Justice Ministry unit set to audit non-profits for Holocaust survivors

• Published date: 17 January 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Date: 17 January 2021

The operation will allow the unit to check and critique non-profit organizations that support the welfare of Holocaust survivors. The operation will be checking that dozens of organizations that are meant to provide services for Holocaust survivors are acting appropriately.

The unit started the operation about a year and a half ago focusing on this specific area of the non-profit sector. This is a unique operation to grant oversight of such a delicate matter that is lose to many Israelis. The unit will implement the expertise of external accounting firms to help run and audit some on the non-profit organizations that they are operating according to their mandate.

The unit calls upon the public to reach out via e-mail if they are aware of misuses of funds or any other issues that are of concern at Bikoret-hativa-a@justice.gov.il.

Karen Schwartz, a lawyer for the registrar, said that "It is our duty to make sure that...