The Denver Jewish news., 1925-05-21


Gnardians Ia one Of the largest societies
affiliated with and supported by the FEEDER
alton for the support OF Jewish Philnn.
thropic societies which maintains ai social
welfare agencies In New York City. The
ioliswinS Ddh ,,, arilG. Is part of ih. speech
Opening Of Its new building at 2?s East
10Th street, New York city. on May O.
1895 This building was gift to the or.
ganization by Mr.. Schin.
The Jewish Board Of Guardians Is n
consolidation, effected in 1921. Of all
the agencies dealing with delinquency
among the Jews of New York and
bundles every phase OF this problem.
whether adult or Juvenile or male or
female. We have the Hawthorne
school for boys and the Cedar Knolls
school for girls, both in Westchester
county; the Lnkeview Home on Staten
Island and the Shelter at 1873 East
95th street for unmarried mothers and
their babies to take care of the custo-
dial part OF our work. Our fifth unit
will serve as New York City head
quarters and provide the needed facilI-
ties for our extra-mural activities. Eor
the first time in our history. We have
adequate quarters, suitably arranged,
and we shah thus be able to do our
work far more comprehensively and
effectively.
We have separated completely the
mems, women's and children's depart
ments and have arranged in different
parts Of the building for our various
medical clinics, with ample waiting
ties. We have thus been able to se.
cure that privacy, which is SO import
ant in our type Of work, which often is
of the most conhdential and intimate
nature.
The extra-mural or field work dates
back to August, 1923, when the -5ew1sh
Prisoners Aid society WIS incorporated.
which was consolidated with the Jew.
ish Protectory and Aid Society In Feb
ruary. 1907, which in turn became part
Of the Jewish Board of Guardians In
August, 1921. 1t has grown from small
beginnings to an extremely important
factor In dealing with the problem Of
delinquency. 1t is charged with the
particular responsibility Of the preven-
tive and after-care work, as distinct
from institutional and custodial care,
which is under the direction of the
oh
view Home committees. To mention
but few OF It's many activities. the
Field department handles all the pro.
baton and parole cases, 1t gives lead
ership to the volunteer Big Brothers
md Big Sisters; 1t maintains represen-
tatives at various courts in this city !;
1t looks after the boys and girls after
they leave Hawthorne and Cedar
Knolls and after the young women and
their babies after they leave Lake
view and the Shelter; it supervises the
chaplaincy service in all of the state
and city penal and correctional insti-
tutions; it conducts medical, mental
hygiene and endocrine clinics, and 1t
has available, for those whom we serve,
religious classes, recreational clubs and
| an employment bureau. In addition,
! 1t co-operat.es closely with the Anchor
age House for business girls, Camp
Ramapo for boys and Blue Bird Camp
! for girls.
have been in the work for 20 years
and when / compare the scope of our
present activities with those with which
we started, l realize what progress has
4 been made by the Jewish community In
meeting its responsibility towards those
in need of care and guidance. We real.
lie fully that good intentions are not
enough and that we must not rest con
tent until we have covered the field
fully and until our work is 100eo etfic
lent. We feel justified, however, IL
pointing with some pride TO the char
acter and quality of work now being
done by the Jewish Board of Guardians
in all of its many departments.
We have spent during the past q
years about $4,000 900. of which abou
100000 has been for capital pur
poses such as land, buildings ant
equipment, and about S3O000N0 fo
maintenance and running expenses. o.
this amount, about $1,5OO,O0O has beer
received in donations, bequests ant
sundry receipts, about Sl,4OO,OOO from
the City Of New York for custodia
care and about s1,1OO,OOO through thu
New York and Brooklyn Federations
The Hawthorne school was opened II
1907, since which time up TO December
81, 1924, 1893 boys have been com