The Labor Zionist Alliance announced this weekend the launching of the LZA Special Fund for its expanded educational and community service work on the American scene. The fund would assist the Labor Zionists in their work in education and culture and assistance for aliya. “We are not stopping our work for Israel,” Dr. Judah J. Shapiro, LZA president told a meeting of his organizations National Executive Committee. “We are establishing a special fund for the movement in the US to restore the responsibility of our membership to bring about a vibrant Jewish life in this country with Labor Zionist principles.” The fund, he added, will also help to intensify youth activity, especially the LZA youth movements, Dror and Habonim, and to help stem the tide of assimilation and deepen the meaning of Jewish identity.
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