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all, the recognition of the •continuous ·shift of ·the peak of its .~efficienc:y and. service ciniy to be faced

theJewi~h popµlation. We kxi.9w' that moyements by a· dwindling Je~ish comuriity. In_ addition, it

-: of the Jewish population have followed_ definite will help determine the extent to which energy_ and

patterns and can he expected to continue along cer- money shal_l be expended upon existing institu-

- tai11 lines.. By means of_ expert technical analysis tions. Obviously the _demands of an area occupied
we may be able, not only to trace its past course,
by an increasing number of Jewish people· differ
but what is more important for c:>ur own practical in ·importance and significance from· .an area of

purpose, to plot its future course, so that we may decreasing Jewish population..
effectively anticipate future needs.
These · beneficial results can be obtained only

_ This will revolutionize our planning along sev- when the Orthodox Jews in Chicago, and especially
eral important lines. Firs,t; it will make possible
their leaders, begin to think of Chicago Jewry as a

the erection of Orthodox Jewish- institutions before single. community. At the present time the feeling

. _the Jewish population in that section has already that Jewish people in one vieinity should help in

become a settled· one: This is. esp~cially important . the building of a synagogue .in- an.other vicinity is

when, ·we realize that loyalty to religious Jewish entirely foreign to usi We. are as yet subject to

institutions of any one particulai: 'group in Jewish strong; local loyalties, to the . detriment of the

life is often determined not by ideology, but by growth of Orthodox Jewry in_ Chicago. These local

physical proximity, convenience, and priority. loyalt~es· must be-adjusted to the reality o~ the con-

_ It. would behoove us, therefore, to insist upon cept of ·the Orthodox community of Chicago.

the establi:;;hment of our religious institutions in Of course, such planning_ for_ the future and for

neighborhoods which may not -even have reached all the Jews of Chicago can be cairi,ed on only

· the point of demanding them. In simple terms, by a qmtral agency. In areas _where these. agepcies

this would be an investment in anticipation of a are as yet absent, this new planning will of neces-

future return. This will imply that funds for re- sity find it necessary to wait upon their f9rmation.
fo .areas where central agencies already exist this
ligious institutions must not .necessarily be allo-

catecJ on a rigid "dollar-per-person" ,ormrila. It -new_· concept ·must govern its actions if the -bes~ re-

may be necessary to allocate larger propoitions to sults are to pe expected. ·- __

l~s-densely populated areas if the indications are -·- _A .central agency; in charge of ~hodcix Jewish
that these .areas are growing. - In other words, the
education, for example, rimst see the problem not
_time ·factor must enter ·into our calculations. -As
as th.at Of a number of local neighborhoods, but

· Jewish people enter .an are~ they should find Or- rather as a•· metropolitan problem. - It m_ust .draw

.tho.dox Institutions ready to_ serve. their religious its plans· to· provide for the present, but that pro•

needs. · · .· · vision must in some way anticipate the future. Fail-

Su~b planning would also enable us. to obtain -ing this, we will dissipate our energies and funds

the best possible use of our institutions, rather than in projects which will completely fail to meet the

have them established some time after the demand needs of our Orthodox Jews of ,Chicago.

has appeared._ Often, an institution will reach the

·BEST W 1S-'H.E S

TO ALL THE OTHER GROUPS AND TO MEDINAT YIS-
RAEL; AND OUR PLEDGE FOR FULLEST SUPPORT AND·
COOPERATION TO THE SACRED CAUSE OF TORAH VA-
AVODAH. FROM THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OF YOUNG
MEN AND :WOMEN WHO STAND SOLIDLY ALIGNED
-WITH -THE f>RINCIPLES AND IDEALS. _OF HAPOEL
1:: HAMIZRACHL -

ADINAH H. H. .NORTH-WEST SIDE-H. ff.

Yetta Beron . Marian' Horwitz Sam.Fabian
President .
_Co-Chairman - . .

NEGBAH H. H; OVADYAH H. ff.

Julius Nathan Stanley Rosen
Merakez President

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