The merger of all American Zionist groups into a single Zionist organization and the severance of connections with political parties was called for in resolutions adopted at the National Board meeting of the American Jewish League for Israel in New York today. Other resolutions urged drastic changes in the structure of the World Zionist Organization and supported the reorganization program for the WZO proposed at the Zionist Congress by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the world Zionist movement.
Samuel H. Daroff, president of the League, addressing the session, said that non-affiliation with political parties in Israel “is not just a slogan” to the League. “It is the essential element needed by Diaspora Jewry to unite behind Zionism and Israel as a whole, ” Mr. Daroff asserted. “As soon as other Diaspora groups end their affiliations with political parties in Israel, unity will be not only possible, but feasible and extremely probable.”
Reports on the World Zionist Congress were presented at the all-day session by Ezra Z. Shapiro and Judge Louis E. Levinthal, members of the Zionist Actions Committee. Other speakers included Eleazar Lipsky, vice-president of the League, who stressed the importance of grass root activity to bring about the one unitary Zionist organization in America.
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