Problems of Jewish communal organization and the relation of local community councils to federations of charities and other institutions will be discussed by a number of speakers at the annual convention of the Jewish Council of Greater New York which opens at two o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Hotel Pennsylvania.
Delegates from more than 400 organizations, congregations, societies and lodges of Greater New York are expected to attend.
The Council which has, for a number of years, been working together with the American Jewish Congress and other organizations, devoting itself specifically to questions relating to local relief, adult education, and similar activities, aims to give organized form to the community—in line with the Kehillah idea—by the creation of a central clearing house and information exchange that will coordinate and unify various scattered undertakings. Already the Jewish Information Bureau, 103 Park avenue, which the Council has helped to establish, is fulfilling part of this function.
The annual convention will be addressed by Morris Rothenberg, president of the Zionist Organization of America; M. Maldwin Fertig, Abraham Goldberg, Carl Sherman, Dr. Joseph Tennenbaum, chairman of the boycott committee of the American Jewish Congress; Max Silverstein, grand master of the Order of Brith Abraham; Rabbi M. A. Heller and others.
A review of Jewish recent events will be presented in the address of the chairman, Bernard G. Richards. Jacob L. Warkow, secretary, will deliver the annual report.
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