U.J.A. National Young Leadership Conference Opens Today in New York

The role of the young leader in Jewish affairs will be explored by 500 young Jewish leaders from 75 communities throughout the country attending a three-day United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Conference opening tomorrow at the New York Hilton Hotel here.

The conference over which Alan Sagner of Newark, N. J., chairman of the Young Leadership Cabinet, will preside, will hear addresses from two outstanding statesmen: U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Avraham Harman. The program of the three-day parley has been planned to give the participants a first hand report of the activities of the United Jewish Appeal, the latest information on the political situation in the Middle East, and a factual analysis of the operation of the constituent agencies of the UJA- the Jewish Agency and the Joint Distribution Committee, the New York Association for New Americans, and United Hias Service.

The areas of operation which will be discussed will be Israel, which for the third successive year is receiving a record number of Jewish immigrants, the effects of the mass migration of North African Jews into France, migration of Jews to other countries, and the changing nature of Jewish overseas needs as a result of the demographic changes in Europe and North Africa wrought by these mass migrations. The program will begin tomorrow with a review of the political situation in the Middle East.

The Conference will be the first since the UJA incorporated the Young Leadership Council earlier this year into its regular campaign structure. The group involves upwards of 6, 500 young business, executive and professional men who have been taking increasingly active roles in the various philanthropic religious, educational, health and welfare programs and agencies in their communities. A National Young Leadership Cabinet of 74 members acts as the executive committee for the Council and conducts the over-all program.