The United Jewish Appeal “feels greatly encouraged” about the outlook for its 1956 campaign because of the “inspiring results” achieved at the recent dinner in honor of Senator Herbert H. Lehman, the UJA’s executive vice-chairman, Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, reported-today at UJA national headquarters.
Rabbi Friedman said the UJA has called emphatically upon the American-Jewish community “to maintain the powerful momentum” given to the campaign by the record-breaking gifts brought forward at the testimonial dinner and stressed that other leading contributors are being urged to match this record in connection with the UJA National Inaugural Conference at Miami Beach on February 26, which will formally open this year’s two-fold campaign.
With a total of $16,870,000 in pre-campaign gifts brought forward are the Lehman dinner–more than $11,000,000 for the regular campaign and nearly $6,000,000 for the UJA Special Fund–Rabbi Friedmat pointed out that it was the greatest sum ever raised at a single meeting in the eighteen-year history of the UJA. He stressed, however, that the Lehman dinner results must be assayed in the light of the greatly increased needs brought about by the grave developments in Israel and North Africa. In that light, he declared, the UJA is pressing for big gifts commitments, all along the line in an effort to double the close to $17,000,000 already achieved.
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