Diplomats, Israel Government officials, prominent American financiers and business men, as well as heads of some of the major American Zionist groups attended a reception for Baron Edmond de Rothschild and his young bride. Baroness Lina de Rothschild at the Ampal House. Baron Edmond de Rothschild is the grandson of the man whose name became a byword in international finance and philanthropy and who played a major part in the early development of Jewish colonization of Palestine.
Baron de Rothschild participates actively in many charitable and France – Israel organizations and is continuing his family’s traditional interest in Israel through investment in major development projects. The Ampal is a corporation of private American investors which itself has played a leading role in the development of Israel’s economy for the past two decades.
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