Judge Morris Rothenberg was unanimously re-elected last night to a fourth term as president of the Jewish National Fund of America at a conference of delegates representing all branches in the American Zionist movement.
In recognition of his leadership in the upbuilding of Palestine, an agricultural settlement in the Negev has been named in his honor, it was revealed by Dr. Moshe Sneh, member of the Jewish Agency executive, who presented to Judge Rothenberg a scroll embodying a decision of the Board of Governors of the JNF in Jerusalem to establish a settlement named “Nachlath Rothenberg.”
The J.N.F. administration for 1947 was constituted at the conference. A board of directors of 60 members, and an administrative committee of 17 were chosen. The Board includes representatives of the Zionist Organization of America: Bnai Zion; Hadassah; the Labor Zionist Organization; Mizrachi, the Orthodox Zionist Organization, and Hashomer Hatzair, and 16 members at large. Dr. Israel Goldstein was elected honorary president; Louis Segal, honorary secretary; Rabbi I.M. Kowalsky and Jacob Sincoff, treasurers; and Maniel N. Fisher, secretary.
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