The 50th anniversary convention of Farband-Labor Zionist Order will open its five-day sessions beginning Wednesday at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel here with an attendance of some 2,000 delegates and guests from all parts of the United States and Canada, The Farband now numbers 40,000 families in more than 320 branches in over 120 communities.
According to an announcement by Louis Segal, general secretary of Farband, the Golden Jubilee Convention will be devoted to discussions and actions on problems encompassing the entire range of Jewish community life in this country, the mapping of plans for an expanded program in all major fields of Jewish endeavors, and the economic strengthening of Israel.
In the sphere of Jewish education, Farband has pioneered in the establishment of a network of folk schools, kindergartens, day schools and institutions of higher learning. The organization was also instrumental in the establishment in New York of the Jewish Teachers Seminary and Peoples University, from which many students have graduated as teachers in the various school systems. The multi-faceted and diversified activities of the Farband encompasses such major spheres as fraternalism, Jewish education, Zionism, community affairs, and numerous projects in Israel for the economic development of that land.
The convention sessions will highlight addresses by noted leaders in all walks of American and Jewish life, as well as taped addresses of greeting by Israel President Zalman Shazar, Premier Levi Eshkol and former Premier David Ben-Gurion. Guest speakers at the opening session will include Israel Ambassador Avraham Harman; Dr. Emanuel Neumann, chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency; and Meyer L. Brown, president of Farband, who will chair the session and deliver the keynote address. Senator Kenneth Keating will deliver a major address on American policy in the Middle East at the Thursday morning session, which will also highlight a report on the activities of Farband by Mr. Segal.
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