N.Y. Event Raises $1 Million for Israel Bonds; Dr. Schwartz in Israel

More than $1,000,000 was raised to help the reconstruction of Israel’s economy at a dinner held here last night honoring Dr. Julius Mark, senior rabbi of Temple Emanuel of New York. The dinner was a highlight of a major campaign being conducted in Greater New York to mobilize $25,000,000 this Fail through the sale of Israel Bonds, to help in the rebuilding of Israel’s economy, dislocated during the six-day war.

Avraham Herman, Ambassador of Israel to the United States, and Associate Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court, were the principal speakers. Jack D. Weiler, secretary-treasurer of the Israel Bond Organization, who served as dinner chairman, told the more than 400 business, communal, civic and religious leaders who attended the dinner that the event resulted in the sale of more than $1,000,000 worth of Israel Fourth Development Issue Bonds.

Dr. Mark, a leader of Reform Jewry, was accorded a special tribute for his achievements as a spiritual leader and for leadership in the Israel Bond program. Ambassador Harman presented a bronze plaque to Dr. Mark which bore a representation of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Honorary chairmen of the dinner included Senators Jacob K. Javits and Robert F. Kennedy, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Attorney General Louis K. Lefkowitz, New York State Comptroller Arthur Levitt, and New York Mayor John V. Lindsay.

Israel Bonds headquarters here announced today that Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice-president of the organization, arrived in Israel today, after conferring with leaders of West European Jewry in Paris for two days. In Israel, Dr. Schwartz is to meet with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, and other leaders, to explore the Jewish State’s economic guidelines for further development, which he hopes will witness “the fulfillment of Israel’s hopes for economic independence.”