Although Israel is now facing economic difficulties, the Jewish State has come to stay, Prof. Albert Einstein declared here, receiving at his home a delegation of OSE leaders headed by Abel Shaban of Johannesburg, chairman of the World OSE Union, who is now visiting the United States.
The delegation included Simon Kuper, chairman of the Zionist Federation of South Africa and vice-president of the South African Board of Jewish Deputies; Dr. Ignacio Winitzky, vice-president of OSE in Argentina; Dr. L. Wulman, executive director of the American OSE, and Ilya Trotzky, ORT-OSE leader.
Prof. Einstein said he does not intend to visit Israel, but is watching the growth of the Jewish State with utmost interest. He lauded the aid given by American Jewry to Israel and praised especially South African Jewry, which is proportionately contributing to Israel more than any other Jewish community in the world. The activities of the South African Jewish community were briefly outlined to him by Dr. Kuper and Mr. Shaban.
Prof. Einstein, who is honorary president of the World OSE Union, also heard a report from the delegation on the activities of the OSE in Israel, North Africa and other countries. He was especially impressed with the health work conducted by OSE among Jews in Morocco, Tunis and Algiers and inquired in great detail as to the position of the Jews in those countries.
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