The Denver Jewish news., 1924-07-10


and third generation Of immigrant Jews
In America demonstrated higher aver.
ngc uf health thnn the original immi-
grant who came here. \ Jewish prize
fighter. he pointed ont. has ceased 10
bc Il curiosity. even as a Jewish farmer
or road builder is no longer n curiosity
the record of the lowest infant NOR
tnlity Racial characteristics OF the
Jew are difficult to define he said, be.
cause the definition Of the Jew need
not necessarily be a strictly racial one
II was his observation that clients Of
Jewish Social Agencies present certain
group characteristics which were de
velopcd 10y the political, economic and
local conditions of life. These char
acteristics. he added, disappear In the
process Of adjustment. while they last
they require thorough understanding
aud sympathy, without which success.
ful case work is impossible.
Because the problem of Case Work
is one of adjustment. Mr.. NJ. j. Karpr
of Chicago said in the discussion that
psychology that would teach social
workers more about racial characteris-
ties regarding their people.
\ Western delegate said that his part
of the country is now being faced with
the problem of new type of Jew, "A
Gypsy Jew" as he termed it. These
people, he went on. came from 1he East
in large numbers, and when they
reached the West they demanded aid
from the local charities.
Dr. Charles ID. Spivak Of Denver,
Colo. reviewed the progress made by
Jewish agencies for tuberculosis. He
said that the Jews were pioneers in this
work. having launched fight against the
dread disease twenty-five years ago
and during that time have established
eight large s,nitaria for the treatment
Of victims of tuberculosis.
DIR. Splvak said that the American
negro was now big victim of this
disease and made plea that efforts he
made TO aid them in establishing tub
CIRCULAR sanitarum for the colored peo-
pie. Health. he emphasized, was not
the problem of a race. sect or group,
hut Of all people.
The Jewish people. he went on. have
the greatest respect for doctors. When
they are i'll, they run to their ply
slcinns.
Mr. Samuel Goldhumer Of Cleveland.
spoke on the health program carried
on in his city md Miss Frances y.
Harrison of Philadelphia reviewed
the progress made by the Jewish medi.
cal agencies in her community.
Juvenile Delinquency.
The problem Of juvenile delinquency
was discussed at length by Jess Perl.
man at the Child Welfare Conference
held Tuesday afternoon.
Resolutions Adopted.
Among the resolutions adopted We're:
The appointment Of n special commit
tee TO prepare II report on Jewish pop
ulation statistics to he presented to the
Conference of 1925; that the Bureau
of Jewish Socnl Research be asked to
undertake study of Jewish occupa-
tions in the United States from data
available from the United States cen
sus of 1920 and to report to the next
meeting of the Conference in 1925. A
resolution was referred to the Execu-
tive committee, directing 1t to appoint
a commission of Jewish social workers
both lay and professional to investigate
the probable effects of the present i'm
migration policy of the United States
Government upon the future organiza-
tion and development OF Jewish social
service in the United States.
The conference closed with the elec
tion of the following officers: DR.. Lud-
wig Il. bernstein. of Plttshurg. presi-
dent Jacob Bllllkopf, Philadelphia
vice president; DIR. Boris Bogen, Los
Angeles, vlce-prcsident; and Arthur C..
Heyman, Baltimore, vice-preSident ;
Louis NJ. Cahan, Chicago treasurer; :;
Samuel A. Goldsmith, New York, secre
tary; assistant secretaries: Miss Laura
iuttmacher Baltimore. Jess Perlman.
New York and Samuel Goldhamer,
Cleveland. O. Members of the eNecu-
tive committee: Or. l. NJ. Rubinow,
Philadelphia Cecil Weiner. Buffalo.
and Morris u Waldman, Detroit, Mich.
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