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feONICLE 2I\\# Serving Columbus, Dayton, Central and Southwestern Ohio VQAR Vol. 41. No. 26 FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1963 — 6 TAMMUZ. 5723 TEkE Tl OFFERS SUMMER PROGRAM OF REUGIOUS STUDIES The adult institute be^s its sum¬ mer quarter at Tifereth Israel on Tuesday, July 2. This program, now in its third year, offers serious Jew¬ ish educational activity at a time when most such activi^ is at a low ebb. Four courses will be offered dur¬ ing the summer of 1963. ELEMENTARY HEBREW, Wed¬ nesday evenihg, 8 to 9 p.m., is de¬ signed to teach the students how to read Hebrew. Some attrition will be given to prayers, particular¬ ly the Sabbath liturgy. The first session will be on July 3. Advanced Hebrew, Tuesday eve¬ ning, 8 to 9 p.m., is open to all who have a reading knowledge of He¬ brew and some back^ound in con¬ versational Hebrew. In addition to conversation, the course will pro¬ vide some excellence with gram¬ mar as well as stories. This course beffins nn .Tii'v 2. SYNAGOGUE SKILLS, Tue.<:dav evenine. 9 to 10 p.m., is a course wWfh will familiarize the student with the sermons which take olace freoupntlv witWn the synagogue ser¬ vice. The opening class is on July 2. Ta'miid is a new course now of¬ fered. Tiiis grouD will meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month from 8 to 10 p.m. The course of study will be tractate Baba M'tzeeya. Registration ¦<! limited to those possessing the ablillty to read Hebrew with some fluency. Rabbi Zelizer,' Cantor Burstein and Saul Wachs will teach the class. The first session will be given on Tuesday, July 9. Adult institution courses are open to the community. For information and registration, individuals are in¬ structed to call the educational de¬ partment at 253-8523. JWV PRESENT FLAG Capitol Post No. 122 Jewish War Veterans will present an American flag to the Heritage House on July 4 at 10 a.m. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will offici¬ ate at the dedication and the Jew¬ ish War Veterans firing squad un¬ der the direction of Norman Cohen will be in attendance. GERMAN-JEWISH PHYSICIAN Dr. Abraham Jacobi, a German- bom Jewish physician wiio settled in New York, was a pioneer in the field of pediatrics in this country. He also is credited with having in¬ vited the laryngoscope. (JTA). Chronicling The News Editorial 2 Teen Scene :. 4 Entertainment 5 Society 6, 7 Synagogues 8 Shopping Guide 8 Sports 9, 10 olMO Ol snGwmc-y wrilsnw TtfoiaoislH Oarstwl to Amfriean •nd Jawtfh Idult Eshkol's New Government Will Follow Through On Old Policies Jerusalem (JTA) — Premier-designate Levi Eshkol pre¬ sented his new cabinet to the Knesset, Israel's parliament. He emphasized that the new government is a government of con¬ tinuity and that it wil follow the principles of the last govern¬ ment. It will also be bound by the same ¦ coalition agreements, Eshkol stressed. Zalman Aranne, the new minister of education, is the only new member of the caiinet. He re HONOR ISRAEU DIPLOMATS Joseph Meyerhoff of Baltimore (right), general chair¬ man of the United Jewish Appeal, presents engraved silver boxes to Avraham Harman (center), Israel's ambassador to the U.S., dnd Michael S. Comay, Israel's ambassador to the UN, at a meeting of national leaders of the UJA held at Ne-w York's Plaza Hotel last week. The gathering honored the two top ranking IsraeU diplomats for their "Inspiring and arduous efforts on behalf of the UJA." Meyerhoff announc¬ ed that the UJA's midyear emergency cash collection drive has brought in $33,425,(X)0 against pledges to the 1963 cam¬ paign. The UJA seeks a total of $96,000,000 this year, includ¬ ing a $36,000,000 special fund to meet the needs of the new immigrants coming into Israel at an unexpectedly high rate and to provide aid to related refugee programs. BETH JACOB YOUTH AND AGUDAS ACHIM YOUTH AHENDING GAMP SHOR SEMINAR Tw^eiftymetHbers •a^=;WSt"Beth; Jacot) Youth-€lnb and the Agudas Achim Youth Club aife spending a week at the Central East Torah Leadership Seminar at Camp Shor In Aurora, Ind. The youngsters left Columbus by chartered bus on Tuesday, June 25, and will return on Tuesday evening, July 2, The Co¬ lumbus delegation together with other young people from the Central Eastern section of the United States are spending the week enlarging their Jewish studies and leadership skills. The Yeshiva University of New York is sponsoring the entire ses¬ sion. Rabbi Norman Tokayer of the Yeshiva's youth bureau staff is di¬ recting the session and Rabbi Sid¬ ney Green also of the youth bureau will be the head counsellor for the week. Rabbi Samuel W. Rubenstein and Rabbi Da^fid Stavsky of Colum¬ bus, together with many other rab¬ bis and youth leaders from the area, will join the instructional and advisory staff. THE SEMINAR program includes sessions on essentials of Judaism, prayer, festivals and the Jewish community. There are classes in group programming, organization, leadership techniques and fgroup dynamics. The program also includes skill sessions in IsraeU song, dance, dra¬ matics, journalism and games. During their stay in camp, the youngsters are taldng part in land and water sports, camp fires, trips and an Oneg Shabfaot. TEENAGERS WITH leadership ability were chosen by the Youth Committees of the Beth Jacob C>)ti- gregation and the Agudas Achim Congregation to take part in ttiis special week of instruction and in¬ tensive Jewish living. The youth places Abba Eban, who was nam¬ ed to the new post of deputy pre¬ mier. The finance ministry port¬ folio, which was held by Eshkol in the previous govemment, was given to Pinhas Sapir, who will continue also in liis post of minister of com¬ merce and industry. Like his pre¬ decessor, Ben-Gurion, Premier Esh¬ kol will also hold the post of mini¬ ster of defense. Other members of the new cabi¬ net who will continue in their posts are: Mrs. Golda Meir, foreign af¬ fairs; Bechor Sliitreet, police; Dov Joseph, justice; Yosef Almogi, de¬ velopment; Moshe Dayan, agricul¬ ture; Eliahu Sasson, posts — all of Mapai; Moshe Shapiro, interior and health; Dr. Yosef Burg, welfare; and erach Warhaftig, religious af¬ fairs — all of the National Religious party; Israel Bar-Yehuda, trans¬ port; and^Yigal Allon, labor, both of Achdut Avoda. In presenting the new govern¬ ment, Eshkol said that the strength¬ ening of Israel must be a vital goal, not only for Israel but also for the governments that are anxious tor peace in the area and the entire world. "We shall, therefore, continue tq demand that all peace-loving coun¬ tries should endeavor to the limit of their capacity and influence, dis¬ suade the Arab rulers from follow¬ ing in the path ot aggression and military adventures and tp bring committees of both synagogues, im¬ pressed by the enthusiastic reports of last year's camping session, are again wholeheartedly supporting the camping session. Irving Stem, Agudas Achim youth director, is co-ordinating the ses¬ sion and is accompanying the group. BibUcal Animals Tp Be Imported JERUSALEM (WUP) — A large wild game preserve, to be stocked with many kinds of near extinct animals which populated the Holy Land in Biblical times, is to be established in the Negev south of the settlement of Yotvata, about 30 miles from EUat, it was an¬ nounced here recently. The project, already in an advanced planning stage, is sponsored by the Wildlife Society. The 5,000 acre park is similar in landscape, vegetation and climate to the East African Savannah from wliich the animals will be imported. The first section, some 1,000 acres, will be stocked with 18 species of animals, one male and two females of each kind. Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the society's honorary president, is supporting the project. to them the realization that direct negotiations between Israel and the Arab countries are the only way to achieve peace or progress toward it," he declared. Eshkol told the peuties that as long as the Arab countries main¬ tain an aggressive policy and con¬ tinue to stockpile modem types of offensive weapons designed for the destruction of Israel, "we must maintain constant Security prepard- ness. A strong Israel is a guaran¬ tee tor the prevention ot war in the Middle East." He reiterated Israel's wish to achieve a general disarmament with the Arab states and said that a special duty rests on the powers to ensure that an arms imbalance is not created to Israel's detriment and to the advantage of those threat¬ ening to attack her. After stating that the govern¬ ment's first priority will be given to strengthening security, Esiikoi said that the government's econ¬ omic policy will be geared to en¬ couraging all branches of endeavor that increase foreign currency in¬ come and productive employment, siiipping, aviation, tourism and fi¬ nance. Describing the partnership be¬ tween Israel and the Diaspora as unparalleled in history, he said ef¬ forts must be made to transform the material partnership of Western Jewry into a spirtual one. While the government will make an all- out effort to absorb immigrants of distress, it will also encourage im¬ migration from the prosperous coun¬ tries, he said. Eshkol indicated that the new govemment is open to other parties wishing to join the coalition on the basis of the national and social prin¬ ciples outlined. He said Israel so¬ ciety was still in this process of cre¬ ation and pressures from without and within were great. "Our se¬ curity, economic and social stabili¬ ty, cultural standards and values are still in a state of fluex," he stated. "In these circumstances, every group making demands must see not only their own particular demands, but also the needs of the community." The government, he said, will work unremittingly to ensure com¬ plete integration of Israel's Arab citizens in all spheres of lite, will persevere to develop their economy, rtuse their standard of living, foster education and improve the services they receive. Turning to foreign policy, Eshkol said the govemment will strive for closer political and economic ties with all countries of the East and West in all continents that sincere¬ ly desire to cooperate and will con¬ tinue to cooperate with the new states in Africa, Asia and Latin America who have won independ¬ ence in recent years. The World's Week Compiled from JTA Rtportt In Casablanca, a Jewish candidate who was defeated in Morocco's recent parliamentary elections appealed to the Supreme Moroccan Constitutional Chamber to determine the validity of the election of another Jewish candidate. Meyer Toledano, the loser, charged that Meyer Obadiah, the winner, used the resources of the Casablanca Jewish Committee, of which the latter is president, in the election campaign. Toledano charged that Obadiah used propaganda in synagogues and his authority in the Jewish committee. The constitutional chamber will consider the appeal but it was not expected that Obadlah's election would be voided. In Paris, the first of four 7,200 deadweight ton cargo motor ships financed by the AMPAL American Israel Corpo¬ ration, was launched at Nantes, France. The new vessel, designed to carry citrus fruit and general cargo, was named "Hadar" by Mrs. Louis Ludwig, wife of a prominent New York businessman and a vice president of AMPAL. In New York, Jewish fiineral directors across the coun¬ try have joined with the Union of Orthodox Jewish Con¬ gregations of America in a major move to encourage Jew¬ ish funeral practices on a nationwide scale in conformity with religious law and tradition, it was announced by Moses I. Feuerstein, national president of the UOJCA. Rabbi Leon I Rabbi Feupr Chosen Rabbi Leon I. Feuer, spirt¬ ual leader of the Collingwood Avenue Temple in Toledo, has been elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The elec¬ tion took place at the CCAR's 74th annual convention in Philadelphia. Dr. Feuer, who served as CCAR vice presi¬ dent for the past two years, succeeds Rabbi Albert G. Min¬ da of Minneapolis. The noted Toledo rabbi, ordained 36 years ago, heads America's oldest rabbinical body. CCAR has over 800 members in the U.S. and Canada and serves as the rabbinical arm of the Reform branch of Judaism. Studies Reveal Divergences Between Jew And Non-Jew Recent population studies made by Jewish federations as aids in community planning reveal some significant differences in composition and growth patterns between the Jewish and non-Jewish portions of the population, according to the "Report on Jewish Population Studies" just issued by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds (CJFWF). The demographic studies by eight federations within the past five years show that Jews in the United States diverge statistical¬ ly from the rest of the white urban population in age distribution, size of family, birth rate, proportion of foreign bom, level of eiducation and occuptitional classification. ONE SIGNIFICANT divergence was found to be in age distribu¬ tion. Ttie data reveals a substan¬ tially greater proportion of Jews In the 40 to 64 year old groups, fore¬ casting an increase in Jewish aged in the coming decades that will ex¬ ceed the rise in the general popu¬ lation. At the other end of the age scale, however, a drop in the number of Jewish births was revealed, con¬ trasting with a rise amohg the gen¬ eral white urban population. THE FINDINGS are reported trom studies made by the federa¬ tions in Rochester, South Bend, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Worcester, San Francisco, Trenton and Minne¬ apolis. The comparative data on the wiiite urban population is bas¬ ed on figures in the 1960 U.S. cen¬ sus. Those federation studies which reported the proportion of the foreign bom to the total Jewish population indicate that the Ameri¬ can Jewish community is tending to become almost completely na¬ tive bom. Witliin two decades, American Jewry (with the possible exception of those in New York City) may be 90 per cent native bom, with two-tiurds of the maining foreign born in the age group of 65 or over. THE HIGH LEVEL of education attained by U.S. Jews is shown in the fact that more than a third of those queried in the reporting studies had reached or gone be¬ yond the college level —• the larg¬ est ratio in the 30 to 44 year old group, and the proportion diminish¬ ing in the older age groupings. A comparison with the total wliite urban population indicates that pro¬ portionately twice as many Jews in these communities have attended college. A n occupational cross-section drawn from the reported data shows the largest proportion of American Jews to be managers, entrepreneurs and self-employed; a slightly small¬ er percentage to ite professionals and semi-professionals; stili fewer, engaged in clerical, sales, skilled and semi-skilled work; and virtual¬ ly none in unskilled or pe-'sonal and protective services. In contrast, the general U.S. cen¬ sus data shows the largest pnjpor- Uons in the skilled, semi-skilled, clerical and sales fields, and the smallest proportion in managerial or self-employment. The CJFWF report also reviews the eight-city data on size of Jew¬ ish households, Jewish fertility ra¬ tio and Intermarriage. The material in this report will form part of an article on the U.S. Jewish population to be included in the forthcoming American Jewish Yearbook. TH& CJFWF is the national as¬ sociation of 217 federations, wel¬ fare funds and connmunity councils. These central communal organiza¬ tions, serving areas with over 90 per cent of the Jews of the U.S. and Canada, annually raise the bulk of ail Jewish philanthropic funds. The CJFWF provides its mem¬ ber agencies with central services in fund raising, community organi¬ zation, health and welfare research and planning, personnel recruit¬ ment, budgeting and publicity.
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Full Text | feONICLE 2I\\# Serving Columbus, Dayton, Central and Southwestern Ohio VQAR Vol. 41. No. 26 FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1963 — 6 TAMMUZ. 5723 TEkE Tl OFFERS SUMMER PROGRAM OF REUGIOUS STUDIES The adult institute be^s its sum¬ mer quarter at Tifereth Israel on Tuesday, July 2. This program, now in its third year, offers serious Jew¬ ish educational activity at a time when most such activi^ is at a low ebb. Four courses will be offered dur¬ ing the summer of 1963. ELEMENTARY HEBREW, Wed¬ nesday evenihg, 8 to 9 p.m., is de¬ signed to teach the students how to read Hebrew. Some attrition will be given to prayers, particular¬ ly the Sabbath liturgy. The first session will be on July 3. Advanced Hebrew, Tuesday eve¬ ning, 8 to 9 p.m., is open to all who have a reading knowledge of He¬ brew and some back^ound in con¬ versational Hebrew. In addition to conversation, the course will pro¬ vide some excellence with gram¬ mar as well as stories. This course beffins nn .Tii'v 2. SYNAGOGUE SKILLS, Tue.<:dav evenine. 9 to 10 p.m., is a course wWfh will familiarize the student with the sermons which take olace freoupntlv witWn the synagogue ser¬ vice. The opening class is on July 2. Ta'miid is a new course now of¬ fered. Tiiis grouD will meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month from 8 to 10 p.m. The course of study will be tractate Baba M'tzeeya. Registration ¦)ti- gregation and the Agudas Achim Congregation to take part in ttiis special week of instruction and in¬ tensive Jewish living. The youth places Abba Eban, who was nam¬ ed to the new post of deputy pre¬ mier. The finance ministry port¬ folio, which was held by Eshkol in the previous govemment, was given to Pinhas Sapir, who will continue also in liis post of minister of com¬ merce and industry. Like his pre¬ decessor, Ben-Gurion, Premier Esh¬ kol will also hold the post of mini¬ ster of defense. Other members of the new cabi¬ net who will continue in their posts are: Mrs. Golda Meir, foreign af¬ fairs; Bechor Sliitreet, police; Dov Joseph, justice; Yosef Almogi, de¬ velopment; Moshe Dayan, agricul¬ ture; Eliahu Sasson, posts — all of Mapai; Moshe Shapiro, interior and health; Dr. Yosef Burg, welfare; and erach Warhaftig, religious af¬ fairs — all of the National Religious party; Israel Bar-Yehuda, trans¬ port; and^Yigal Allon, labor, both of Achdut Avoda. In presenting the new govern¬ ment, Eshkol said that the strength¬ ening of Israel must be a vital goal, not only for Israel but also for the governments that are anxious tor peace in the area and the entire world. "We shall, therefore, continue tq demand that all peace-loving coun¬ tries should endeavor to the limit of their capacity and influence, dis¬ suade the Arab rulers from follow¬ ing in the path ot aggression and military adventures and tp bring committees of both synagogues, im¬ pressed by the enthusiastic reports of last year's camping session, are again wholeheartedly supporting the camping session. Irving Stem, Agudas Achim youth director, is co-ordinating the ses¬ sion and is accompanying the group. BibUcal Animals Tp Be Imported JERUSALEM (WUP) — A large wild game preserve, to be stocked with many kinds of near extinct animals which populated the Holy Land in Biblical times, is to be established in the Negev south of the settlement of Yotvata, about 30 miles from EUat, it was an¬ nounced here recently. The project, already in an advanced planning stage, is sponsored by the Wildlife Society. The 5,000 acre park is similar in landscape, vegetation and climate to the East African Savannah from wliich the animals will be imported. The first section, some 1,000 acres, will be stocked with 18 species of animals, one male and two females of each kind. Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the society's honorary president, is supporting the project. to them the realization that direct negotiations between Israel and the Arab countries are the only way to achieve peace or progress toward it," he declared. Eshkol told the peuties that as long as the Arab countries main¬ tain an aggressive policy and con¬ tinue to stockpile modem types of offensive weapons designed for the destruction of Israel, "we must maintain constant Security prepard- ness. A strong Israel is a guaran¬ tee tor the prevention ot war in the Middle East." He reiterated Israel's wish to achieve a general disarmament with the Arab states and said that a special duty rests on the powers to ensure that an arms imbalance is not created to Israel's detriment and to the advantage of those threat¬ ening to attack her. After stating that the govern¬ ment's first priority will be given to strengthening security, Esiikoi said that the government's econ¬ omic policy will be geared to en¬ couraging all branches of endeavor that increase foreign currency in¬ come and productive employment, siiipping, aviation, tourism and fi¬ nance. Describing the partnership be¬ tween Israel and the Diaspora as unparalleled in history, he said ef¬ forts must be made to transform the material partnership of Western Jewry into a spirtual one. While the government will make an all- out effort to absorb immigrants of distress, it will also encourage im¬ migration from the prosperous coun¬ tries, he said. Eshkol indicated that the new govemment is open to other parties wishing to join the coalition on the basis of the national and social prin¬ ciples outlined. He said Israel so¬ ciety was still in this process of cre¬ ation and pressures from without and within were great. "Our se¬ curity, economic and social stabili¬ ty, cultural standards and values are still in a state of fluex," he stated. "In these circumstances, every group making demands must see not only their own particular demands, but also the needs of the community." The government, he said, will work unremittingly to ensure com¬ plete integration of Israel's Arab citizens in all spheres of lite, will persevere to develop their economy, rtuse their standard of living, foster education and improve the services they receive. Turning to foreign policy, Eshkol said the govemment will strive for closer political and economic ties with all countries of the East and West in all continents that sincere¬ ly desire to cooperate and will con¬ tinue to cooperate with the new states in Africa, Asia and Latin America who have won independ¬ ence in recent years. The World's Week Compiled from JTA Rtportt In Casablanca, a Jewish candidate who was defeated in Morocco's recent parliamentary elections appealed to the Supreme Moroccan Constitutional Chamber to determine the validity of the election of another Jewish candidate. Meyer Toledano, the loser, charged that Meyer Obadiah, the winner, used the resources of the Casablanca Jewish Committee, of which the latter is president, in the election campaign. Toledano charged that Obadiah used propaganda in synagogues and his authority in the Jewish committee. The constitutional chamber will consider the appeal but it was not expected that Obadlah's election would be voided. In Paris, the first of four 7,200 deadweight ton cargo motor ships financed by the AMPAL American Israel Corpo¬ ration, was launched at Nantes, France. The new vessel, designed to carry citrus fruit and general cargo, was named "Hadar" by Mrs. Louis Ludwig, wife of a prominent New York businessman and a vice president of AMPAL. In New York, Jewish fiineral directors across the coun¬ try have joined with the Union of Orthodox Jewish Con¬ gregations of America in a major move to encourage Jew¬ ish funeral practices on a nationwide scale in conformity with religious law and tradition, it was announced by Moses I. Feuerstein, national president of the UOJCA. Rabbi Leon I Rabbi Feupr Chosen Rabbi Leon I. Feuer, spirt¬ ual leader of the Collingwood Avenue Temple in Toledo, has been elected president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The elec¬ tion took place at the CCAR's 74th annual convention in Philadelphia. Dr. Feuer, who served as CCAR vice presi¬ dent for the past two years, succeeds Rabbi Albert G. Min¬ da of Minneapolis. The noted Toledo rabbi, ordained 36 years ago, heads America's oldest rabbinical body. CCAR has over 800 members in the U.S. and Canada and serves as the rabbinical arm of the Reform branch of Judaism. Studies Reveal Divergences Between Jew And Non-Jew Recent population studies made by Jewish federations as aids in community planning reveal some significant differences in composition and growth patterns between the Jewish and non-Jewish portions of the population, according to the "Report on Jewish Population Studies" just issued by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds (CJFWF). The demographic studies by eight federations within the past five years show that Jews in the United States diverge statistical¬ ly from the rest of the white urban population in age distribution, size of family, birth rate, proportion of foreign bom, level of eiducation and occuptitional classification. ONE SIGNIFICANT divergence was found to be in age distribu¬ tion. Ttie data reveals a substan¬ tially greater proportion of Jews In the 40 to 64 year old groups, fore¬ casting an increase in Jewish aged in the coming decades that will ex¬ ceed the rise in the general popu¬ lation. At the other end of the age scale, however, a drop in the number of Jewish births was revealed, con¬ trasting with a rise amohg the gen¬ eral white urban population. THE FINDINGS are reported trom studies made by the federa¬ tions in Rochester, South Bend, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Worcester, San Francisco, Trenton and Minne¬ apolis. The comparative data on the wiiite urban population is bas¬ ed on figures in the 1960 U.S. cen¬ sus. Those federation studies which reported the proportion of the foreign bom to the total Jewish population indicate that the Ameri¬ can Jewish community is tending to become almost completely na¬ tive bom. Witliin two decades, American Jewry (with the possible exception of those in New York City) may be 90 per cent native bom, with two-tiurds of the maining foreign born in the age group of 65 or over. THE HIGH LEVEL of education attained by U.S. Jews is shown in the fact that more than a third of those queried in the reporting studies had reached or gone be¬ yond the college level —• the larg¬ est ratio in the 30 to 44 year old group, and the proportion diminish¬ ing in the older age groupings. A comparison with the total wliite urban population indicates that pro¬ portionately twice as many Jews in these communities have attended college. A n occupational cross-section drawn from the reported data shows the largest proportion of American Jews to be managers, entrepreneurs and self-employed; a slightly small¬ er percentage to ite professionals and semi-professionals; stili fewer, engaged in clerical, sales, skilled and semi-skilled work; and virtual¬ ly none in unskilled or pe-'sonal and protective services. In contrast, the general U.S. cen¬ sus data shows the largest pnjpor- Uons in the skilled, semi-skilled, clerical and sales fields, and the smallest proportion in managerial or self-employment. The CJFWF report also reviews the eight-city data on size of Jew¬ ish households, Jewish fertility ra¬ tio and Intermarriage. The material in this report will form part of an article on the U.S. Jewish population to be included in the forthcoming American Jewish Yearbook. TH& CJFWF is the national as¬ sociation of 217 federations, wel¬ fare funds and connmunity councils. These central communal organiza¬ tions, serving areas with over 90 per cent of the Jews of the U.S. and Canada, annually raise the bulk of ail Jewish philanthropic funds. The CJFWF provides its mem¬ ber agencies with central services in fund raising, community organi¬ zation, health and welfare research and planning, personnel recruit¬ ment, budgeting and publicity. |
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