Cultural and spiritual aid, and not relief, is desired by the Jewish settlers in Tia Juana, Mexico, according to Miss Cecilia Razovsky, secretary of the Department of Service for the Foreign Born, of the National Council of Jewish Women, who recently visited that community to survey the situation, accompanied by Mrs. A. Neuman, chairman of the Immigrant Aid Committee of the San Diego Section. Miss Razovsky made a home to home survey of the Jewish immigrants residing there and ascertained that most of the Jewish immigrants are at present employed.
Though Miss Razovsky reported that the public school in Tia Juana is excellent and the Jewish children in regular attendance, she ascertained that no Jewish education is provided for the children and that educational facilities for the adults are lacking. As a result of a conference with the Jewish community in Tia Juana, it was decided to establish a library and arrange for a class in Hebrew for the children, and classes in English and Spanish for the adults. The San Diego Council Section, of which Mrs. Morris Niederman is president, is cooperating with the immediate provision of a library and reading room, in which the educational classes are to be conducted.
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