Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - July 1918

Publication Date: July 1918

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s):

Research Area: Culture and religion; International relations; Social conditions

Keywords: Communal Organization; Social Services; Associations

Type: Newsletter

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The main topics covered in this issue include welfare work in the camps and war relief. Overview of contents:

* Jobs classifieds section;

* Reflections on the work of the Jewish Welfare Board in the United States Army and Navy.

* Brief description of the War Chest Movement to fund war welfare activities.

* Descriptions of the activities of the Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers in Poland and Jerusalem.

* Description of welfare work in the camps by the Reorganization Committee of the Local Board for Jewish Welfare Work and the Jewish Welfare Board.

* Excerpts from annual and quarterly reports of Jewish organizations such as the Jewish Communal Register;

* Current topics: reporting on recent events in the Jewish philanthropic world, such as the opening of a cash-and-carry community kitchen in St. Louis and the deployment of a war hospital unit by the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.