The Duke of Edinburgh praised last night the work of the Jewish Welfare Board, declaring that there was a great need for such agencies and that in this respect “non-Jews can learn a great deal from the Jews. “
The Duke, who was guest of honor at a dinner given by the welfare agency, said he was “impressed with the remarkable scope of the Jewish Welfare Board’s activities,” Discussing the philosophy that education, health and other social needs are “the business of the government,” the Duke said the welfare state left ample room “for voluntary bodies to care for special cases.”
Sir Isaac Wolfson, British philanthropist, said that the philosophy of the agency could be summed up in a slight paraphrase of the Biblical saying: “I am my brother’s keeper.” Sir Seymour Karminski, a former president of the Jewish Welfare Board, noted that not all Jews are affluent and that there was “great need in some cases. ” He added that “we are justly proud that very few Jews are in prison and even less in rehabilitation schools for offenders.”
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