Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, was reelected as chairman of the World Conference of Jewish Organizations (COJO), and Yehudah Hellman was reelected general secretary at its annual meeting here Friday. Reelected as co-chairmen were Dr. William A. Wexler, president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Louis Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive in Jerusalem. Gregorio Faigon of the Delegacion de Associaciones Israelitas Argentinas (DAIA), was elected vice-chairman. A vice-chairmanship was reserved for the new head of the British Board of Deputies, to be elected later this month.
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