaust Distortion, Antisemitism, and Discuss Relevant Issues at Conference [...]

Nearly NIS 16 million provided to almost 2,500 Needy Survivors                                                              JERUSALEM, September 26, 2019 – In advance of Rosh Hashanah, the World [...]

(Jerusalem) November 19, 2018.  The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) mourns the passing of Romanian Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu.     Gideon Taylor, WJRO Chief of Operations and [...]

JERUSALEM, September 9, 2018 – Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) today announced the distribution of almost NIS 1 million to support some 142 needy Romanian [...]

New York, June 5: The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) today announced the launch of a new fund totaling $1.3 million — the Romanian Survivor Relief Program (RSRP). This program [...]