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Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts are hurting Holocaust survivors, advocates say

JL;DR SUMMARY Cuts to the Social Security Administration under the Trump Administration are causing significant challenges for Holocaust survivors receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI). A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsTrump AdministrationJewish OrganizationsSkokieSocial SecurityLegal AdvocacyRestitution PaymentsBureaucratic ErrorsSsi BenefitsTrump Administration Cuts

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Skokie, Illinois, United States
"A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in Skokie, Illinois received a surprising notice last year from the Social Security Administration: The government was demanding a refund."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"who took on the survivors case pro bono through the Skokie-based Council for Jewish Elderly and the Jewish United Fund of Chicago."
Detroit, Michigan, United States
"I didnt know if I was dealing with a clerk in the back room who was actually knowledgeable and choosing to ignore the law because she doesnt like Jews, or if she was choosing to ignore the law because she didnt understand it, Sacks recalled, of one case out of Detroit he had appealed."
New York, United States
"But its certainly not an easy system to navigate if youre over 80 and dont, said Michelle Spadafore, a senior attorney at New York Legal Assistance Group, which helps survivors in New York with benefits snafus."
Ukraine
"The case worker from a local Jewish organization alerted the woman, who recently moved to the United States from Ukraine and speaks no English, to the problem."

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