The Denver Jewish news., 1919-04-23
Standing Behind the Ser
uice Flag to Keep it Bright
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/, questioned by the Jewish Welfare
\ Board representative on his prospects
4 Of unemployment. and the community
branch is notified by the camp rep
! rcsentative of the number of jobless
men. who are leaving the camp.
| The Jewish Welfare Boards most
/ important rehabilitation work Is now
being done in France. EcciiuSc of its
/ youth. and the many perplcXing prob
lens facing the organization of an
| overseas force, the Board did not get
] its work overseas well under way M
| til, the end of the summer of 1918.
/ When American troops began to mr.
/ rive in France. in large numbers. Gen
/ cral Pcrshing authorized the appoint
I mcnt of Jewish chaplains. recommends
ed by the Jewish Welfare Board. Four.
teen Jewish chaplains. the first since
the Civil War. were sent overseas.
Legislation was passed by Congress
I thru the efforts of the Jewish Wei.
/ fare Board authorizing tile Substitu-
ton of IL miniature tablct oI the Law
and star of David. for the Cross. which
Lad previously been the accepted in
signia for all chaplainS. Services
were arranged for Friday evenings.
1 and for all Jewish hU!ydayS. and
! prayer books and Bibles, distributed
among men of Jewish faith Men in
the hospital and at the front found
the spiritual consolation Of the Jew
isl chaplain. whenever possible Jew.
! ish men were given burial with all the
religious rites of their faith. and Con
gress authorized the marking of their
I graves with the "Mogcrt Dovid''--the
Star of David.
Early in the summer. commission
consisting of -four prominent .\mcri-
can Jews were sent overseas to uSccr-
tain how the Jewish Welfare Board
could best serve the men of Jews b
faith with the American Expeditions
ary Forces. The commission establish
ed headquarters at II Boulevard
IIaussman. Paris, and LEFT Il trained
executive in charge.
The Paris Headquarters Of the Jew
iSh Welfare Board proved tremcn-
deus success. \ group of American
Jewish women helped to furnish the
apartment. to make it as homclike as
possible. and they acted as hostc-scs
L" the thousands of American boys
on leave in Paris. The administrative
secretary arranged for religious ser
vices thruout the American ENpedi'
uolytays, HaShonnh and Yon
Kippur. and in Paris alone. provided
for the entertainment. over the holy
days, of over three hundred boys.
During this time, an active cam
paign to, recruit overseas workers was
in progress, and just before the ar
Inistice WAS signed. one hundred meI
and women were being registered and
trained for overseas service.
4 Ninety men and women fitted 10y
training. experience. and personality
ior their important task. are now
wearing the "Alogcn Dovid." In the
camps and hospitals of France. Eight
ccnters have been opened in addition
to Paris headquarters. at lie Mans
St NaZairc. Dijon, !\clicon, Tours
Brest. Bordeaux, and Coblcnz, and "A
program of educational, recreationai
and social service work is being car
ried out there. Jewish welfare work
crs will remain with the Army of Oc-
cupation until the last company is sent
back home.
Thru the period of hostilities the
Jewish Welfare Board co-operatcd ac-
lively with the French Alliance Israe-
lite. and with the Jewish community
of London, and arranged thru them
for hospitality to American Jewish
boys overseas.
Reaching the hearts Of men. serving
lCyally and hclpfully Il nations crisis.
the Jewish Welfare Board has linked
together American .Icwry in a great
cause. and stands as the spontaneous
and whOlc-leartcd expression of the
Jewish men and women of this coun-
try. Ii has successfully merged and
! cn-ordinatcd the efforts of fifteen
I Jewish organizations into one body.
admin stored by an executive commit
lee which has as its directorate Il
! representative group of American
Jews. 1t has successfully comhatted d
the bugaboo Of segregation of the Jew
from his Gentle brOther-in-arms. 1t
| las won the recognition of the United