Readers of Jewish Federations to Discuss Problems Facing Communities in 1951

The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds’ 19th Annual General Assembly will be held December 1-3, in Washington, it was announced today by Stanley C. Myers, G.J.F.W.F. president. Community leaders from all parts of the United States and Canada, acting as delegates of their central Jewish organizations, will discuss major problems facing Jewish communities in 1951 and outline plans for meeting total Jewish philanthropic responsibilities in Israel, overseas, and at home.

Mr. Myers pointed out that the Council is the national association of community organizations serving 800 cities as their instrument in dealing with national problems and in providing central services in budgeting, community organization, social planning, campaigning and year-round interpretation. Member agencies of the C.J.F.W.F. annually raise more than 90 percent of all funds used for Jewish welfare purposes, he emphasized.

“The collective actions taken at the General Assembly will focus the sights of our communities on the necessary and vital objectives which must be achieved in 1951,” the C.J.F.W.F. president declared. “We have world-wide responsibilities, all directly related to the vast task of building Jewish life here and overseas. This indivisibility of needs requires that the Jewish communities assess them wisely and properly.

Prelminary program plans for the three-day Assembly call for discussion and action on the recommendations of key C.J.F.W.F. national committees in carrying forward last year’s Assembly mandates. These committee reports will cover stable and unified fund-raising, national-local relationships and multiple appeals. Other reports will cover campaigning, community organization, planning for health services, financing and budgeting, community relations, Jewish education, family welfare and child care, and cultural and recreational needs.