Members of the fourth United Jewish Appeal study mission of the current campaign wound up a hectic week-long tour of Israel yesterday convinced that their principal message to American Jewry is that there must be increased contributions to meet Israel’s “urgent” needs. The group members, headed by Joseph D. Shane of Los Angeles, honorary national chairman of the UJA, set the ball rolling by increasing their own pledges by 300 percent.
The study mission spent a week of almost non-stop travel which took them from the Golan Heights to the Sinai Peninsula and from Israel’s sea cost to the Jordan River. Mr. Shane told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the message they are taking home with them is one of “almost incredible accomplishment by a nation facing a serious security situation combined with political hazards from friendly nations.”
Mr. Shane, a tennis enthusiast, sponsors the Joseph D. Shane trophy awarded annually to the outstanding Israeli tennis player. He is behind a project to build 40 new tennis courts in Israel and a tournament stadium in Ramat Gan. An international committee of tennis stars is administering a special fund to build the courts and to train promising Israeli players abroad.
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