Tributes on the occasion of his 75th birthday were paid to Israel B. Brodie, pioneer of Israel’s chemical industry, at a dinner given in his honor by the board of directors of Palestine Economic Corporation at the Savoy-Hilton Hotel in New York City last night.
Active in Zionist and Jewish affairs since his early youth, Mr. Brodie was closely associated in the years following World War I with the late Justice Brandeis, Judge Julian Mack, and other leaders of Zionism. Together with M. A. Novomeysky he was one of the founders of Palestine Potash Ltd. at the Dead Sea. He became a chief architect of Israel’s basic chemical industry.
While his major activities centered around the building up of Israel’s chemical industry, he also made major contributions to other phases of the country’s economic development. In the early ’30s he was one of the founders of the American Economic Committee for Palestine, which undertook studies for projects in agriculture and industry and served as a general information center for numerous investors.
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