The Jewish community center movement in the United States will usher in this month a $10, 000, 000 building program, the National Jewish Welfare Board announced today. The JWB, national association of over 350 Jewish community centers and YM-YWHA’s, revealed that since 1948 new building projects started or completed by community centers cost $44,000,000.
Milwaukee, Springfield, Mass., and Youngstown will open centers this month costing respectively, $1, 600, 000, $675. 000 and $500,000. Within the next eight months five more centers costing in all nearly $3, 000, 000 will be opened in Louisville, Savannah, Philadelphia, Syracuse and New York.
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