Gifts amounting to $4,500, 000 were made to the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York at a dinner tonight which formally inaugurated the organization’s 23rd annual campaign. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and Israel’s Ambassador Avraham Harman were the principal speakers of the evening. More than 1, 000 leaders of Jewish philanthropy in the metropolitan area attended the dinner.
In addition to the $4, 500, 000 raised for the current general UJA campaign through the dinner, various divisions of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York have also accepted responsibility for raising $9, 000, 000 over the next three years for UJA’s “Adopt-a-Project” campaign. The “Adopt-a-Project” drive began simultaneously with the general campaign tonight. Gifts to the “Adopt-a-Project” drive are sought over and above contributions to the general campaign.
Governor Rockefeller conducted a ceremony in which the 1960 division chairmen, who were the evening’s guest of honor, received as mementos of the occasion autographed photographs of Israel’s Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. These bore a message of gratitude for their service to UJA, which “has enabled so many of our people from all over the world to build new lives in freedom and dignity in Israel. ” Ambassador Harman urged the guests to contribute generously to both the general UJA drive for this year and the “Adopt-a-Project” campaign.
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