A joint session of United Jewish Appeal Major Cities Campaign Leadership, community Women’s Division and Project Renewal Campaign chairmen announced 1984 campaign pledges of $3,563,900 in Israel’s Knesset last night, according to Robert Loup, UJA national chairman.
The pledges represent a 61 percent increase over 1983 totals of $2,219,693. The event also raised $989,550 in new pledges to Project Renewal, which Loup characterized as “a centerpiece” of campaign ’84.
The coming together of the three separate missions at the Knesset marked the culmination of the Israel portion of the UJA “Major City Campaign Leadership Seminar. ” Under Loup’s leadership, members of this innovative mission participated in an in-depth study of the human needs and issues in Israel underlying the 1984 UJA/Community campaign.
Loup called the result of last night’s joint caucus “more than successful.” He said the pledges “will effectively set the pace for the kind of capacity campaigning across the United States that must be carried out to meet growing Jewish need around the world. ” The Campaign Leadership Seminar left Israel today for Poland.
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