A two-day National Leadership Conference to speed Israel’s economic development will open at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on March 7th, it was announced today by Rudolf G. Sonneborn, president of the State of Israel Bond drive. The Conference, which will be attended by Jewish leaders from communities throughout the United States, will mark the official opening of the 1953 campaign for the sale of Israel Independence Bonds.
Dr. Dov Joseph, Israel Cabinet Minister, is coming to the United States to participate in the sessions. In outlining the purposes of the Conference, Mr. Sonnebom. referred to the grave danger confronting millions of Jews as a result of increasing anti-Semitism in Russia and other countries. “Because of this challenge, ” Mr. Sonneborn stressed, “it is essential that in 1953 the Jews of America give renewed and enlarged evidence of their deep concern for the economic stability of the State of Israel.”
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