All Zionist groups in the United States today mourned the death of Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of the Israel Parliament, who was known personally to many Jews in this country because of his visits on numerous Zionist missions. The American Zionist Council, representing all Zionist organizations in the United States, issued the following statement:
“In the death of Joseph Sprinzak, who served as Speaker of the Israel Knesset and as chairman of the Presidium of the Zionist Actions Committee, Jews all over the world have lost an inspiring leader and a warm friend. Mr. Sprinzak was a Zionist from his youth and helped mightily to establish the State of Israel. He devoted himself with great personal resources and unflagging energy to the upbuilding of Israel. Serving his own party organization well, he put the interests of the whole people at the front of his concern and contributed much to their development.
“As a Zionist and an official of the World Zionist Movement, he brought understanding, patience, good humor, and warm comradeship to his labors which endeared him to Jews in many lands. We, on the American Zionist scene, and in the Jewish community in the United States generally, worked beside him as a beloved leader. Our sense of loss is deep but we take comfort in the legacy of vision, wisdom and friendship that he has left to us.”
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