Moshe Dayan to Address United Jewish Appeal Conference

Moshe Dayan, Israel’s Minister of Defense, will address the United Jewish Appeal’s 1971 annual conference banquet on Saturday evening. The conference will launch the 1971 nationwide campaign which raises funds in support of humanitarian programs for immigrants arriving in Israel and for needy Jews in 30 counties around the world. The conference, which begins Thursday and concludes Sunday will be attended by more than 2,000 delegates from 250 communities around the country. In addition to the many Israeli guests attending, most of the major Jewish organizations in the country will be represented. Gen. Dayan will attend a private meeting of the UJA leadership on the opening day of the conference. Commenting on the forthcoming conference, UJA general chairman Edward Ginsberg said:

During this year of crisis, American Jewry must be made aware of the urgent needs of the people of Israel. Defense expenditures have become so burdensome that there is no cash reserve left to support the educational and social programs so vital to human existence–programs that have been the traditional humanitarian responsibility of Jews of the free world. Furthermore, the arrival of 50,000 new immigrants in 1971 intensifies that burden. 1971 requires us to make nothing less than a total commitment.” On Friday, Shimon Alexandroni, economic Minister of Israel to the U.S., and Yitzhak Rabin, Israel Ambassador to the U.S. will discuss “Current Problems in the Middle East.” Other speakers addressing the conference over the weekend will be Gottlieb Hammer, executive vice-chairman, United Israel Appeal; Moshe Rivlin, director general, Jewish Agency, Jerusalem; Louis A. Pincus, chairman, Jewish Agency for Israel; Samuel L. Haber, executive vice-chairman, American Joint Distribution Committee; and Charles K. Ribakoff II, chairman, Student Coordinating Committee for the Israel Emergency Fund.