Jewish Education Association Reports Continued Services to Jewish Religious Schools

In spite of a reduced income, coupled with an increase in the number of destitute parents, the Jewish Education Association has in the past year maintained, at nearly the level of previous years, its various services to the Jewish religious schools of this city, according to a report issued by Israel Unterberg, President of the Association. The Talmud Torahs and other Jewish religious schools that received subsidies from the Association in the fiscal year ending September 30th, 1932, numbered 58. Through these subsidies 1,775 pupils of parents who are too poor to pay tuition fees were enabled to continue their religious education. Since its formation the Association, through its Scholarship Fund, has granted 19,650 such scholarships.

The Association will celebrate the eleventh year of its activities at a Dinner in the Biltmore Hotel on December 18th. The Committee of Sponsors for the Dinner is headed by Governorelect Lehman, Adolph S. Ochs and Judge Otto A. Rosalsky as Honorary Chairmen. Bernard S. Deutsch, Mark Eisner, Jonah J. Goldstein, Mrs. Gabriel Hamburger, Louis J. Moss and Morris Rothenberg are the honorary Vice-Chairmen and James Marshall is the Chairman. The Dinner Committee is headed by Samuel Levy, President of the Borough of Manhattan, as Honorary Chairman, and Nathan Fluegelman as Chairman.

“Having won the respect and confidence of the Jewish religious schools,” Mr. Unterberg’s report states, “the Association has led them to adopt higher standards of safety, sanitation, and administration, from which all their pupils, numbering scores of thousands have benefited.”

A Board of License for Teachers of Hebrew Schools, established by the Association, is described by Mr. Unterberg as “a most important educational step forward.” Over 80% of all such teachers in Greater New York have already received permanent or temporary licenses, the report states.

Mr. Unterberg concluded his report with an account of the work of “Ivriah”, the Women’s Division of the Jewish Education Association. “Ivriah,” the report states, “has eighteen branch organizations throughout the city and conducts a wide range of activities.”