A United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Mission of 140 young American Jewish community leaders left Idlewild Airport today for an intensive three-week study tour of Israel and Europe, to study pressing needs among Israel’s immigrants and Jews overseas. The Mission is headed by Herbert A. Friedman, executive vice-chairman of the UJA, and is the first UJA study group devoted entirely to young leaders.
Coming from 42 communities throughout the United States, the young leaders, most of them in the 30-40 age bracket, will spend two of their three weeks in Israel, studying the facts and problems of newcomer absorption. The group is scheduled to meet with top government figures and with officials of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Joint Distribution Committee, both beneficiaries of the UJA. Mission members are paying their own expenses.
Rabbi Friedman described the UJA group as one of the most important ever to visit Israel under the auspices of an American Jewish organization. “This is the first time,” he said, “that proven young leaders, who have already distinguished themselves through their active participation in their own communities, have been brought together as a group to Israel and Europe to broaden their understanding of Jewish problems at an international level. This Mission is a significant step forward in American Jewry’s insuring the continuance of a knowledgeable and dedicated leadership.”
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