A group of 70 young American Jewish community representatives, making up the United Jewish Appeal’s Third Annual Young Leadership Mission, will leave New York International Airport tomorrow via El Al Israel Airlines, for an intensive three and a half week survey of immigrant absorption needs in Israel, refugee aid programs in France and other Jewish areas of need overseas.
Membership in the Mission, which will be led by Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, UJA executive vice-chairman, was by invitation to men and women in the 25-40 age group who have demonstrated leadership potential in their home communities. The Mission members come from 32 cities. Each member is paying his own way.
In Europe and Israel, Mission members will see in operation the aid programs carried out by the Joint Distribution Committee, and the Jewish Agency for Israel, with UJA funds. The group will meet and hold extensive question and answer sessions with leaders of both organizations and the Israel government. Among those scheduled to confer with the group are Israel’s President, Zalman Shazar; Prime Minister Levi Eshkol; former Prime Minister Moshe Sharett, and many other top leaders. The Mission will return to the United States on August 1.
“The young men and women of this Mission,” Rabbi Friedman stressed, “represent the generation who will be the American Jewish leaders of tomorrow. Their first-hand survey of the overseas humanitarian responsibilities of the American Jewish community and their discussions with leaders of Israel and Jewish communities in Europe will certainly provide them with a deeper understanding of, and a fuller dedication to, the work that lies ahead.”
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