The United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York began its 1951 campaign today with a breakfast in the Hotel Astor attended by more than 500 prominent local community leaders. Speakers at the affair pointed out that residents of all faiths in Greater New York have contributed some $200,000,000 to the U.J.A. since 1946.
James G. McDonald, recently retired United States Ambassador to Israel, told the gathering that aid to Israel through the United Jewish Appeal strengthens the Jewish state and increases its chances of establishing peace and stability throughout the Middle East. He also emphasized that the flow of Jews from the Moslem countries and the Soviet-dominated lands to Israel must be speeded up because of the increasing danger that the doors of escape from these countries may be barred.
“Delay in rescuing threatened Jews from Central and Eastern Europe in the 1930’s left them defenseless and 6,000,000 were slaughtered,” he pointed out. “Delay now in rescuing those desperate to leave Iraq and other danger zones might condemn them. Israel is their one hope; but that hope can become a joyous reality only if they are enabled speedily to be on their way.”
The four general chairmen of the U.J.A. drive in Greater New York are Louis Broido, Samuel Hausman, Jerome I. Udall and Jack D. Weiler. All of them are veteran campaigners for the United Jewish Appeal. In a joint statement, they emphasized that “income from the U.J.A. is Israel’s most important, immediate source of free dollars, the hard currency she desperately needs to purchase food and supplies to sustain her people and to overcome the crisis gripping her economy.”
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