A three-day National Assembly of American Zionists, representing 750,000 members of the Zionist movement in the United States, will open here on Sunday to discuss problems of the Zionist movement in this country and to provide a fresh interpretation of Zionist ideology within the context of current world conditions.
The Assembly will be attended by delegates of nine national Zionist organizations functioning in the United States. It is the first gathering of this kind arranged by the American Zionist Council, the central coordinating body of the American Zionist movement. Speakers will include Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Zionist Organization; Moshe Sharett, former Premier and Foreign Minister of Israel; Abraham Harman, Israel Ambassador to the United States; Louis Lipsky, veteran leader of the American Zionist movement; Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of the American Zionist Council; Dr. Abba Hillel Silver and others. Mayor Robert Wagner of New York will deliver a welcoming address at the opening session.
In a statement issued today by Rabbi Miller–in connection with the Assembly–on the major objective today of the American Zionist Council, of which he is the head, he declared:
“The emergence of the State of Israel will affect sooner or later the very foundations of Jewish life throughout the world. Its significance, in a very practical manner, embraces the whole range of Jewish activity and outlook. It implies a shift in the tenor and purport of our daily lives, of everything that defines us as Jews. It involves modification in our communal organization. To channel and direct the new spiritual and cultural forces emerging out of Israel and impacting upon Jewish life everywhere is the most important function the American Zionist Council can perform today.”
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