A goal of $1,500, 000 in the sale of Israel Development Bonds for this year was set here today at a national conference of Swiss Jewish leaders who inaugurated the Israel bond campaign in this country.
The 150 Jewish communal leaders heard Israel Minister Pinchas Rosen plead for financial aid from abroad to match Israel’s contributions in manpower in the job of building and making secure the Jewish State.
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