The place of youth in the Jewish community will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Board, parent organization of the Jewish Community Centers, which will open April 7 at the Y. M. H. A. building at Ninety-second street and Lexington avenue.
Judge Irving Lehman, president of the Board, will preside, and Harry L. Glucksman, executive director, will lead the discussion.
At the opening session of the annual meeting, delegates representing fifteen Jewish national organizations, and 300 constituent societies of the Board located in various parts of the country, will hear reports on the activities of the Board of the preceding year.
Judge Irving Lehman will deliver the presidential address, and will be followed by Dr. Cyrus Adler, chairman of the Army and Navy Committee of the Board, who will report on welfare activities in the Civilian Conservation Corps and for soldiers and sailors and disabled veterans.
Benjamin J. Buttenwieser, treasurer, will report on the finances of the organization, and Mr. Glucksman will review the activities of the Jewish Welfare Board during the past year, with special reference to new trends in the national program.
A new proposal for regional organizations will be presented by M. Maldwin Fertig, president of the Metropolitan League of Jewish Community Associations, and will be discussed by the heads of the other regional federations.
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