The Denver Jewish news., 1923-05-02
Meeting At washington
Conference Of Jewish Serial Service to
Hear New Plan for FisssseisK Insti-
tutiOns.

tuti0ns.
A radical change in the methods Of
raising money for the maintenance of
national Jewish philanthropics will he
tional Conference OF Jewish Charities
TO be held in Washington beginning
May 18th. Instead of each institution
obta lining funds individually through
the efforts of field secretaries or other
means of direct personal solicitation.
The plan that will he broached pro-
vides for national budget. based on
the requirements of the institutions.
and which is to bps raised by u con-
certed effort. In which local commit
tees shall act as the collecting agency.
somewhat after the method that has
been employed in raising funds for
European war-relief.
The question will he brought before
the conference ut the business session
on the first day of the convention.
which will be participated in by several
hundred social workers and philan-
thropists from all over the country, in
Il report 10y Samuel A. Goldsmith. di-
rector of the Bureau OF Jewish Social
Research. This report. containing the
results OF an investigation Of the sub
iect by n committee appointed ht Inst
years convention of the organization
will contain statistics demonstrating
lowing the present method Of individual
fund raising IL slightly over 2SH Of
the total raised. In the case Of some
institutions the cost is even greater
The fund raising methods Of sever
institutions We're investigated by this
committee. They are: The National
Farm School. The Hebrew Immigrant
Society. The National Jewish Hospital
for Consumptivcs, the Jewish Consump-
tivcs' Relief Society. the Leo y. Levy
Memorial Hospital ut Hot Springs,
Ark. the Jewish Consumptives Relief
association mt Los Anxeles and The
National DcstertiOn Bureau. Most Al
these organizations obtain thcfT MAIN
teManee f,,ntis thronsh the employment
Of travelling representatives WIN souv
the country continually obtaining new
subscriptions and collecting renewals.
The amount raised by these institutions
by this and other methods during the
period covered by the investigation was
81 .:bDO.COO The cost Of raising This
sum was approximately $450.OO0.
1t is the belief of the committee that
by the method 1t will propose great
economies would be effected in the fund
that Furthermore. n much larger sum
would be given annually by the Jews
of America than al present for fhe
maintenance If not only the hstitu-
:ions named hut for other national In
stitutiOns whose work is not seriously
by lack Of adequate sup
port.
Among the leading social workers
who will participate in the conference
are: DIR. Ludwig Il. Bernstein, Exc
cutive Director. Federation of Jewish
PhiInnthrOpies. Pittsburgh. Pa. Miss
Dora Berrcs. Superintendent. Fedora
tion of Jewish Charities. Los Angeles.
Cal. Miss Elinor Blackman. Assistant
Executive Director United Hebrew
Charited. New York. Mrs Harry l..
Gluchsmnn Executive Director. Mr..
Maurice Il. Hexter Executive Direc-
tor. Federated Jewish Charities. Boston.
Mr.. Louis Hurwich. Superintendent.
Bureau of Jewish Education. Boston.
Mr.. Hyman Knplan. Superintendent.
United Jewish Social Agencies Cincin-
natl. Miss Della Kayzenstein. Superin-
Hebrew Relief Association.
Cleveland. Mr.. Jacob Kepecs. Superin-
Jewish Children's Society.
Baltimore. Mr. Solomon Lowenstein
Executive Director. Federation for Sup
port of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
Mr. George w. Rabinoff. Superintendent
Jewish Federation. Indianapolis, Miss
Cecilia Razovsky. Director of lmmi-
grant Aid. Council of Jewish Women.
New York. Mr.. Ben Rosen. Director.
Board of Jewish Education, philadel- /.
phia, Mrs. Sarah Schaar. Jewish So
cial Bureau of Chicago. Miss Alice
Director Children's Bureau.
Mr.. Michael Sharlitt. Superintendent
Jewish Orphan Home. Cleveland. Miss
Charlotte Todes, Director District Ser
vice. Boston. Mr.. Charles Zunser. Chief
Counsel. National Dcsertion Bureau,
New York. Philip l.. Seman. Chicago.
M
st. Louis, Mrs. Gertrude
NJ. Dubinsky. Philadelphia. Leon Vol
mer. New Orleans S. GOldhamer Cleve-
land. Aaron Cohen. Pittsburgh, Lee X.
Frankel New York Charles Friend