Terming it the most important United Jewish Appeal yearly assembly since the State of Israel won its independence in 1948, UJA general chair man William Rosenwald announced today that the Appeal would hold its annual national conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on December 16 and 17.
More than 1, 200 delegates are expected at the two-day meeting. They will sum up the accomplishments of the 1955 nationwide campaign and set the over-all goal for the 1956 drive to meet welfare, rehabilitation and settlement needs of Jews in Israel, Europe, North Africa and other overseas areas. Representatives of the Israel Government and leaders of overseas Jewish aid programs will be heard on both days. The aims and objectives of the campaign for 1956 will be presented by Mr. Rosenwald and Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, executive vice-chairman of the UJA.
Theodore R. Racoosin of New York, a Zionist leader active in philanthropic and investment efforts in behalf of Israel, has been named national chairman of the newly formed National Zionist Committee for the United Jewish Appeal’s $25, 000, 000 Emergency Campaign, it was announced here yesterday by Mortimer May, president of the Zionist Organization of America. The Committee, established by the ZOA, will mobilize Zionists in communities throughout the country to spearhead the emergency campaign which will supplement the regular UJA drives.
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