Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - December 1918
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Topics covered in this bulletin, focused on health issues, include: * Job classifieds; * An update on progress towards an amalgamated national 'Central Bureau of Research'; * Reflections and case studies on the value of social work in medicine; * Presentation of plans for creating a Jewish Health Bureau to coordinate the work of Jewish social service agencies and hospitals on health issues; * A report on defining the problem of the indigent tuberculous among the Jews with proposals for prevention and solutions; * A proposal for mandatory universal nursing training for women; * A review of the health problems facing Jewish Federations; * An overview of Beth Israel hospital in New York and its Social Services Department; * "The Institute as a Center of Communal Health," the role of playgrounds, camps, and other neighborhood institutions in community health building; * Fundraising and work on reconstruction in Palestine; * Personals section sharing updates on the lives and activities of important people in the world of Jewish social services; * A report on the influenza epidemic and its effects and social aftermath for the Jewish community and agencies; * Who's Who: Brief biographies of contributors to this issue of the Bulletin; * Our Contemporaries: Highlights from related social service oriented periodicals such as "The Survey," and "The Jewish Deaf"
Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities
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Pages | 200 |
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Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - September 1918
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Topics covered in this issue include: * Job classifieds; [BREAK]* Reflections on the anticipated effect of the extension of the army draft on the social services sector;[BREAK] * A report on the progress of the Jewish Educational Food Campaign in New York city; * A report on the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society's recent information gathering mission on the Jews of Yokohama, Japan; * Query Box: readers write in seeking advice and receive answers - on the ethics of volunteer social work and on building a successful community program; * Current topics: reporting on recent events in the Jewish philanthropic world, such as the establishment of a Jewish Library Bureau and of a new Jewish Community House in San Francisco; * Personals section sharing updates on the lives and activities of important people in the world of Jewish social services.
Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities
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Pages | 504 |
Release | 1915 |
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Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - June 1918
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The main topics covered in this issue include Conference Making, Welfare Work in the Camps, and the Hadassah Medical Unit. The issue includes * Jobs classifieds section; * A summary of resolutions adopted at the Kansas City Conference; * The constitution and by-laws adopted at the meeting of the National Jewish Committee on Tuberculosis; * An invitation to the following year's Conference, to be held in Seattle, Washington; * A summary of two recent studies, one on the extent and causes of retardation in Cincinnati public schools and one presenting comprehensive estimates of the extent and fluctuations of unemployment; * Conference Program Making - suggestions by a Conference attendee for improving the experience; * Welfare work in the camps: reporting on the work of Jewish agencies to support Jews in the military; * Current topics: reporting on recent events in the Jewish philanthropic world, such as a fundraising campaign to take care of blind Jewish soldiers returning from war, activities of the New York City Educational Alliance, and more; * The American Zionist Medical Unit: Photographic presentation of the first all-Jewish unit in American history; * Excerpts from annual and quarterly reports of Jewish organizations such as the Irene Kaufmann Settlement in Pittsburgh; * Personals section sharing updates on the lives and activities of important people in the world of Jewish social services; * A list of committees and their members appointed at the Kansas City Conference.
Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - July 1918
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The main topics covered in this issue include welfare work in the camps and war relief. Overview of contents: * Jobs classifieds section; * Reflections on the work of the Jewish Welfare Board in the United States Army and Navy. * Brief description of the War Chest Movement to fund war welfare activities. * Descriptions of the activities of the Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers in Poland and Jerusalem. * Description of welfare work in the camps by the Reorganization Committee of the Local Board for Jewish Welfare Work and the Jewish Welfare Board. * Excerpts from annual and quarterly reports of Jewish organizations such as the Jewish Communal Register; * Current topics: reporting on recent events in the Jewish philanthropic world, such as the opening of a cash-and-carry community kitchen in St. Louis and the deployment of a war hospital unit by the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - October 1918
Title | Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities - October 1918 PDF eBook |
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Topics covered in this issue include: * Job classifieds; * An appeal to establish an institution for Jewish feebleminded children; * Reflections on the role of the Jewish social worker and social service organization in war relief work; * An analysis of the role and purpose of advertising in the funding and provision of social services; * Reflections on the drawbacks of a charitable system designed as a mechanism prioritizing efficiency; * A presentation of a survey results showing the demographic breakdown of Jewish social service workers, including such items as home religious background, Yiddish and Hebrew fluency, and average salary; * A review of the New York Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies; * A preliminary report from the new Federation in Syracuse; * Our Contemporaries: Highlights from related social service oriented periodicals such as the Americanization Bulletin of the Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior; * A list of federated Jewish charities in the United States along with their chief officers; * The text of the resolution adopted by the Southwestern Tuberculosis Conference; * The report of the Field Bureau of the national Conference of Jewish Charities, outlining the work and achievements of the conference; Current topics: reporting on recent events in the Jewish philanthropic world, such as a conference on the problem of relief for disabled Jewish soldiers, war widows and orphans and the New York Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society's response to a munitions explosion in New Jersey; * Personals section sharing updates on the lives and activities of important people in the world of Jewish social services.