The task of the Jewish teacher and social worker is that of making the Jewish child at home with the Jewish people, declared Dr. Samuel Dinin, registrar of the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, addressing the closing exercises of the club leaders’ course of the Metropolitan League of Jewish Community Associations and the Jewish Welfare Board.
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