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One of the most important conferences of Jewish welfare workers ever held in this city got under way yesterday with a luncheon meeting at Temple Emanu-El Community House, 1 East Sixty-first Street. Over 500 outstanding Jewish leaders and social workers are in attendance.
The conference is under the auspices of the National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds and will last three more days.
Felix M. Warburg, general chairman, speaking last night at a dinner in connection with the meeting, emphasized that it is important for American Jews to concentrate on Jewish problems in this country.
“While we are deeply interested in whatever affects the lives of Jews in other parts of the world, our duties and our tasks lie within the borders of our own country,” he said.
Neville Laski, leader of British Jewry, said at the afternoon executive session that “before I went to Poland I knew something of its misery, but I have never yet seen that misery could be so widespread.” He asserted he felt under obligation to rouse the Jews of England to greater efforts in behalf of their co-religionists in Poland.
BUREYA PROSPECTS
Dr. Joseph Rosen, Agro-Joint director and another speaker at the afternoon meeting, declared Biro-Bidjan possessed “all the potential possibilities” of becoming a very important center of immigration “for the Jewish working classes.” Dr. Rosen recently returned from a trip to Bureya.
James G. McDonald, League of Nations High Commissioner for refugees coming from Germany, was presented a medal for outstanding service to Jewry at the dinner.
“The sphere of American Jewish federations lies within America.” Mr. Warburg said. “While we are deeply interested in whatever affects the lives of Jews in other parts of the world, our duties and our tasks lies within the borders of our own country.”
Pointing out his realization that American Jews might justifiably rejoice when Jews in other countries were liberated from the yoke of oppression, Mr. Warburg said he hoped that “this gathering
Winners in the Seventh Biggest Jewish News of the Week Contest are announced today by the Jewish Daily Bulletin. Full details of the contest will be found on page seven of day’s issue.
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