▪ 50 Years of Jewish Welfare Board By BERNARD POSTAL (Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.) The National Jewish Welfare Board is starting this month a year- long celebration of its 50th anni- versary. A picture of its half-cen- tury service and the role it has played since its establishment in World War I, in serving Jewish centers and the religious needs of Jewish military personnel in the U.S. armed services, is given here in headline form. 1917: JWB organized in New York City, April 9, to serve religious and welfare needs of Jewish military per- sonnel in World War I. Conference, convened by National Council of YMHAs and kindred societies names Dr. Cyrus Adler, president; and Samuel Goldsmith, secretary. U.S. Govern- ment Commission on Training Camp Activities names JWB as Jewish corn- munity's 'instrument for serving mili- tary. JWB begins recruiting rabbis as chaplains and hundreds of field work- ers. Commissioning of Jewish chaplains ti Passover Greetings SPECIFICATIONS SERVICE CO. 14877 WYOMING WE 3-9070 authorized by Congress at JWB's be- hest. 1918: JWIt opens servicemen's cen- ters for Jewish soldiers at domestic and overseas posts, making extensive use of YM-YWHA buildings. JWB be- comes part of united war work cam- paign. Two hundred Jewish commu- ities organized for war service. Na- tional Association of Jewish Center Workers founded with Aaron Robinson as first president. 1919: Registration and identification of Jewish war graves overseas under- taken by JWB. Welfare needs of de- molished servicemen handled by JWB. 1920: War Department asks JWB to continue morale services for peacetime military. 1921: Merger with National Council of YMHAs and kindred societies, founded in 1913, makes JWB national association , of Ys and Centers, and Agency for serving Jews in military as of July 1. Judge Irving Lehman elected president. Community studies and building fund campaigns undertaken for new Centers. First training course for Center workers established. 1922: JWB begins intensive program- ming services to Centers; lecture bu- reau organized and Jewish Center Quarterly launched. Building bureau established for Centers. 1923: Field service to Centers in- itiated. 1924: JWB servicemen's club opened in Hawaii. Welfare and religious serv- ices extended to Canal Zone. JWB helps create Graduate School for Jew- ish Social Work. 1925: President Coolidge joins JWB leaders in laying cornerstone of Wash- ington, D.C., Center. Veterans Admin- istration recognizes JWB as agency to present claims of Jewish veterans. Re- ports 44 new Center buildings opened since end of war, bringing total to 120. 1926: Religious and welfare services extended to 'Citizens Military Training GREETINGS PASSOVER GREETINGS Pastor Company Tek Industries, Inc. "Michigan's Most Complete Cleaners"—Free Estimates 12033 Cardoni Highland Park TO 8-8123 19971 JAS. COUZENS 342-4300 Passover Good Cheer Best Wishes on Passover Parquet Floor Co. 8170 Livernois Pasadena Kosher Meat Market 24721 Coolidge Hwy. Oak Park, Mich. LI 3-8860 We Deliver TY 7-9514 WHITE STAR DAIRY Announces to its Clientele That They Once Again Carry Kosher Dairy Products for Passover TO 8-8655 593 Kenilworth Camps. JWB cooperates with American Battle Monuments Commission in mark- ing Jewish war graves. 1927: Convenes first training institute for Center workers. 1928: JWB joins A.A.U. and U.S. Olympic Committee as representative of Jewish community in amateur sports. Reports Centers employ 125 full-time professional workers. 1929: Centers become rallying points for protests against Arab riots in Pal- estine. Stock market crash brings to halt decade of new Center building construction. 1930: National JWB conference maps emergency economics in Center opera- tions. JWB helps form national con- ference on Jewish employment. 1931: Centers turn to JWB for guid- ance in coping with depression prob- lems. 1932: Day camp programming for Centers launched by JWB. First na- tional Center basketball tournament and air mail track meet held. JWB joins President Hoover's welfare and relief mobilization. JWB organizes American team for first Maccabiad in Palestine. 1933: JWB helps launch mobilization for Human Needs under NRA. Reli- gious and welfare services extended to Jewish youth in CCC camps. 1934: Department of Health Educa- tion and Camping established; JWB holds first camp counsellors training course. Nationwide regional Jewish youth rallies conducted by Centers and JWB for leadership training. 1935: JWB and Centers organize American team for Palestine Macca- biad. . 1936: JWB -leads fight to keep U.S. out of Nazi-controlled Berlin Olympic Games. Personnel department is or- ganized. 1937: Expanding Center movement pays tribute to JWB on 20th anniver- sary at annual convention. 1938: JWB spurs Centers to aid in adjustment of refugees from Hitler- ism. JWB helps organize National Jew- ish Committee on Scouting. 1939: Adoption of Mobilization Day plan prepares JWB for wartime role. 1940: War Department reaffirms JWB role as official representative of Jewish community in serving military. Expanded committee on Army and Navy religious activities begins recruit- ing Jewish chaplains to meet mount- ing needs of armed forces. JWB armed services workers begin organizing local communities. Jewish Community Cen- ter program aids launched. 1941: JWB becomes founder mem- ber of USO. Hundreds of Jewish com- munities mobilize for war service under JWB. banner. JWB given re- sponsibility for compiling record of Jewish military participation. Public relations program undertaken to inter- pret American Jewry's war role. 1942: Organization of Jewish Com- munity Center division spurs service to Center field. President Roosevelt lauds JWB on 25th anniversary for service to nation and communities. Women's or- ganizations division created for war service. JWB begins overseas opera- tions for armed forces. 1943: JWB serves military on five continents through chaplains, field workers, USO and community groups. JWB becomes constituent of Greater New York United Jewish Appeal. 1944: Jewish chaplains at side of GIs as European invasion begins. Over- seas Army and Navy committees estab- lished. JWB becomes sponsor of Jew- ish Book Council of America. USO- JWB programs for military help gen- erate Jewish activities in small Jewish communities. 1945: War's end finds JWB serving in 588 communities and at 203 USO -operations; 311 Jewish chaplains on duty. JWB organizes national Music Council and launches Jewish musical festival. Independent survey of JWB to guide postwar programming and service gets underway, with Dr. Salo W. Baron as head of survey commis- sion, and Dr. Oscar L. Janowsky as v sioui:vs-.ey director. Jewish chaplains aid. liberated concentration camp survi- 1946: President Truman pays tribute to JWB's wartime services. JWB takes initiative in creating World Federation of YMHAs. Women's Organizations' di- vision launches Serve-a-Hospital pro- gram. 1947: "Janowsky Report" calls for stressing Jewish goals and programs of Centers; adoption of JWB survey rec- ommendations ushers in new era for Center movement. "Americans in World War II," story of Jewish war- time heroism, by Dr. - Samuel C. Kohs and I. Kaufman, published by JWB. JWB joins in creating Training Bureau for Jewish Communal Service. Adopts agreement on mutual objectives of HAMTRAMCK, MICH. 9130 JOS. CAMPAU Center work and Jewish education. Jewish Music Council sponsors inter- national competition for new composi- TR 1-1500 tions. 1,948: Statement of principles on Jewish Community Center purposes adopted. Beginning of postwar Center t4111111111111111111111111111i11111111 111 11111 1 1111 1 1111 1111111111 111111 11 111111 11 1111 11 11111 1 111111111111 111 111111 11 111 1 111 11 11111 11111 11011111. - : building boom calls for expanded JWB services. JWB becomes sponsor of American Jewish Historical Society. Kraft goes to Israel during Arab seige Passover Greetings to the Community to set up Jerusalem YMHA. JWB takes place in reconstituted USO as new Selective Service Act becomes law. National Jewish Youth Conference founded under JWB. auspices. Passover Greetings 1949: Center and synagogue relation- ships explored by JWB and Synagogue Council of America. First Jewish His- tory Week is observed. Sixty-nine communities engaged in new Center building program get JWB aid. JWB joins Veterans Administration Volun- tary Service program. 1950: Korean war finds JWB ready as Truman proclaims national emer- gency. Rabbis vote self-imposed draft to recruit military chaplains. JWB helps form associated services for armed forces as USO deactivates. Jeru- salem YM-YWHA opened as first Cen- ter in Israel. 1951: USO called back into service, with JWB representing Jewish corn- rnunity. Center programs for aged ex- pand under JWB impetus. 1952: Jewish chaplains serve heroic- ally in Korea. Spirit of JWB survey recommendations held carried out five years after adoption. First JWB Year Book is issued. New GI Haggadah pub- lished by Chaplaincy Commission. 1953: JWB sponsors observance of Jewish Community Center Centennial. Nationwide drive to recruit Center workers launched by JWB. 1954: JWB program resources used in American Jewish Tercentenary cele- bration. President Eisenhower urges JWB to maintain morale services to military. Commission created on Cen- ter-Federation relationships. 1955: Religious school curriculum for GI's children published by Chaplaincy Commission. First JCC in Paris head- ed by JWB-trained worker. 1956: Eighteen community studies on new Center needs completed, ini- tiated or planned; a similar number having been made each year since end of World War II. President Eisenhower hails JWB role in building good citi- zenship. 1957: Personnel at newly-opened missile bases get JWB morale services. JWB expands scholarship program for qualified young people seeking careers in Center work. National Jewish Writ- ers Conference sponsored by Jewish Book Council. Public affairs activity in Centers spurred by JWB National Institute on Citizenship Participation. 1958: Sabbath programming policy for Centers is adopted. Jewish cha- plains on scene as Middle East crisis erupts. First public affairs resolutions approved by JWB. Holds family pro- gramming institute for Centers. 1959: Jewish values in Center pro- gramming appraised at JWB confer- ence. Chaplaincy Commission prepares Jewish section in Tri-Faith Hymnal. First national training institute held for Center women leaders. Broadened scope of Center day camping recorded at JWB consultation. 1960: Centers assume role in JWB financing with adoption of fair share plan at JWB Biennial. JWB joins Council of Cultural Agencies. JWB takes active role in White House Con- ference on Children and Youth. 1961: Launches broad reappraisal of JWB structure and services. Findings of JWB study on teenagers is published. Chaplaincy conducts leadership train- ing projects at military bases. 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JWB Year Book reports that 83 new Centers erected since the end of the war cost $80,000,000. 1962: Major JWB structural and service changes begin as reappraisal report is adopted. Centennial of Jew- ish Military Chaplaincy is marked. Cuban crisis brings swift JWB mobili- zation. National conference on Center programming in the arts is convened. 1963: JWB research center estab- lished in cooperation with NAJCW. Air Force Academy chapel, equipped through JWB efforts, is dedicated. JWB enunciates supportive position on Civil Rights, and urges Centers to fol- low suit. Consolidation of regional Center and armed service work begins. JWB joins in observance of 20th anni- versary of Warsaw Ghetto revolt. 1964: Soviet anti-Semitism protest- ed by JWB. Crash program for recruit- ing Center workers gets underway. Findings of JWB Young Adult Study made public. JWB Canal Zone Center aids refugees from Panama riots. Foundation grants back JWB recruit- ing and scholarship pro-grams. Jewish chaplain and JWB supplies reach South Vietnam. President Johnson says JWB and Centers enrich American life. Ground broken • for Jerusalem YM- YWHA. 1965: Five-year research project set up by JWB and Brandeis University. JWB, Hillel and CJFWF join forces in Conference on Jewish Young Adults. Launch two-way exchange program between U.S. and Israeli social work- ers as 23 American JCC workers attend training seminar in Israel, and Israeli workers are placed in American Cen- ters. Jewish chaplain aids wounded as crisis erupts in Dominican Republic. JWB leaders participate in meetings with European Center leaders. more Jewish chaplains reach South Viet Nam as JWB takes steps to meet increased needs of military personnel resulting from growing Viet Nam crisis. First national teenage training institute convened by JWB. 1966: Year-long celebration of JWB's 50th anniversary begins. GEORGE from the ROYAL RESTAURANT 13035 W. 7 MILE RD. NMI NMI U. NM MI IMO EN MN MI NM U. 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