Avukah, the American student Zionist Federation celebrated its 5th anniversary on Wednesday evening at the Town Hall Club in New York. The celebration took the form of a “Chalutz” dinner under the honorary chairmanship of Dr. Stephen S. Wise and the chairmanship of Cyrus Leventhal. More than 300 representatives of the Jewish community attended this function, including many students from the New York chapters of Avukah, as well as out of town representatives.
Among the speakers of the evening in addition to Dr. Wise and Mr. Leventhal were the Hon. Julius W. Mack, Prof. Horace M. Kallen, Max Rhoade, Honorary President of Avukah, Isaac Imber, President of the New York City chapter and James Waterman Wise, Executive Secretary. Samuel Blumenthal, National President of Avukah was the toastmaster of the evening.
Judge Mack denied that there was any cause for despondency in Zionist ranks today. He stressed the fact that none of the occurrences of the last month must cause Zionists here and elsewhere to retreat from the position which they have taken.
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