Community Workshops to Serve As Forums for Dialogues Between Jewish Youths and Elders

With the approval of the European Council of Jewish Community Services. student community workshops will be established throughout Europe as forums for dialogues between Jewish youths and elders and between various student groups. Michael Harris of London, chairman of the Council’s Commission on Youth, said the workshops would le co-sponsored by the Commission and the World Union of Jewish Students. He addressed the Council’s 22nd statutory meeting here, Claud Kelman, vice president of the Fonds Social Juif Unifies, the French Jewish social agency, and president of the European Council, recommended full and continued Council support of the Youth Commission’s program. He said the Council “will try to do even the impossible-to provide financial support for the Commissions efforts on behalf of youth.” The Council agreed to aid the Rumanian Federation of Jewish Communities in alleviating the disaster caused by the floods in that country. It was also agreed to establish the Council’s full operational independence following the cessation of Joint Distribution Committee supervision at the end of 1971. This would be done by the creation of a Council Secretariat, although JDC technical aid would continue to be accepted. The Council voted in addition to broaden its executive committee. The Council’s meeting marked its 10th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.