Arnulf M. Pins Dead at 51

Dr. Arnulf’ M. Pins, director for the Middle East Region of the Joint Distribution Committee, and associate director of JDC-Israel, died here yesterday at the age of 51. Interment was in Jerusalem today.

As Middle East regional director, Pins concentrated mainly on JDC programs in Iran. In Israel he helped administer a variety of programs on behalf of the aged, handicapped children and adults, mental health programs, community center activities and manpower training. He also served as chairman of ESHEL, the Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel, which is developing a network of homes and community services for the aged in Israel.

Pins, who joined the JDC staff January, 1975, devoted his lifetime to Jewish communal causes. Social worker, teacher and administrator, he served as executive secretary of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Prior to that he was executive director of the Council on Social Work Education and was director of personnel and training for the National Jewish Welfare Board.

In Israel, Pins was consultant for the Israel Association of Schools of Social Work, the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University and the Israel Ministry of Social Welfare. He was Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University and helped the JDC establish the Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz program for training community center directors in Israel.

Pins was born in Germany in 1927. He and his parents fled to Palestine in 1936 and came to the United States three years later where he continued his education and soon became active in Jewish affairs. While still in his teens he served as chairman of the Youth Division of the United Jewish Appeal in Paterson, N.J.