A group of American academicians were scheduled to leave tonight for Israel for an intensive study of the humanitarian needs of the people of Israel on the first United Jewish Appeal mission for university professors, according to Frank R. Lautenberg, UJA general chairman. He said that members of the UJA Faculty Advisory Cabinet had called for the mission as a first priority of the newly-formed academic division.
The mission is being led by Dr. Marshall Goldman, first chairman of the Faculty Advisory Cabinet. Dr. Goldman is a Wellesley College economics professor and an Associate of the Russian Research Center at Harvard University. The mission will return to the United States in mid-January.
Lautenberg said the Faculty Advisory Cabinet had been organized to help members of the American academic community in interpreting the human needs of the people of Israel to their colleagues. He said that while there are individual campus campaigns and individual professors give generously of their time and talents to the UJA, the formation of the new cabinet “marks the first time members of the academic community have formally joined together on a national basis to assist in our campaign.” He said the new unit would like all other UJA cabinets, carry on both fund-raising and educational programs.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
