Jewish Statistical Bureau to Publish Directory of American Jewish Communities

A Jewish directory with full information and the ##test available statistics of 1,000 principal Jewish communities in the United States will be published by the Jewish Statistical Bureau, it was announced here today by ##. Ralph Lazrus, president of the institution.

The directory will also list 4,000 smaller Jewish communities, the announcement said. The Jewish Statistical Bureau operates under the auspices of Jewish congregational and rabbinical bodies representing all wings of American Judaism.Roger W. Straus is honorary president of the Bureau.

Because of the scope of the directory and its objectives, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Rabbinical Assembly of America and the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada have appointed special committees to cooperate with the Bureau in the publication of the volume. The directory is expected to greatly facilitate Jewish community activities. The last directory of Jews in the U.S. was compiled by the American Jewish Committee 30 years ago.