Jewish women throughout the United States are devoting special consideration to the needs of Jewish farmers’ families in various states, according to a statement issued by Mrs. Elmer Eckhouse, National Chairman of the Department of Farm and Rural Work, of the National Council of Jewish Women. They have been serving as an advisory staff to the officers of the Council’s Department and the Executive Committee, transmitting their observations and recommendations based on visits to the rural communities in their respective states.
The women, who are serving on this National Committee of the Department of Farm and Rural Work ,of the National Council of Jewish Women, are: Mrs. Harry Geballe, of San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. Julius Berenson, of Hartford, Conn.; Mrs. S. Capitman, of Bridgeport, Conn.; Miss Aimee F. Greenbaum, of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Max Lorig, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mrs. Jake Brown, of Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Lewis I. Waxelbaum, of Macon, Georgia; Mrs. Max L. Bernheimer, of Terre Haute, Ind.; Mrs. Maurice Levy, of Lafayette, Ind.; Mrs. David Lurvey, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Abe Simon, of Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Irving Rosenbaum, of Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Edward Freedman, of Longmeadow, Mass.; Mrs. H. L. Goodstein, of Trenton, N. J.; Mrs. M. Heilbrun, of Jersey City, N. J.; Mrs. H. Krupnick, of Mt. Holly, N. J.; Mrs. Leo Robbins, of Lakewood, N. J.; Mrs. Alexander Seclow, of Bayonne, N. J.; Mrs. P. Wendkos, of Camden, N. J.; Mrs. C. M. Freund, of Albany, N. Y.; Mrs. Charles Kaletzki, of Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs. Harry Lashkowitz, of Fargo, N. D.; Mrs. Sydney Kaufman, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Bernard Ostrolenk, of Auburndale, L. I.; Mrs. Julian Pack, of New York City; Mrs. W. T. Andress, of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. L. Goldstein, of Beaumont, Texas; Mrs. Max H. Nathan, of Houston, Texas; Mrs. William Zinn, of Galveton, Texas; Mrs. Jacob R. Hiller, of Seattle, Wash.; and Mrs. Harry Rosenhaupt, of Spokane, Wash.
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