Pledges totalling $200,000 were announced tonight towards a $500,000 goal set for the purchase of a building to house the Jewish Education Committee of New York, the central agency serving over 700 schools and 145,000 children in Greater New York.
The drive was inaugurated at a testimonial dinner held at the Hotel Plaza and attended by 400 guests honoring three civic leaders. They are; James Felt, chairman of the City Planning Commission; Albert B. Joffe, prominent industrialist and philanthropist; and Marvin J. Silberman, industrialist and vice president of the New York Federation of Reform Synagogues. Guest speaker at the dinner was Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein.
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