The status, training and salaries of Jewish communal employees in Italy was dealt with here at a conference of community executive secretaries and lay leaders held under the chairmanship of Astorre H. Mayer, head of the Milan Jewish community and of the Standing Conference of European Jewish Community Services.
Klande Kelman, vice-president of the Fonds Social Juif Unifie of Paris and vice-president of the Standing Conference’s Committee for Personnel Questions, said the problem of adequate staff, particularly in small communities, was one of survival for such communities.
The conference was attended by the Joint Distribution Committee country director for Italy and other representatives of the JDC which has helped to establish a fund to aid the communities in adapting their personnel remuneration to salary levels in industry and commerce. Means of supplementing pension funds to achieve adequate levels were also discussed.
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