In the wake of the temporary detention by the Egyptians of a group of United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Cabinet members. Paul Zuckerman, UJA general chairman, today explained the purpose of their trip to Israel. He said: “The young leadership group was participating in a continuing UJA program to inform American Jewish men and women of the activities of the people of Israel and the conditions in which they work and live.
“We believe that a people-to-people program is the only effective way of showing the sacrifices made by the Jews of Israel. In addition to meeting young Israeli men and women serving their army duty, our tours visit old-age homes, absorption centers where new immigrants are housed and educated, schools, community centers, new settlements and all the other areas of Jewish humanitarian concern for which UJA funds are used.”
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