wˌɛn ðɪ ˌaɪdˌʌbəljˌuːˈoʊ wʌz ɐbˌaʊt təbi lˈɪkwᵻdˌeɪɾᵻd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə ɹˈɛd skˈɛɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈoːɹ baɪ ðə dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv ɪnʃˈʊɹɹəns ʌv nˈuː jˈɔːɹk stˈeɪt ˌaɪdˌʌbəljˌuːˈoʊ wʌzɐ fˈɪskəli sˈaʊnd fɹɐtˈɜːnəl bˈɛnɪfˌɪt ɪnʃˈʊɹɹəns kˈʌmpəni wɪð klˈoʊs tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ mˈɛmbɚz ɪn ɪts pˈiːk jˈɪɹz, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks fˈoːɹɾi sˈɛvən, ˈɪtʃ wɪθdɹˈuː ðə jˈɪdɪʃ ʃˈʌlz fɹʌmðə dʒˈeɪfˈoʊ ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚ tə pɹɪzˈɜːv ðˌɛm, kɹiːˈeɪɾɪŋ ðɪ ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt sˈɜːvɪs bjˈʊɹɹoʊ fɔːɹ dʒˈuːɪʃ ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən sˌoʊ ðætðə skˈuːlz kʊd kəntˈɪnjuː tə fˈʌŋkʃən.
When the IWO was about to be liquidated during the Red Scare in 1954 by the Department of Insurance of New York State (IWO was a fiscally sound fraternal benefit insurance company with close 200,000 members in its peak years, 1946–47), Itche withdrew the Yiddish shuls from the JPFO in order to preserve them, creating the independent Service Bureau for Jewish Education so that the schools could continue to function.