Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - October 1918

Publication Date: October 1918

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s):

Research Area: Banking and finance; Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Communal Organization; Social Services; Associations

Type: Newsletter

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Topics covered in this issue include: * Job classifieds;

* An appeal to establish an institution for Jewish feebleminded children;

* Reflections on the role of the Jewish social worker and social service organization in war relief work;

* An analysis of the role and purpose of advertising in the funding and provision of social services;

* Reflections on the drawbacks of a charitable system designed as a mechanism prioritizing efficiency;

* A presentation of a survey results showing the demographic breakdown of Jewish social service workers, including such items as home religious background, Yiddish and Hebrew fluency, and average salary;

* A review of the New York Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies;

* A preliminary report from the new Federation in Syracuse;

* Our Contemporaries: Highlights from related social service oriented periodicals such as the Americanization Bulletin of the Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior;

* A list of federated Jewish charities in the United States along with their chief officers;

* The text of the resolution adopted by the Southwestern Tuberculosis Conference;

* The report of the Field Bureau of the national Conference of Jewish Charities, outlining the work and achievements of the conference;

Current topics: reporting on recent events in the Jewish philanthropic world, such as a conference on the problem of relief for disabled Jewish soldiers, war widows and orphans and the New York Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society's response to a munitions explosion in New Jersey;

* Personals section sharing updates on the lives and activities of important people in the world of Jewish social services;