Rabbis from Seven Cities Awarded Participation in General Assembly of Cjfwf

Rabbis from seven cities have been honored by their local Jewish community organizations with special rabbinical awards entitling them to attend the 36th General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, which opens for five days on Wednesday, in Cleveland. Announcement of the awards was made here today by the Council, which is comprised of 220 Jewish community organizations in the United States and Canada.

The awards were given to Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Baltimore Board of Rabbis; Rabbi Fishel Goldfedder, Congregation Adath Israel, representing the Associated Jewish Charities of Cincinnati; Rabbi Edward T. Sandrow, president of the New York Board of Rabbis, representing the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York; Rabbi Jacob Levine, Rabbinical representative of the Jewish Federation-Council of Los Angeles; Rabbi Harry H. Epstein, Congregation Ahavath Achim, representative of the Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation; Rabbi Harold B. Waintrup, Old York Road Temple Beth Am, representing Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia; and Rabbi Irving Lehrman, president of the Miami Rabbinical Council, representing the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

The rabbis will participate in sessions and workshops dealing with cities in crisis, human rights, child care, quality high schools and Jewish education, the aged, poverty, family relationships and every aspect of Jewish daily life.

According to Louis J. Fox, of Baltimore, president of the Council, the concept was developed in the hope that a closer rapport and working relationship between the rabbinate and community organizations would be achieved in areas with which both are concerned. “I also feel strongly,” Mr. Fox stated, “that the GA can serve as a meeting ground annually for the religious leaders in our Jewish communities to participate nationally with all of our Federation leaders on lay issues of common concern.”