A decision to broaden the scope of the American Zionist Council was announced today by Louis Lipsky, chairman, following a meeting of leaders of all the Zionist groups in the United States held at the Astor Hotel.
The Council, which is the public relations representative of all national Zionist organizations in this country, voted to proceed with the implementation of an agreement reached in Jerusalem last November which envisaged the expansion of the Council’s program to include the coordination of Zionist participation in communal fund-raising for Israel, the strengthening of Jewish and Hebrew education, youth work and Chalutziut, and the deepening of Zionist interest and participation in Jewish community life.
The executive of the Council will continue as heretofore with Mr. Lipsky as chairman. Mrs. Samuel W. Halprin has been named vice chairman of the Council. Three other Zionist leaders were appointed to serve as a Committee of Administration with the chairman and vice chairman. They are: Rabbi Irving Miller, Rabbi James G. Heller, and Rabbi Mordechai Kirshblum. The new committee, which will serve for one year, will be responsible to the Council’s executive committee, on which all Zionist groups are represented.
The implementation of the Jerusalem agreement will involve the transfer of a number of functions now carried out by the Jewish Agency. It is not intended to affect the autonomy of existing Zionist groups, Mr. Lipsky noted.
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