The founding national convention of the Federated Zionist Organization of Canada will open here tomorrow for a five-day session during which the Zionist Organization of Canada will hold its 38th annual convention. More than 1,000 delegates are expected.
The ZOC, which would normally have held its annual convention during the March 31 to April 4 period, decided to cut its convention to a one-day meeting on Sunday April 2 to permit the Federated Zionist Organization sufficient time for its founding convention, according to Lawrence Freiman, ZOC president, who will preside. The ZOC will deliberate on its role as an independent non-party Zionist entity within the federated organization.
The Federated Zionist Organization was formed last December as an overall body of the Zionist movement in Canada. It is composed of the ZOC, the Hadassah-WIZO Organization, the Labor Zionist Organization, Mizrachi, Achdut Avodah, the Revisionists and the Friends of Pioneering Israel (Mapam).
Speakers during the five-day convention will include Aryeh Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency, Dr. Nathan Rotenstreich, rector at the Hebrew University, and Dr. Judah J. Shapiro, of New York. The Toronto Zionist Council will give a reception for delegates and guests on April 1.
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