Contributions to Israel from Jews all over the world, but excluding the United States, have increased twelve-fold since last June’s Six-Day War, Dr. Israel Goldstein, chairman of the Keren Hayesod, disclosed at a press conference here. Keren Hayesod is the fund-raising arm of the World Zionist Organization. Dr. Goldstein said that the greatest monetary increase came from the 770,000 Jews of continental Europe who contributed 17 times more than they had in previous years. This was followed by a 10-fold increase from English-speaking countries, such as Britain, Canada and others, but again excluding the U.S. A twelve-fold increase was marked throughout the rest of the Western world, he said. Dr. Goldstein refused to state the figure or percentage of increase from the U.S.
He said that the number of contributors had more than doubled in the past year. In many countries, almost 45 percent of the Jewish population made contributions and in some countries, 10 percent came from non-Jews. Dr. Goldstein said he thought there were good prospects for a 50 percent increase in contributions this year over last year.
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