All Zionist parties in the United States today published a joint proclamation endorsing the primacy of the United Jewish Appeal. The proclamation was signed by the presidents of 16 Zionist groups. A conference to implement the proclamation will take place here next Sunday.
“We endorse the primacy of the United Jewish Appeal for American philanthropic support of Israel in 1951 and as the keystone of Israel’s three-year economic plan,” the proclamation says. “As Zionists, we must assume active support of the United Jewish Appeal, setting an example for others in the generosity of our giving and in the zeal of our labors. We pledge this in recognition of the unique and irreplaceable role which the United Jewish Appeal must play in behalf of Israel and world Jewry.”
Organizations signing the proclamation are: B’nai Zion, Hadassah, Hapoel Hamizrachi, Jewish National Workers Alliance of America, Keren Hayasod, Jewish National Fund of America, Labor Zionist Organization of America Mizrachi Organization of America, Mizrachi Women’s Organization, National Committee for labor Israel, Pioneer Nomen of America, Nashomer Hatzair, United Labor Zionist Party, United Palestine Appeal, United Zionist Revisionists of America and the Zionist Organization of America.
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