A practical demonstration of inter-faith cooperation on a mass scale is being given this Christmas-time as volunteers of the National Jewish Welfare Board take over at USO Clubs for servicemen and centers the duties of their non-Jewish counterparts, enabling the latter to observe the Christian holiday.
The JWB workers will also participate in Christmas activities at Veterans Hospitals and Military bases. This will enable their associates to spend the holiday with their families, and attend church more easily.
The action by the JWB is part of a reciprocal program at USO centers in which the Christian volunteers also step in and handle duties of Jewish volunteers to permit them to observe their High Holy Days throughout the year.
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