There are two thousand homeless Jewish men and boys in New York City, who wander through the streets of the metropolis yearly, according to a report just made public by the Committee on Homeless, which was established by the Jewish Social Service Association and the United Jewish Aid Societies of Brooklyn, under the chairmanship of Howard S. Cullman.
During the past year the committee has examined 640 men, most of whom, to the surprise of the committee, consisted of the younger element. “Such youngsters,” says the report, “were generally bright, impressionable, impudent, incorrigible, and, in some cases, sufficiently daring and delinquent to make them potential criminals.” The committee would try to lead these boys on the proper path, and to effect a reconciliation with their parents.
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