The rural work is to be greatly extended, as field workers had found that educational conditions in many districts were bad, it was decided at the concluding meeting of the National Council of Jewish Women. In some schools, it was pointed out, Jewish children were segregated and otherwise discriminated against. A telegram was read from Miss Anne Brenner, field worker of the National Council in Michigan, in which she alleged that Jewish children were segregated along with colored children in the schools of Benton Harbor, Mich. Mrs. Leo H. Hertz of New York was appointed National Chairman of Rural Work.
A resolution was adopted endorsing the World Court as proposed. It was decided to hold the next triennial meeting of the delegate body of the National Council in Washington, D. C., in November, 1926.
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