The Jewish Agency’s Committee on Control and Authorization of Campaigns today made public a list of 12 organizations authorized to conduct public fund-raising campaigns in the United States for the benefit of Israel in 1956.
The committee, which co-ordinates fund-raising for Israel in this country, was established under the auspices of the Jewish Agency and includes representatives of the Israel Consulate, United Jewish Appeal, Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds and the United Israel Appeal. In releasing its list of authorized agencies, the committed declared that the present tension in Israel and the Middle East makes strong control and coordination of fund-raising efforts more imperative than ever.
The following organizations received authorization after the committee studied their financial data and after they pledged priority to the United Jewish Appeal as the major source of philanthropic funds for Israel’s immigration, absorption and colonization program:
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science; American Friends of the Hebrew University; American Fund for Israel Institutions; American Red Mogen Dovid for Israel, Inc. (membership campaign only); American Technion Society; Federated Council of Israel Institutions, Inc.; Hadassah; Jewish National Fund (traditional collections only); Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America; National Committee for Labor Israel Histadruth Campaign); Pioneer Women; Women’s League for Israel, Inc. (New York area.)
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