Richard Schifter, Holocaust survivor who served as US diplomat, dies

Schifter was born in Vienna to Polish parents. At the age of 15, he received a visa to go to the United States. The rest of his family died at the hands of the Nazis. By MARCY OSTER/JTA OCTOBER 6, 2020 04: 42 Holocaust survivor Jacques Innedjian wears a tallit and tefillin as he celebrates his bar mitzvah at the Western Wall. Read more »