Frank L. Weil was reelected president of the National Jewish Welfare Board for his tenth term today at the close of the annual meeting of the J.W.B.’s board of directors. The board meeting replaced the annual meeting of the organization since the J.W.B. voted to hold its national council meeting biennially. The next biennial meeting will be held in Cincinnati in May, 1950.
Addressing the concluding session of the two-day annual meeting of the J.W.B.’s Jewish Center Division Committee yesterday, Weil voiced the hope that the Jew of Israel will find constructive internal unity once the external pressures are removed. He called on American Jewry to “set them an example of Jews living together in mutual respect and understanding.”
The energies of American Jewry for the past few years, Weil observed, have been given to raising funds for the needs of displaced persons and for the establishment of a homeland in Israel. “These efforts continue, but eventually these energies will be released from this cause and will seek outlets in the development of programs in the American Jewish community. The Jewish Community Center is one of the causes which will constructively absorb these energies and help to develop better understanding and better American citizenship.”
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