The conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations today resolved to work through Its member organizations to accelerate activities to make 1976 a banner year for travel to Israel. Recognizing that Jewish travel to Israel has an Importance above and beyond normal tourism, the Conference recommended cooperation with the Israel Ministry of Tourism In the United States on all levels.
The resolution was drafted following an urgent meeting called by Ambassador David Rivlin, Consul General for Israel In New York, and Israel Zurial, representative for North America of the Israel Ministry of Tourism.
The featured speaker at the meeting was Israel Tourism Minister Moshe Kol who is currently on tour of the United States, Kol told the Conference that 1976 must be a year of strengthened Jewish solidarity. “We must find new channels through which to get our message before the public” Kol said, “Rabbis must organize groups and Jewish organizations must find new ways to appeal to their membership on national regional and local levels.”
Kol said that the Jewish community must reorganize Itself in order to establish these new channels, “which, In turn, can lead to an effective meeting of the challenges we face, challenge which will be particularly acute In 1975.” Speakers at the meeting demanded lower airfares as a means of obtaining more economical tourist packages. Some urged that the Israeli government revise its opposition to charters to Israel and asked Kol to convey this message to the government.
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