Har Zion Temple, a leading Conservative synagogue here, has announced its interruption of its mortgage redemption fundraising drive for $250,000 in response to a plea for a moratorium on outside drives during the Allied Jewish Appeal campaign. The plea for primacy for the Allied campaign was made last month by Myer Feinstein, AJA president.
In announcing the halt in their own drive, Har Zion leaders cited the needs of the Appeal to meet international, national and local problems. They said that their drive would be resumed later in the year, and noted that it had been very successful thus far, having raised $110,000 at the time the moratorium took effect.
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