Gottlieb Hammer, executive vice-chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Inc., was honored today by prominent Jewish leaders at a luncheon tendered to him at the Delmonico Hotel on the occasion of his completion of 25 years service to the Jewish cause and State of Israel. A personal message from Israel’s Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, addressed to Mr. Hammer and lauding his activities on behalf of Israel, was presented to him at the luncheon by Nahum Shamir, Israel’s Economic Minister to the United States.
Speakers at the affair included Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the Jewish Agency; Louis Pincus, treasurer; Mrs. Rose Halprin; chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency, Myer Weisgal. chairman of the Weizmann Institute. They all stressed Mr. Hammer’s devoted service. Dr. Dewey D. Stone, chairman of the Jewish Agency, Inc., who presided, emphasized Mr. Hammer’s ability and initiative in the work of the Jewish Agency. Mr. Hammer, replying, spoke of the 25 years Jewish communal life for the United States in which he participated and touched upon the needs which American Jewry will have to meet in the next 25 years.
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