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Article: German government triples allocations to Germany's Jewish community
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- November 14, 2002
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Dateline: BERLIN
In a historic demonstration of support for Europe's fasting-growing
Jewish community, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder announced an agreement
Thursday to give the Central Council of German Jews the same legal
standing as Germany's predominant Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches.
A proposed concordat would recognize the importance of Jewish life
in Germany and triple the council's annual allocation to 3 million
euros (US$), reflecting the surge in the Jewish community from 30,
000 to 100,000 over the last decade.
The contract will establish the first legal partnership between the
Jewish community and the government since World War II, in the spirit
of ...