Analyzing the report issued by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds on its activities for the first six months of this year, Dr. S. Margoshes, columnist of The Day, Yiddish daily newspaper, takes issue with the fact that the Council considers itself “the national association of organized Jewish communities.”
“How many Jewish Community Councils have their official represenatives either on the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, or on its Council, or both?” Dr. Margoshes asks in his column. “I have not seen the list of constituencies of the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, which, I presume, select the Council, but I have a notion that there are very few Jewish Community Councils on that list.”
The writer refers to the part of the report which points out that the Council “is being directed and guided by more than 300 lay and professional community leaders who are participating in the programs of more than 25 national, regional and departmental committees, and are drawn from small and large communities in every part of the United States and Canada.” He asks “by whom and how” these community leaders are drawn, emphasizing that the Council must define the source of its authority.
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