Affiliation of large national Jewish organizations with the World Zionist Organization, made possible by action of the Zionist General Council, will permit strengthening of the world Zionist movement, but may involve many problems for Hadassah, the organization’s national board was told yesterday.
Dr. Miriam K. Freund, national president, and Mrs. Mortimer Jacobson, national chairman of the Zionist Affairs Committee, told the board that there were many problems involved for Hadassah in the enlarging of the Zionist movement by taking in organizations not specifically formed for carrying out a Zionist program–since the membership of these potential members of the World Zionist Organization might duplicate Hadassah’s membership in large part.
“However,” Dr. Freund declared, “we believe that this is an important step forward. We feel that the Zionist movement has a duty to channel the pro-Israel sentiment of the vast majority of Jews in all countries through the World Zionist Organization; to seize now on this moment of interest in Israel and use it to strengthen the Zionist movement.”
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