06.05.2011                      02.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 17 des Omer

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Austria’s Jews sue Israeli Central Archives

Community demands return of texts detailing centuries of Jewish life in Central Europe, says they were sent to Israel "temporarily."

A bitter legal dispute has erupted between the Jewish community of Austria and an archive in Israel over the ownership of thousands of historical documents.
The lawsuit puts the centrality of Israel in the Jewish world and the autonomy of Diaspora Jews at odds….