JEWISH WELFARE BOARD

—Organized in 1917, to provide social welfare for the soldiers, sailors, and marines in the service of the United States, and especially for men of the Jewish faith. Also to organize and a ist in the activities of Jewish Centers, such as the Young Men’s Hebrew A ociation, and the Young Women’s Hebrew A ociation, and the like, and to develop good citizens and Judaism. The Welfare Board was amalgamated with the Young Men’s Hebrew and Find red A ociation on July 1, 1921. Affiliated organizations, 16; constituent societies, 370. During the World War the Jewish Welfare Board gave admirable service at home and abroad, and was notable for its generosity towards the non-Jewis h| races. From 1917 to 1920, it received A ets in 1920, $1,981,990. President, irving Lehman, New York City, 1923.