Senators Jacob K. Javits of New York and Abraham A, Ribicoff of Connecticut, will serve as co-general chairmen of the American Committee for Israel’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, it was announced by Jacob Stein, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Stein, who is also chairman of the American Committee for Israel’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, declared: “We are indeed fortunate to have these two outstanding and dedicated American statesmen as the leaders of a country-wide salute on and around May 6-7, to be participated in by vast numbers of Americans of all faiths.”
The American Committee for Israel’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, Stein noted, “is an American response to Israel’s great achievements in advancing the cause of freedom and human dignity since its proclamation of independence on May 14, 1948.” He noted that the Committee was established by the President’s Conference, made up of more than 30 of the nation’s major Jewish organizations.
EVENTS IN SOME 300 COMMUNITIES
Stein said further that “the nation-wide 25th Anniversary Committee is currently, with the help of similar local committees, coordinating and stimulating a series of anniversary events in some 300 large communities in every area of the country.” At the same time, he noted, Javits and Ribicoff have invited some 1500 distinguished Americans of all faiths, from all sections of the country, to serve as members of the overall sponsoring American Committee.
Included are distinguished business leaders, Nobel Prize winners, educators, communal figures, labor leaders, Senators and Congressmen, State government leaders, and prominent personalities in the arts. The American Committee, together with the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, has been instrumental in stimulating the formation of local 25th Anniversary Committees in virtually every Jewish community of any size across the nation.
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