A goal of $1,991,000 – $200,000 more than was initially set for the 1968 Miami Combined Jewish Appeal – has been announced for the campaign by Leon Kaplan, president of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. The drive this year will be a joint campaign for the CJA and for the Israel Emergency Fund. However, since the United Jewish Appeal did not set a national goal for 1968 for the Emergency Fund, the Miami Federation is following that “no limit” policy for the Emergency Fund aspect of its 1968 drive.
Mr. Kaplan said the goal was increased because the original objective would barely have met the minimum needs of the more than 40 agencies which are beneficiaries of the Federation. He said the additional $200,000 was needed “so that we can stop starving our local agencies.”
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