The three-day biennial convention of the National Jewish Welfare Board concluded here last night with the election of Irving Edison of St. Louis as president of the organization, succeeding Frank L. Weil, who refused the nomination after having held the office for 10 years.
The convention adopted a resolution strongly recommending to constituent Jewish community centers that they do everything possible “to foster a workable partnership with synagogues and Jewish schools in the respective communities.” It also set forth the objectives of cooperative activity between the synagogues and the Jewish centers as “enriching the quality of individual and Jewish group life in America.” It observed that this recognition of common goals “is materializing in concreto expressions of agreement in ever-growing areas of relationships.”
Another resolution endorsed the establishment of Associated Services for the Armed Forces, Inc., designed to continue morale, welfare and religious programs in behalf of armed personnel, and undertaken at the request of the U.S. Military Establishment. The resolution, pledging the J.W.B.’s “wholehearted support and cooperation” to the new organization’s program, expressed the J.W.B. ‘s eagerness to participate in the work of A.S.A.F. with the Y.M.C.A. and the National Catholic Community Service, which, together with the J.W.B. make up A.S.A.F.
Jewish communities were called upon in a resolution to continue “with increasing zeal and devotion efforts for the benefit of the armed forces and patients in V.A. hospitals.” Other action taken by the J.W.B. convention included: Urging the U.S. Senate to approve social security amendments which will include employes of nonprofit organizations in the program; hailing the establishment of a YM-YWHA in Jerusalem, the first in Israel; and approving the formation of a committee to plan a nationwide celebration, in 1954, of the centennial of the Jewish community center movement in America.
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