Boston YMHA Hecht House

              JEWISH ACTIVITIES oont.
b. There should be more emphasis on program Ing for adults
with some Yiddish elements in the program, in view of the
large Yiddish speaking population in the seotion, Speoial
emphasis should also be placed on parents* programs. As
is indioated in the seotion on "Membership", very few of
the parents of the junior members are affiliated in any
way with the House,
o. All aotivities at the house should include Jewish oontent
whorever feasible,
3, The experiment with a part-time Jewish program worker haa proven
the value of this ty e of work, The House has recognized this by approving
the appointment of a Jewish worker in the past, liowo/ r, Jewish programming
ahould be the duty of the entire ataff. All members of the staff should be
imbued with a positive Jewish point of view and should work cooperatively
towards the furtherance of the Jewiah goals of the House, Taking into oon-
siderati on the present situation, and pending the development of a staff of
thio type, it is desirable to employ a full-time worker to initiate a comprehensive program of thia nature. The workor should not be known as a Jewish
worker, but should have a title suoh as Educational Worker, Aotivities
Direotor, eto. All of the staff members sho Id be afforded opportunities
for traini:.- in Jewish group work. The duties of this worker should be to
train and recruit leadersj to work with all department heads in Jewish
programing) to work with olub and f notional councils; and to sponsor
is and cooperative Jewish programs.
4* A Jewish cultural oounoil should be organiz d for the Dorchester
end Mattapan neighborhoods. The counoil should include all Jewiah a -enoies
interested in oultural aotivities and should sponsor a oommunity forum,
Yiddish forum, leaders' training oourse, extension olub work, a oommunity
oalendar to eliminate aotivity oonfliots, and similar aotivities. It should
havo no administrative or fund-raising aotivities.