The six former Advisors on Jewish Affairs to the United States Military Forces in occupied Germany have been invited to join a former U.S. Military Governor of that country, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, as guests of honor at the National Inaugural Dinner of the United Jewish Appeal, to be held here on Februaary 11, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel it was announced here today. Gen. Clay will be the principal speaker at the event.
The advisors include Judge Simon Rifkind of New York, Rabbi Philip Bernstein of Rochester, Judge Louis Levinthal of Philadelphia, Dr. William Haber of Ann Arbor, Mich., Harry Greenstein of Baltimore and Abraham S. Hyman of New York. All of them served as liaison between the military authorities and the Jewish displaced persons. Gen. Clay, who is now in Berlin as President Kennedy’s personal representative, has in formed the UJA that he will appear as a featured speaker at the dinner provided his duties permit him. The other featured speaker at the dinner will be Brig. Gen. Chaim Herzog, former Chief of Intelligence of the Israel Defense Forces. The dinner will mark the official opening of the 1962 national UJA campaign to raise $95, 000, 000.
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