Recommendations stressing interest in enriching the Jewish heritage in American through the cultural arts were adopted here at a two-day national conference convoked by the National Jewish Welfare Board to discuss problems connected with advancing the arts in American Jewish life. Sanford Solender, executive vice-president of the JWB, in summarizing the conference, stated that among the points made by the 180 participants in the parley were:
1. The cultural arts in Jewish life must be accorded a new high priority locally, regionally and nationally and will demand new dimensions in cooperation and coordinated effort on the part of various organizations. Stimulation and planning for communal Jewish festivals and events in the cultural arts must become among the prime responsibilities of Jewish communities.
2. Since substantial sums of money are required to subsidize cultural programs, the funding of such programs will require carefully considered community planning. Also that central inventories of existing Jewish cultural materials in the various arts should be gathered, evaluated and widely distributed.
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