Jewish educators from all over the United States, today voiced support of Government aid to public education but opposed such aid to private or parochial schools. A resolution on Federal aid was adopted at the 35th annual conference of the National Council for Jewish Education attended by more than 300 leading Jewish educators. The resolution said that “all religious and private education are the responsibility of their respective sponsors. “
Emphasizing “the crucial importance which Jewish education must assume to assure the creative survival of the Jewish community in America, ” the delegates stressed the growing financial need to implement the nationwide Jewish education program. The educators urged all Jewish federations and welfare funds throughout the United States and Canada to extend maximum support and aid to educational programs within their communities.
Significant steps in unifying the Jewish education profession were noted by Samuel J. Borowsky, general secretary of the National Council in a report to the conference. Mr. Borowsky stated that as a result of the Council’s initiative, a joint committee of national organizations of Jewish educators has been brought into existence.
Participating in this joint committee are seven groups representing the various ideological wings in Jewish life: the National Federation of Hebrew Teachers and Principals; Educators Assembly of the United Synagogue; National Association of Temple Educators of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; the National Committee of the Jewish Folk Schools of the Farband; the Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute; Schools of the Workmen’s Circle and the National Council of Jewish Education.
The National Council’s new slate of officers elected today consists of: Dr. Joseph Diamond of Toronto, succeeding Harry L. Woll of New York as president; Dr. Meir Ben-Gurion of Philadelphia; Dr. Harry Elkin of Providence, R. I.; Rabbi Abraham A. Millgram of New York and Louis Schwartzman of Miami, vice presidents; Dr. Isidor Margolis of New York, treasurer; and Dr. Aaron Soviv of Newark, secretary.
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