Seventy members of the first joint United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies mission have completed their study of the situation in Israel and returned to New York to launch a full-scale effort to reach the $280 million target set for this year by the two organizations, the largest sum of any campaign in the Greater New York area.
The delegation, headed by the coordinated organizations’ co-chairmen Herbert Tenzer and Alan V. Tishman, and by Ernest Michel, executive vice-president of the UJA of Greater New York and campaign director for the coordinated campaign, toured the front lines and the Gaza Strip. They also met with leading Israeli personalities including Defense Minister Moshe Dayan who briefed them on the security problems of Israel. This was the first delegation representing the coordinated group to visit Israel.
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