Plans for increased fund-raising and greater efforts on behalf of the Israel Bond drive were mapped out at a two-day session here of the National Conference for Israel and Jewish Rehabilitation. About 200 delegates from all parts of Canada attended the parley.
In his opening address Edward E. Gelber reviewed the objectives of the NCIJR and outlined plans for action in a situation which he described as “desperate.” He strongly emphasized the need of shaking the Jewish public out of a state of “torpor and apathy.” Mr. Gelber explained the structural organization of the conference as a representative body of all important segments of the Jewish community in Canada, including all Zionist groups, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the B’nai B’rith and the Jewish Welfare funds.
Samuel Bronfman, in his presidential report, urged Canadian Jewry to exert all its efforts in help Israel attain economic stability. “The time has come to concentrate all practical work on this central task,” he stated. Mr. C. Zekiff, emissary from Israel, also spoke. An announcement was made at the gathering that the Canada-Israel Corporation will be in operation shortly, enabling Israel to have a revolving credit of $6,000,000 for purchases in Canada.
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