Pincus Calls U.S. Jewish Response to Israel’s Emergency Needs ‘phenomenal’

Aryeh L. Pincus, chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, will leave for Israel tomorrow after a 12-day visit to this country in behalf of the Israel Emergency Fund of the United Jewish Appeal.

Following consultations in New York with leaders of the U.J.A., The Jewish Agency-American Section, the United Israel Appeal, the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds and leaders of welfare funds throughout the country, Mr. Pincus visited eight other communities in the United States and Canada, conferring with leaders and addressing fund-raising meetings. In a statement issued prior to his departure, Mr. Pincus said:

“The response of the American Jewish community to the emergency welfare needs of Israel that have arisen as a result of the Middle East crisis, has been nothing short of phenomenal. The solidarity of the American Jewish community with Israel, as expressed both in the size and number of contributions and the outpouring of manpower in behalf of the fund-raising effort, has been a great source of strength to the people of Israel. In the time of Israel’s greatest danger, it buttressed the morale of our people.

“Contributions to the Israel Emergency Fund will allow the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem to continue its traditional program of aid to the hundreds of thousands of newcomers to Israel, who still need assistance in adjusting to a new life. Naturally, the dislocations of a wartime mobilization have created additional problems and costs at a time when the Government is least able to give assistance. It is to meet these needs that the United Jewish Appeal is conducting its present Israel Emergency Fund, which, it is hoped, will raise the money necessary to complete the process of integration to which we are all dedicated.”

During his stay in the United States, Mr. Pincus visited Atlanta, Ga.; Philadelphia, Cleveland; Newark; Detroit; Baltimore; and Montreal.