Max M. Fisher, noted leader of Detroit Jewry and national vice-president of the United Jewish Appeal, was elected to serve a third term as president of the Jewish Welfare Federation here. Jack O. Lefton, Hyman Safran and Louis Tabashrik were elected vice-presidents. Isidore Sobeloff was re-elected executive vice-president. George M. Stutz was elected to serve as treasurer and Judge Theodore Levin as chairman of the executive committee.
Over the past decade, the Federation has averaged $5,000,000 a year in its annual campaign for funds, the Allied Jewish Campaign. Income from those who pay for the services of the Federation’s fourteen local member agencies, bequests and endowments and funds allocated to Federation agencies by the United Community Services, bring the annual Federation budget to more than $10,000,000.
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