By Howell S. Baum
The association of desire tells the tales of a Jewish neighborhood and a white ethnic group as they plan for his or her futures. notwithstanding they range at school, ethnicity, and tradition, they fight with an identical questions: What identification will carry their groups jointly? How can they plan for his or her groups' fiscal, social, and religious survival? The publication analyzes the way forward for city groups, and offers versions for neighborhood making plans.
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Pride in deep roots is balanced by caution about neighbors. Immigration and Settlement Jews came to America as part of a broader European immigration. They wanted economic opportunities, along with political and religious freedom. Reprisals for involvement in the abortive 1848 revolution and the Russian pogroms in the 1880s each gave the Jews especial reasons to leave Europe. The first big wave of immigration came from Germany starting in the 1840s. Jews, as other European newcomers to Baltimore, settled in Southeast Baltimore.
The Service Delivery Subcommittee was established to determine what services The Associated should fund, by considering what community members needed, setting priorities among needs, and deciding who could most effectively provide the services where. Reflecting women's interests and involvement in social services, this subcommittee had the highest proportion of women (42%-8 of 19 members). One member was a rabbi. The Relationships Subcommittee was charged to examine and improve relations among groups and organizations within the Jewish community, between the Jewish community and the larger Baltimore community, and between the local Jewish community and national and international Jewish communities and organizations.
Contributions are like a voluntary "tax" community members pay to provide services. The Associated, as one of the most centralized federations, exercises great control over local ser\'ice agencies as a result of an agreement whereby, in return for federation funding, they do not raise money independently. The Associated occasionally mediates conflicts between Jewish groups or institutions. It sometimes speaks for the Jewish community on public issues. Anyone contributing $25 to the annual campaign is a member, with voting rights at the annual meeting.