Top Israeli Leaders to Help Raise $200 Million for Keren Hayesod 1971-72 Campaign

Israel is sending some of its top leaders abroad to help raise $200 million in 27 countries for the 1971-72 Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal campaign. Dr. Israel Goldstein, president of the Keren Hayesod, the World-Zionist movement’s fiscal arm, said that 10 Cabinet ministers, six Knesset members, eight senior Army officers and three Israeli Ambassadors will be campaigning for more money for Israel during the next three months. Keren Hayesod raises funds in 71 countries outside of the United States and Canada where the United Jewish Appeal is the major fund-raising agency. According to Dr. Goldstein, the 1971-72 campaign goal is more than double the sum collected last year and is part of a world-wide drive to collect $1 billion from Jews through voluntary contributions and Bond sales to meet Israel’s humanitarian needs. He said 50 prominent Israelis will go abroad, among them former Premier David Ben-Gurion who will speak in Brussels this week at the world conference for Soviet Jewry. Dr. Goldstein said that other Israeli emissaries will include three male soldiers and three women-soldiers representing all branches and ranks of Israel’s armed forces. He said Baron Edmond de Rothschild of Paris will tour Latin America this summer on behalf of the Keren Hayesod campaign.