welfare

There was a sort of informal poll conducted among the delegates who gathered in Atlanta last week for the annual assembly of America\’s Jewish welfare federations.\nThe agency that convened them, the newly-designated United Jewish Communities, had scheduled a series of discussions for the assembly\’s second day on the four \”pillars\” that sum up its mission: Jewish renaissance, social services, Israel and overseas needs, and fundraising. Delegates were free to pick their \”pillar.\”