A festive jubilee celebration, marking the 50th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, will be held November 5 at the Theater Royal, it was announced today by the Zionist Federation of Britain, sponsor of the event.
The gathering will be addressed by Abba Eban, Foreign Minister of Israel; Richard Crossman, Lord President of the Council and leader of the House of Commons; Lord Boothby, president of the Anglo-Israel Association; and Julian Amery, a Conservative Party leader. Sir Barnett Janner, Labor member of Parliament and Jewish leader, will preside.
Seven new Zionist groups, with a total membership of 2,000, have affiliated with the British Zionist Federation during August and September, Harold Miller, acting chairman of the Federation, reported today. He credited the new mood in Anglo-Jewry evoked by the May-June Israel crisis and war for the additions to the Zionist movement here.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
