An effort to secure $50,000,000 in cash towards the overall United Jewish Appeal campaign by June 8, was pledged tonight by UJA leaders to meet the needs of Jewish refugees now streaming into Israel, and the needs of refugees requiring aid in other overseas areas, during a coast-to-coast closed circuit telecast, which was held to celebrate Israel’s ninth anniversary.
William Rosenwald, general chairman of the UJA, told Ambassador of Israel to the U.S., Abba Eban, that the American Jewish community would go all out to secure the $50,000,000. Other guests who appeared in the telecast included: Dublin’s Lord Mayor, Robert Briscoe; General Chaim Laskov of the Israel Army; Edward M.M. Warburg, honorary chairman of the UJA; Morris Berinstein, president of the UJA; and Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, executive vice-chairman of the UJA.
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