Passover 5753/1993:
Let one who is hungry enter and eat.

HUD Decides
On Reparations

Washington (JTA) — An 83-
year-old Holocaust survivor
has won a battle with the
U.S. government over
whether her reparation
payments from the German
government should count as
income.
The Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development
decided last week that
reparation payments should
not be considered part of a
survivor's income.
The decision, which brings
HUD's policy into line with
that of other government
agencies, means that Fanny
Schlomowitz of Phoenix,
Ariz., will again qualify for
low-income rent.
Ms. Schlomowitz's rent in
her federally subsidized,
low-income senior citizens
housing unit skyrocketed
from $63 to $227 a month
last year after the complex's
manager told her that HUD
considered the reparation
money part of her income.
"This was very unfair,"
Ms. Schlomowitz said, ex-
plaining that her money
situation was very tight be-
cause of high medical bills.
"I couldn't afford anything."
Residents of her housing
complex generally pay 30
percent of their income in
rent. Ms. Schlomowitz
receives a $377 monthly So-
cial Security payment and
about $500 a month from the
German government.
She said that she certainly
did not consider th,g repara-
tion money to be income. "I
- didn't work for it. I didn't
earn it. I just suffered for it,"
she said.
The reparation money is
compensation for injuries
Ms. Schlomowitz suffered in
Budapest during the war
when Nazis beat her, hit her
over the head with a rifle
and kicked out some of her
teeth. She was pregnant at
the time.
Since then, she has had
dizzy spells and headaches.
Last month, Ms.
Schlomowitz sought the help
of Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-
Ariz.
The senator sent a letter to
UUD-Secretary Henry
Cisneros, stating that
HUD's interpretation of
laws concerning reparation
payments "is grossly unfair
to those who suffered
through- the most appalling
event in modern history."
Mr. DeConcini also wrote
to President Clinton.
On March 18, HUD an-
nounced it was changing its
policy.

As Passover approaches, think for a moment about the time in the Seder when the youngest child
at the table asks the four questions. We ask you to add an important fifth question: will you make
room at your Seder table for one additional guest?

It is once again time to remember that the freedom we as a people gained through our exodus from

Egypt, and which we now celebrate, came before Mt. Sinai and our receiving of the Ten
Commandments. Without it, the achievements of each of us and those of our people would not have
been possible, for we are the children of that freedom.
Today there is no parting of waters; no miracles. Just a real need to provide to those among us who
are so impoverished as to be hungry. It is true, there is no Torah without bread—no learning, no
warmth, no safety, and very little decency.
The meaning of the fifth question becomes an important and life-giving request. We ask you to
contribute to MAZON: A Jewish Response to HUnger the amount of money that you would spend
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