The 16th annual General Assembly of the Council Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds will be held January 24 to 26 at the Hotel ?raton in Chicago, Stanley C. Myers of Miami, Council president, announced today. ## will be a three-day conference instead of the usual four, opening with an Oneg?bat Saturday afternoon, January 24 and closing with a luncheon on Monday, January 26.
The General Assembly, composed of delegates selected on a population basis by such of the 263 member federations, welfare funds and Jewish community councils representing 236 communities in the United States and Canada, is the governing and policy making body of the CJFWF.
The program, as projected by the Assembly planning committee, headed by ?lton Kahn of Boston, is being designed to go beyond discussion to the formulation of principles, conclusions and recommendations on every subject of major concern to Jewish communities. Out of this type of joint planning by the 600 lay and professional leaders who will attend as delegates should come a basis for more effective action in meeting Jewish responsibilities at home and abroad in 1948, Mr. Myers said.
Among the subjects to be discussed at seminars are: Planning by communities to meet overseas, national and local capital and operating needs in 1948; the relationship between communities and national and overseas agencies in budgeting, campaiging, programs and year-round policies; trends in anti-Semitism and group relations in the U.S. and overseas; major problems of local planning; and cultural and educational programs.
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