More than 400 leaders of Jewish Federations, Welfare Funds and Community Councils throughout the United States will gather here on Saturday to attend the opening session of the ninth annual General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds at which methods will be discussed on gearing the Jewish social welfare activities in this country to war requirements.
Meeting for the first time since America’s entry into the war, the Assembly, at which 219 member agencies from 183 cities will be represented, will study the effects of the war on current Jewish programs for relief and reconstruction overseas, refugee needs in this country, national and local phases of civic protective programs, and problems of fund-raising and budgeting in local communities.
The confidence that “the Assembly will develop policies which will aid American Jewish community organizations in making a maximum contribution to the nation’s war effort” was expressed here today by Sidney Hollander, president of the Council. He stressed the importance of the first war-time Assembly and urged American Jewish leaders “to strive for unity and harmony of purpose in 1942.”
WAR-TIME PROGRAMS TO BE DISCUSSED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
The opening session on Saturday night will be devoted to a discussion of “Welfare Programs on a War Basis.” Mr. Hollander will open the Assembly and Samuel Markell of Boston, chairman of the General Assembly Program Committee, will introduce the Assembly program. Speakers at this session will be Harris Perlstein, President of the Jewish Charities, Chicago; Amos Deinard, Board Member, Federation for Jewish Service, Minneapolis; Leon Sunstein, President of the Jewish Welfare Fund, Philadelphia, and William J. Shroder of Cincinnati, chairman of the Council’s board of directors.
The second general session, Sunday morning, February 1, will deal with “War-Time Programs of Federations.” The discussion leaders will include George Z. Medalie, President of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, New York; Maurice B. Hexter, assistant executive vice-president of the New York Federation; Samuel A. Goldsmith, executive director, Jewish Charities, Chicago, and Robert J. Koshland, Board Member, Federation of Jewish Charities, San Francisco.
A review of the status of the civic protective programs will highlight the Sunday afternoon meeting. Opening the discussion will be James Marshall of New York, Edgar J. Kaufmann of Pittsburgh, Max Simon of Cleveland, and Maurice Taylor, executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, Pittsburgh. A discussion of fund-raising problems in 1942, with particular regard to the war situations, will take place Sunday night.
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