Leaders of American Jewry will exchange views on American-Israel relations with officials of the United States Government at a two-day conference which opens here Saturday evening at the Shoreham Hotel, The conference was arranged by presidents of 16 major Jewish
MOST IMPORTANT CONFERENCE SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL
The conference is regarded as the most important gathering of American Jewish leadership
The Sunday afternoon session of the conference will be devoted to security problems. The principal speaker will be John D. Jernegan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, who will discuss the military defense of the Middle East. The national organizations
The Zionist delegation to the conference consists of representatives of the Jewish Agency, American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs, American Zionist Council, Zionist Organization of American, Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Mizrachi
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