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Illustrative image of the American and Israeli flags. (3dmitry; iStock by Getty Images)
February 26, 2026, 2:15 pm
New US immigrants to Israel no longer need to double-pay social security, under new law
Legislation means that for their first 5 years in country, self-employed Americans can now avoid losing an extra 15% of their income by paying social security to both countries
By Zev Stub
Holocaust survivors look on during the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the US Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via JTA)
June 27, 2025, 4:39 pm
Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts hurt US Holocaust survivors, advocates say
Attorneys say DOGE’s slashing of staffers and field offices may make it harder to correct a longtime glitch that can cause survivors in their 80s and 90s to lose their benefits
By Andrew Lapin
Gil Yehoshua (right) and his spouse, Michael, with their four children (Rafi Koch)
January 19, 2020, 6:20 am
Widowed LGBT Israelis seek standard spousal benefits, but red tape haunts them
Forced to wage an uphill battle to receive standard compensation, bereaved spouses shoulder a burden of proof from which straight couples are exempt, says rights attorney
By Ira Tolchin Immergluck
Palestinians protest against a government tax hike in Ramallah, West Bank, December 12, 2018. The blue gloves are a unifying symbol for the protesters, compared to the yellow vests worn by protesters in recent demonstrations in France. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 29, 2019, 9:04 pm
Abbas freezes social security law after months of protests
Palestinian leader orders talks with unions and others continue amid fears PA-created institution can’t be trusted with workers’ money
By Adam Rasgon
PA Local Governance Minister Hussein al-Araj (Screenshot:An-Najah Broadcasting Channel)
January 21, 2019, 6:08 am
PA minister faces probe for claiming social protests are being led by settler
PM Hamdallah orders investigation after former Abbas chief of staff tries to blame Israel for Hebron demonstrations against a new PA social security institution
By Adam Rasgon
Alicia Ramirez, 67, hands out fliers to passersby on a busy street in a largely Latino area lined with money transfer businesses and shops selling elegant gowns for quinceanera celebrations in Santa Ana, California on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)
November 11, 2016, 7:25 pm
Deportation fears grip immigrants after Trump’s election
Activists race to help undocumented residents protect themselves before new anti-migrant president is sworn in
By Amy Taxin and Astrid Galvan
The 2015 Yom HaShoah commemoration in Boston, Massachusetts, organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (courtesy)
July 22, 2016, 6:37 pm
American Holocaust survivors struggle ‘to finish in a decent way’
While new funding will help provide essential services to aging survivors, the community’s expanding needs go increasingly unmet by existing resources
By Matt Lebovic
Reproduction of a photograph of Adolf Hitler receiving the Nazi salute from Israel Nazi hunter Tovia Fridman archive. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
May 31, 2015, 5:41 am
US paid $20 million in benefits to ex Nazis, state watchdog finds
Social Security Administration report details millions paid out to 130 suspected Nazi war criminals
By AP
Former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger (screen capture: YouTube)
December 5, 2014, 9:33 pm
US Congress approves bill to stop Nazi benefits
Measure passes 420-0 as president signals support to stop social security payments to war criminals abroad
By Richard Lardner
Former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger (screen capture: YouTube)
December 5, 2014, 8:10 am
Bill to stop Nazi benefit payments heads to Obama
Legal loophole allowed war criminals to continue receiving Social Security funds even after deportation
By Donna Cassata
Former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger (screen capture: YouTube)
December 3, 2014, 4:58 am
House votes to deny Social Security benefits to ex-Nazis
Loophole had allowed war criminals to continue receiving government funds even after deportation
By JTA
Siert Bruins , 92-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen SS, sits in a courtroom in Hagen, Germany, September 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Frank Augstein, File)
November 14, 2014, 4:43 am
US lawmakers move to strip former Nazis of benefits
Bill comes in response to discovery that millions of dollars in Social Security went to former war criminals forced out of US
By Richard Lardner
Illustration. Nazi officers in WWII. (Flash90)
October 27, 2014, 10:28 pm
US bill would end benefits to Nazi war criminals
Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) introduce proposal to terminate funds still bring paid to suspects
By JTA
Illustrative photo of captive Nazi troops marching as American forces advance in Belgium, December 1944. (photo credit: US Signal Corps/public domain)
October 20, 2014, 4:00 am
Brief profiles of a few ex-Nazis getting benefits
Quick looks at the lives of seven of the 38 suspected war criminals who received social security
By AP
Illustration. Nazi officers in WWII. (Flash90)
October 20, 2014, 3:59 am
Nazis expelled from US were paid millions in Social Security
At least four suspected war criminals still get US government payments thanks to legal loophole, investigation finds
By Richard Lardner, David Rising and Randy Herschaft
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