The Denver Jewish news., 1921-11-30
JEWISH FAMILIES IN POLAND
GROW By THE ADDITION OF
WAR ORPHANS.

In every town in Poland and in
Lithunnia there are found a large
number of Jewish families which bring
up orphans in their homes. The more
| the work of orphans care expands,
the larger becomes the number of Jew
ish homes which take care of orphans.
and thus Jewish families are grow
| ing by the addition of new children.
| the children of friends and relatives
and of pogroms. Quite often these
are even children of total strangers:
Towns are destroyed, or they become
| so small that there is nobody left to
take care of the orphans, and the chill
| dren are taken to other towns and
placed with families there,
| Thus are conditions described by DR.
| Simon Peiser, Director of Child Care
| Work of the Joint distribution com
mittee. who has just returned TO this
country after a two years stay in the
war-ridden regions of Europe. DR..
Ieiser has much to tell that is of the
most lively interest. aud his state
ments on the condition of the or
phans and on the work that is done for
them are full of touching episodes.
| According to DIR. Peiser. the work
| of the j. ID. c. in behalf of the Orphans
consists. for the largest part of plac-
| ing them with privafe families, which
are paid In various ways and are tax
| ing care of the children under the
supervision of special committees
created for this purpose Paying in
various ways means that the families
are not always interested in being
paid in cash. Thus, for instance, in
GaIicia. and in Poland, where some
| thing may be obtained for money, the
| people prefer 70 be paid in cash. But
in Polish Ukraine, where the most
elementary necessities are often lack
| ing. they prefer 10 be paid in yari
| Gus products Under ali circumstances,
| when a child is placed with a family,
1t is provided with clothing, shoes,
| II bed and bedding and the j. ID. c..
furthermore attends to its medical
| care and education.
As rule, the children attend the
same schools as they attended when
| their parents We're alive. or such
schools us they would attend if their
parents were still living. But in the
course of the war years, when the en-
tire Jewish life was destroyed. ana
when the Jewish population was wan-
, dering from one place to another AMI
was unable to provide for the educa-
ton of the children, generation has
grown up which has, no idea of what
| printed letters mean, Il generation that
| is absolutely illiterate. Such children,
| mostly in the age of 10 to II years,
are too Old TO be placed in classes
where they belong by their ignorance,
and they know too little to be as
signed to classes in accordance with
| their age The J. ID. c. has therefore
| established special classes for sucli
| children. where they receive instiuc-
subjects and are prepared 10 enter reg
| ular classes.
| Thus are the children treated whcl
placed III private homes but there
| are a large 1uiiihef Oh ctiidreh whom
| it was impossible to place with private
famllies ana VINO haNe 10 pe piosi"e"
lor III various INSTITUTIONS Inc COM
| mittee pays lor their maintenance
| there us wen ana proNioes .heii WIZ"
all necessities. The provisions of the
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