THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 5, 1975 5
Philip Soskis, Longtime Head of NYANA, Will Retire
NEW YORK — Philip
Soskis, veteran agency exec-
utive and Jewish communal
leader, who assisted in the
founding of NYANA, the
New York Association for
New Americans, Inc. in 1949
and has served as its execu-
tive director for 23 years,
will retire at the end of this
year.
Mrs. Sophie S. Udell,
_president of NYANA, said
•'der his. direction, and
nks in large measure to
Soskis' extraordinary
ity and commitment,"
NYANA has assisted in the
settlement and integration
of more than 155,000 Jewish
refugees in the Greater New
York area, with funds pro-
vided by the United Jewish
Appeal (and more recently
by the Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies).
As NYANA's head, Soskis
has guided the agency in
providing services for about
10 different groups of refu-
gees — first the Displaced
Persons, then Jews from
Greece, Romania, Hungary,
Cuba, Egypt, Poland, Czech-
oslovakia and now from the
Soviet Union. At the request
of the United States govern-
ment, NYANA has also par-
ticipated in helping refugees
from Uganda and is now
involved in the program of
helping refugees from Indo-
China.
Soskis, who was born in
1910, received his master's
degree in social work from
the Columbia University
School of Social Work in
1944. He is a former presi-
dent of the National Con-
ference of Jewish Com-
munal Service (NCJCS),
the overall umbrella or-
ganization of profession-
als, working in all areas of
Jewish communal service.
Soskis-was president of
NCJCS from 1962 to 1963.
He also initiated the confer-
ence's newsletter, "Con-
currents". He was a founder
and first co-chairman of the
National Association of
Jewish Family, Children's
and Health Professionals
and helped to establish that
organization as a regular af-
filiate of the National Con-
ference of Jewish Com-
munal Service.
In 1972 he helped to found
the Association of Jewish
Family and Children's
Agencies, which includes
lay and professional mem-
bership. He was elected as
the first treasurer of the
association, a position
which he currently holds.
Soskis has been active for
more than 40 years in the
field of social welfare, both
public and voluntary. He be-
gan his career in the field of
immigrant and refugee care
in 1947, more than 28 years
ago, as a member of the
administrative staff of the
United Service for New
Americans (USNA). He
worked closely on a special
assignment in the establish-
ment of the New York Asso-
ciation for New Americans,
Inc. (NYANA) which began
to operate as an indepen-
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10,668 Soviets
Arrived in Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Rabbi Mordechai Kirsch-
blum, head of the aliya de-
partment, reported to the
Jewish Agency Executive
that 10,668 Soviet olim came
to Israel from January
through July.
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JDI. Protests
Israel's Policy
NEW YORK (JTA) — A
group of 11 members of the
Jewish Defense League
locked themselves up last
Thursday in the lobby of the
building at 515 Park in New
York which houses many
Jewish organizations, in-
cluding the Conference of
Presidents of Major Ameri-
can Jewish Organizations.
They demanded that the
entire group be allowed to
see Rabbi Israel Miller, Con-
ference president. Told that
he was in Romania, they de-
manded to see Yehuda Hell-
man, executive director of
the Presidents Conference.
Hellman agreed to see a
small delegation represent-
ing them. The JDL mem-
bers, pasting signs on the
window of the building say-
ing that Israel should not
give up "a single inch of ter-
ritory," urged the Presi-
dents Conference to support
this view.
In a statement, Hellman
said: "Neither the Presi-
dents Conference, nor any
of its 32-member organiza-
tions, make the policy for
the sovereign State of Is-
rael."
dent organization in July
1949. He started as an as-
sistant director and was
appointed as its executive
director in 1952.
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