Judge Israel Maisels, a former president of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and who is not a member of any Zionist political party, has been elected chairman of the South African Zionist Federation. He succeeds Edel J. Horwitz, Johannesburg attorney, who is retiring from the chairmanship after eight years.
The concluding session of the Federation’s 30th biennial conference adopted a series of policy resolutions hailing the people and armed forces of Israel, and the reunification of Jerusalem; deploring Soviet aid to Arab countries, aimed against Israel; recording gratitude to the South African Government for permitting the transfer to Israel of funds raised for the Israel Emergency Appeal, despite currency restrictions; and reaffirming the solidarity of South African Jewry with the people of Israel.
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