Establishment of a Committee of 300 to organize the celebration in 1954 of the 300th anniversary of Jewish settlement in America was announced today by the American Jewish Tercentenary Committee.
Judge Rifkind, chairman of the Committee, declared that his committee had sought to establish a membership which would reflect all significant viewpoints among American Jews today. “The observance in 1954,” he said, “will provide an opportunity for all American Jews to express, in their own way, the meaning to them of this 300-year American heritage. For this reason, our membership is as broad and as diversified as the American Jewish community itself.”
A number of the members of the committee were appointed on the advice of major national Jewish organizations, including the American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, American Zionist Council, Anti-Defamation League, B’nai B’rith, Congress for Jewish Culture, Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. Hadassah, Jewish Labor Committee, Jewish War Veterans, National Council of Jewish Women, Synagogue Council of America, Zionist Organization of America, and many others.
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