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A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry
CJFWF
sses Concern
B'nai BVith Votes
$7,487,817 Budg
NEW YORK, (JTA) _ B’nai
BVith voted this week a $7,487,-
817 budget for its 1982 activities
at the 118th annual meeting of
its board of governors. This
represents an increase of more
than $472,000 over last year and
was reported by Maurice Bisgyer,
executive vice-president, the
largest operating budget in the
organization’s history.
The major portion of the in
crease—$833,000—was earmarked
for B’nai B’rith Youth Organiza
tion and the B’nai B’rith Voca
tional Service. Their collective
budget for next year will exceed
$3,828,000
A report by the Hillel Foun
dations prepared by Dr. William
Haber, its national chairman,
showed a. seven percent increase
in Jewish student enrollment at
American coDeges and universi
ties this semester. This is "slight
ly higher” than last year’s per
centage increase and comparies
with this year’s five percent
average for all students.
There are no walmoat 800,000
Jewish students enrolled in
American colleges — about 7.5
percent of the total campus popu
lation. “We can expect an en
rollment of at least 500,000 by
1970,” Dr. Habeer’s report de
clared.
Dr. Maurice Jacobs of Phila
delphia, chairman of the B’nai
B’rith Vocational Service, report
ed an “unprecedented demand”
for social workers in the Ameri
can Jewish community. He said
that “the shortage of trained
manpower in this field has cre
ated a situation where many im
portant jobs are impossible to
fall.”
Inc., to provide “broader
sentatkm on its governing
ror tne communities wine
niah the support’* to the <
Agency. This resolution
called on file Jewish Aflac
DALLAS, (JTA)—The four-
day general assembly of the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds concluded
here Sunday with the adoption
of numerous important resolu
tions, including one nipr—Ing
the concern of the American
Jewish community with the
treatment of Jews in the Soviet
Union.
Another resolution adopted by
the 1,000 assembly delegates,
representing 800 Jewish com
munities, called on American
Jews to increase their contribu
tions in 1962 to meet pressing
domestic and overseas needs. The
call emphasized that, in 1982, the
Jewish communities must raise
for these purposes more than
$185,000,000.
In the resolution on the So
viet Union, the assembly pointed
out that the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds
has, in the past, expressed its
concern over the deprivation by
the Soviet Union of the rights
of Jews to maintain their reli
gious and cultural institution and
practices.
“Under the shock of reports
of recent events regarding the
treatment of Jews in the Soviet
with the Large Cities Budgeting
Conference of the CJFWF. The
resolution imphisliai that tha
assembly was looking to fhe
CJFWF and toe Jewish Aptecy
“to further strengthen their con
sultation and cooperation.*'
NCRAC Cooperation
In another resolution, the as
sembly reaffirmed its demand
of 1960 for “effective ooopera-
tion” among all of the national
and local Jewish community re
lations agendas. “The events of
the past year have added to the
urgency of the need lor toe
American Jewish Committee and
the Anti-Defamation League of
In e resolution on civil ri|
the assembly cogunanfad the
Jewish Federations
Present Health Study
B’nai BYith to participate With
the six national and 61 lose! Jew
ish community relations agen
cies which alitedy share in the
cooperative processes through the
National Community Halations
Advisory Council,* the resolu
tion stated.
A report on national oeordbaa-
DALLAS, (JTA)—Community recent years to serve the increas-
wide coordination of medical and ing number of aged and chroni-
nursing resources, for improve- cally ill, “each meets only seg
ment of ths cere of the aged ments of their health and social
and chronically ill, wteJKSflB?
mended here inis Week in a re
port to the General Assembly by
the Council of Jewish Federa
tions and Welfare Funds.
The report resulted from an
intensive, four-year study spon
sored by the CJFWF Health
Planning Committee. Louis Stem,
of Newark, NJ., chairman of the
committee, headed a group of 90
lay and professional representa
tives from communities through
out the country, many of them
with wide experience in health
planning. Dr. Franz Goldmann,
former professor of public
health, headed the study. The
research was financied in part
by the United States Public
Health Service.
Jewish organizations that co
operated in the research basic
to the study included 187 hos
pitals, special institutions for the
long-term sick, homes for the
aged, family service and voca
tional service agencies, and wel
fare federations. Five key recom
mendations were made in the
report, which will be analyzed
and discussed here by delegates
to the Assembly. The main rec
ommendations are:
1. Expansion of the functions
of general hospitals to include re
sponsibility for acute hospital
service for the chronic sick, call
ing also for greater cooperation
between hospitals, long-term in
stitutions and social agencies.
2. Conversion of the functions
of homes for the aged into serv
ice for the long-term care of
physically and mentally Im
paired adults, phis the develop
ment of other communitiy serv
ices for the care of the healthy
aged.
3. "Vast expansion" of home
care programs for the aged.
4. Development of “systematic
plans for inter-agtney and inter
professional cooperation.”
5. Development of new pat
terns of association by voluntary,
non-profit agencies and institu
tions with government, insurance
organisations and commercial
enterprises.
The study found that, “though
hundreds, perhaps thousands" of
new agencies have gnB* up in
to help achieve wssl rights for
all Americans without dterito
ination on grounds at mDgttto
color, race or national origin.
Medical Cara For Afed
The assembly also adopted a
resolution urging the note ses
sion of the Congress to enact
legislation providing medical earn
for the aged through the me
chanism of the Old Age and Sur
vivors Insurance Program. Con
gress also was urged to provide
grants for the psufomtonal train
ing of social welfare worker* to
help overcome toe staff doit-
ages in public welfare agendas
across the country.
On the question of immigra
tion, tha assembly adopted a
resolution requesting Jewish
community organizations “to do
everything within their power*
to secure legtaletiou on toe Id-
lowing specific mggsstinns:
expressed the hope that toe force
of public opinion, “reflecting the
conscience of mankind, “will
bring an end to Soviet attacks
on Jews and Jewish institutions.
The resolution also expressed the
hope that Jews in Russia “will
be given the same rights as other
groups” to religious expression
and cultural fulfillment
$165,000,000 Needed
The CJFWF call for the rais
ing of upward of $165,000,000 in
1962, to meet pressing needs, de
clared that “the dramatic changes
which have emerged in recent
months pose an historic challenge
to the resourcefulness, flexibility
and strength of Jewish federat
ed fund-raising in our communi
ties.” The statement continued:
“The requirements of greatly
increased numbers of immigrants
coming to Israel, to the United
States, Canada and other coun
tries; the recognized needs of our
major national and overseas pro
grams; the vast complex of un
resolved national and local
health, Jewish education and
community relations problems;
the new opportunities made pos
sible by the advances of science
to overcome hitherto insoluble
problems—all place profound
responsibility upon our federa
tions and welfare funds to bring
forth greatly increased support.
Those needs can be met only
by increased giving. They can
not be met merely by re-alloca
tion of existing resources”
The general assembly, In still
another resolution, commended
the communities which have al
ready made substantial progress
in their cash collection results.
The resolution urged “thorough
ly planned and organized ef
forts” by all communities to
achieve the maximum gains
within the next few weeks, and
to clear the way for higher levels
of giving in 1981
Broader Jewish Agency
At tiie same time, the Mtem-
V. Lowenstein. Be stated that
discussions had been held dur
ing the past year with the Ameri
can Jewish Committee and the
B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation
League to rejoin the National
Community Relations Advisory
Council. The NCRAC is the cen
tral coordinating body for pro
grams of community relations
agencies from which the two or
ganizations withdrew in 1951
He said that, in tha course of
the discussions during last year,
the representatives of the two
organizations emphasized that
certain principles are a prere
quisite to their participation in
any cooperative process. These
are:
1. That the process should be a
voluntary one, and should in
volve no sanctions or compul
sion; 2. That it should recognize
and respect the autonomy of the
participating agencies; 3. That
there be no implication of a cen
tral Jewish voice, or central
Jewish authority, or centralized
control.
Mr. Lowenstein pointed out
that these are principles which
govern the relationship of the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds with the
autonomous local member com
munity organizations. They also
govern the relationships among
the agencies and communities in
the NCRAC.
D«y School Support
The assembly approved a rec
ommendation calling for an in
tensive study of whether tha in
creasing number of Jewish all
day schools should be supperted
by welfare funds: The recom
mendation was adopted after ani
mated debate. The results *of the
study will be reported to the
CJFWF assembly to be held next
year. •
The report showed that there
are today 274 Jewish all-day
schools, with an enrollment of
51,000 students to M communi-
velop a coordinated network of
social, health and welfare serv
ices, which would make maxi
mum use of available resources.”
United States Surgeon-General
Luther L. Terry, in a foreword
to the report, stated: “This re
port, coming from one of the na
tion’s leading voluntary resources
of care in this field, is especially
timely.” He emphasized that the
recommendations in the report
“reflect a high sense of public
responsibility in the field of
health and welfare,” and com
mend the document “to the
serious attention of all persons
interested in health and medical
activities.”
JWB Favors
Jewish Centers
Open Sabbath
KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y., (J-
TA)—Jewish centers should be
kept open on the Jewish Sab
bath if they present programs in
keeping with Sabbath observ
ance, 700 Jewish community
center leaders were told this
week.
The proposal was made at the
15th anniversary convention of
the New Jersey section of the
National Jewish Welfare Board
by Graenum Berger, consultant
on camps and centers for the
Federation of Jewish Philanth
ropies of New York.
“There is no reason why
Jewish community centers and
YM-YWHAs should be closed on
the Jewish Sabbath if they in
troduce programs in conaonace
with the traditional observance
of the Sabbath,” he asserted. He
indicated a guide as follows:
“The program must be rich in
cultural programs but stressing
Jewish content and attracting
young and old alika who have
otherwise come to regard the
Sabbath as a day to avoid rather
than to awaken Jewish inter
est.” -
quota system be replaced by an
equitable, non^maorimtoatny
formula for the admission of
those seeking to enter the United
States as immigrants. Urn Bom
ber of quota visas available per
year should be based on the total
population as shown by the most
current census and not by the
1020 census, thus increasing the
annual quota from about 158,000
to about 250,000.
2. In such allotment, due con
sideration should be given to
family reunions, persons with
outstanding skills urgaathr re
quired to the United States,
asylum for refugees, persecute**
and escapees, and Immigrates
who hav* no special tta* in the
United States except their ardata
desire to live in this country.
3. The non-quota category
should be enlarged to Include