The Jewish farmer and his family have been neglected by the Jewish social service agencies in the cities, declared Mrs. Elmer Eckhouse, National Chairman of the Department of Farm and Rural Work, of the National Council of Jewish Women in outlining the work of the Council in this field. Through the intervention of the Council’s Rural Department, social agencies in some cities are beginning to take account of the needs of the neighboring Jewish farmers’ families.
“A year ago the question facing the Farm and Rural Department was: Whose responsibility is the Jewish social service case in the rural district; what agency should assume the burden of responsibility of the relief work? Today, as a result of the comprehensive program of the Farm and Rural Department of the National Council of Jewish Women, slowly but surely the large city is beginning to realize the need of extending its welfare program out in the rural districts.
“For nearly two years the National Council of Jewish Women has been the only Jewish agency doing family case work in all its various phases, in the rural districts. We are now serving seventy-five rural families, twenty-five cases having been referred to us for investigation by outside agencies.”
Mrs. Samuel Capitman of Bridgport, Connecticut, has been chosen. Vice-Chairman of the National Department.
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