Formation of a continental committee of Jewish communal leaders to organize the launching of the 1968 campaign for State of Israel Bonds was announced today by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz of New York, vice-president of the Israel Bond Organization. The committee will plan and direct the preparations in the U.S. and Canada for the International Inaugural Conference for Israel Bonds, which will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, Feb. 29-March 3.
Major General Itzhak Rabin, Israel’s Ambassador-designate to the United States, who served as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces during the Six Day War of 1967, will be the guest of honor at the conference, which will also celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the State of Israel. Chairmen of the conference committee are Samuel Rothberg of Peoria, national campaign chairman of Israel Bonds, and Louis H. Boyar of Los Angeles, chairman of the national board of governors.
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