Charges that the United Jewish Appeal and its constituents were “operated by and in the interests of Zionism, which has as its goal the ingathering of the Jews of the world into the State of Israel,” were made here this week end by Henry S Moyer, of Scarsdale, as he assumed the presidency of the American Council for Judaism Philanthropic Fund. He also accused the UJA of exaggerating emigration figures.
Mr. Moyer asserted that the UJA and its constituent agencies did not act “in the interest of the refugees when they give little or no assistance to those who wish to settle elsewhere than Israel.” He said his fund’s main current concern was “the plight of Rumanian Jews stranded in Austria and Belgium who want to choose their country of settlement.” He said some 95 Jews from Rumania in this category had received emergency aid from the ACJ fund.
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