The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds announced today that the Standing Conference on European Jewish Community Services has been named recipient of its 1962 William J. Shroder Memorial Award. This will be the first time that the award has been presented to an organization outside of the United States.
The award is presented annually to Jewish community organizations or national and international agencies for “superior initiative and achievement in the advancement of social welfare.” The presentation will be made at the CJFWF 31st General Assembly in Philadelphia, November 15-18.
The award-winning organization represents the culmination of the postwar work of the Joint Distribution Committee, whose services had moved from rescue and relief of the remnants of Hitler’s genocide program against European Jews through reconstruction of individual Jewish community and to there-establishment of Jewish community organizations. The major Jewish organizations of Switzerland, France, Britain, West Germany, Italy, Greece and Belgium are officially affiliated with the Standing Conference.
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