Three Cabinet ministers have agreed to head a public committee established here to support the continued publication of Jewish newspapers-mainly the Yiddish press-in diaspora communities. The committee, organized at the initiative of the World Federation of Jewish Journalists, will be headed by Finance Minister. Pinhas Sapir. Labor Minister Yosef Almogi and interior Minister Yosef Burg.
Members include Louis Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, Leon Dultzin, Agency treasurer. Yitzhak Ben Aharon, Histadrut Secretary General, Meyer Weisgal of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and members of the Knesset, Histadrut and the Jewish Agency Executives.
Sapir observed that the Jewish press throughout the world is struggling for existence despite the essential role it plays in Jewish life. He promised to do his utmost to persuade Israel and Jewish institutions to support Jewish newspapers through advertising and other means.
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