Seventy-five delegates representing 10 major Jewish organizations on five continents convened here today for a two-day session of the Conference of Jewish Organizations, facing a broad agenda. Among the topics up for consideration are the situation of the Jews in North Africa, the Arab boycott against Israel, the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly delete on the Arab refugee situation, the world reactions to the Adolf Eichmann trial concluded this week at Jerusalem, and plans for a 1962 international conference on Jewish education.
A three-man presidium was elected by the Conference, comprised of Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress; Sir Barnett Janner, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; and Label A. Katz, president of B’nai B’rith. All three members of the presidium addressed the conference today, and the delegates were also greeted by Eliahu Sesson, Israel Ambassador to Switzerland.
Among the organizations represented here, in addition to those headed by the three members of the presidium, are the American Jewish Congress, Canadian Jewish Congress, Jewish Labor Committee, Conseil Representatif des Juifs de France, DAIA, the central representative body of Argentine Jewry, and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
Tomorrow, the conference is scheduled to take up plans for the convening of an international conference, next year, dealing with Jewish education. There is general agreement that such a world meeting be convened. But, while some delegates urge that the meeting be held in Jerusalem, others are of the opinion that it should be held in Europe instead.
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