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Mrs. Halprin Says Israelis See Need to Strengthen Zionist Movement

July 7, 1960
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Mrs. Rose Halprin, acting chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency, said on her return to the United States today that she had been “very much encouraged” by the recognition by Israel’s leadership”of the need for strengthening of the World Zionist Organization so that it can fully perform its tasks as an educational force and as a force unifying the Jewish people for the purpose of assisting the development of the State of Israel.”

She admitted that there were some”other voices” which thought that with the establishment of statehood, the Zionist Organization had fulfilled its task, but, she added, “these were not the views of the vast majority of Israel’s leadership.”

Mrs. Halprin voiced the belief that the forthcoming World Zionist Congress would witness a broadening of the base of the movement and that major organizations of the United States and communities of Europe and Latin America would participate as associate members of fraternal delegations. They would thus, she pointed out, have an opportunity to voice their opinions and thus directly bear upon the actions of the World Zionist movement.

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