Sam Rothberg, general chairman of the Israel Bond Organization, cited today Israel’s need to continue high defense costs in the absence of peace and the prospect of 70,000 new immigrants, including some 40,000 from the Soviet Union, in declaring there was “a compelling need at this time to strengthen the hard-pressed economy to help Israel achieve peace and to make the new immigrants self-supporting citizens.”
At the same time, Rothberg announced the appointment of Leonard Golifine, Philadelphia communal leader and national chairman of trustees for Israel Bonds, and Rabbi Leon Kronish of Miami Beach, chairman of the Israel Bonds Rabbinic Cabinet, as national campaign co-chairmen. He said the new co-chairmen would have major responsibilities in promoting an intensified campaign to achieve $360 million in Israel Bond sales this year.
A new nahal settlement named Nahal Samir was established in the Gaza Strip this week. Its principal endeavor will be the cultivation of crops in hot houses.
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