That contraction of expenditures by Jewish centers has been checked and has been replaced by a tendency to begin enlarging budgets was noted yesterday at the annual meeting of the National Council of the Jewish Welfare Board at the Ninety-second Street Y. M. H. A. About 500 persons attended morning and afternoon sessions.
Observing in his annual president’s report that “the basic financial structure of Jewish centers is in a much improved condition as compared with five years ago,” Judge Irving Lehman urged “a vigorous, inspired and dynamic Jewish Center movement to reach into every town and city in which Jews dwell and which will prove a secure mooring mast for the Jewish spirit, anxious and distressed by the trials of our people.”
YOUTH INTEREST RISES
In addition, Judge Lehman reported increased interest on the part of Jewish youth in Jewish centers. “The young people,” he said, “are prompted by a sense of responsibility to the community.”
During the morning session Dr. Cyrus Adler, chairman of the army and navy committee, reported that many of the 4,000 Jewish boys in the Civilian Conservation Corps are “displaying interest in things Jewish.” He described the work of the Board in providing
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