Concrete action to meet major problems facing American Jewry in 1955 will be mapped at the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds which opens here tomorrow at the Ambassador Hotel with the participation of 500 Jewish community leaders from all parts of the country.
The Assembly, which will be in session for four days, will develop positive proposals for strengthening Jewish community organization, raising maximum funds to meet the increased needs in 1955, spending those funds most wisely for philanthropic priorities, dealing with the problem of multiple appeals, and. stimulating the development of young leaders.
As a factual background for the discussions, the delegates will hear on-the-scene reports on the changing needs in Israel, North Africa, Europe and at home. Herbert 3. Abeles of Newark, chairman of the executive committee of the CJFWF, and Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, executive vice-president of the United Jewish Appeal, who returned this week from overseas surveying conditions in areas receiving major American Jewish philanthropic aid, will report their findings to the Assembly.
Charles I. Schottland, Commissioner of Social Security for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, will review trends and changes in domestic social services. Julian Freeman, Indianapolis, CJFWF president, will outline the key problems confronting the communities in meeting their worldwide responsibilities. Other major speakers will be Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, president of the City College of New York; Dr. Abram L. Sachar, president of Brandeis University; Isidore Sobeloff, executive director of the Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation and Dr. Oscar I. Janowsky, Professor at the City College of New York.
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