The Denver Jewish news., 1919-05-21
National Conference
OF Jewish Charities
IMPORTANT MEETING OF SOCIAL
WORKERS TO BE HELD AT At
I4ANTIC CITY, May % TO JUNE l.

Conference of Jewish Charities will be
held in Atlantic City, May 27-June
l, and marks the twentieth anniver-
sary of the Conference which was or
ganized in 1899.
The speakers for Tuesday evening.
May 9th. are Hon. Meyer London, ex-
Congressman from New York. who will
speak on ''The Jewish Labor Move
ment in America; and Sidney Ny
burg, Baltimore. on Relation of the
Jewish Social Worker to the Indus
trial Problem of his Community"
Among other speakers OH the pro-
gram Of the Conference are Rebetca
ment Problem Of the Jewish Girl" {;
DR.. Lee X. .Frankel on The Public
Health; Mrs. Anna MOskowitz-C Cross
On 'The Family in the Court: Felix
NJ. Warburg will give report on the
work of the. Joint Distribution Com
nittee; Mortimer Schiff on the Jew
ish Welfare Board; and Solomon
Owenstein will speak on "RecOnstruc.
tion in Palestine"
Jewish Education" will be the sub
ject for discussions Thursday evening
pr. Alexander NJ. Dushkin, New York.
will give Survey of Jewish Educa-
tiOn in America; I.ouis Hurwick, Bos-
ton, will speak on Community Sup
port for Jewish Education"; and Mr..
Isaac Il. Iscraison. of New York, 'on
THE New Talmud Toran..'
"Health"- The Settlement and
Health. Health Insurance, and Hos
pital Social Service-will be discuss
III Friday morning; and Friday after
room. Social Service for the ChrOn-
ic," "Convalescent Care; Prenatal
Care" Present Tendencies in Tuher-
culosls,", and "Dialetes among the
Jews" will be the subjects presented.
Friday evening and Saturday morn
ing Religious Services will be held
ut Beth Israel synagog, and Sunday
afternoon there will he business
meeting.
Thirty-two organizations composed
the initial Conference, which now EN-
braces 1SS constituent societies repre-
scnting 93 cities in 81 states anu
three in Canada and an. Individual
membership OF 1,5OO.
The rapid growth of Jewish Social
Service agencies in the United States
and the increasing complexity of the
problems confronting them empha-
sized the fact that the work was not
local, hut intercOmmunal IN its scope.
1t was realized that there should he
some means by which those interested
in the work might hold counsel upon
the problems that faced them, where
they might exchange experiences, come
to some common understanding as to
standards and methods and effect a
mutual corporation in all matters per-
taining to the relief and bettermeIt OF
the Jewish poor.
| The Conference draws its delegates
from every part of the country. In
addition to the officially accredited
delegates from organizations, large
number of Board Members and Trns-
tees Of social service agencies, and n,l-
merous volunteer social workers and
Interested lay citizens attend regular
ly.
While essentially practical and con-
structive. the Conference issof def
nitely inspiratiOnal character and as
such it is eager toy draw to its ses-
sions socially-minded persons. even
tho not actually engaged in social SER
vice themselves.
Thru the annual Conference meet
ings definite principles of Jewish so
cinl service are heing developed, stand
ards Of professional qualifications are
being worked out, and programs for
the coming year are presented.
Outstanding features of this years
Conference will be the change Of name
Of the Conference itself, whereby IL
is to secure a name more indicative
of the large field of social activities
1t represents, the discussion of an en-
dowment system for Jewish social
workers, the development Of a sys
tenn Of standardizing the qualifica
cussion of the various methods and
new activities brought forward by the
wartime emergency.