More than 200 leading bankers, investors and manufacturers doing business with Israel, as well as members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of major Jewish organizations, attended a reception in honor of Mordechai Namir. Mayor of Tel Aviv, tendered by the Ampal-American Israel Corporation.
In welcoming the mayor, Ampal president Abraham Dickenstein stressed the role which his corporation had played in developing and cementing economic and financial ties between the business communities of the United States and Israel. Mayor Namir was formerly Israel’s Ambassador to the Soviet Union and recently the Minister of Labor in the Israel Cabinet.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
