The first planning session for the celebration in the United States of the Chaim Weizmann Centenary met today under the sponsorship of the World Zionist Organization–American Section. Participants were representatives of the American Zionist Federation, the American Zionist Youth Foundation, the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Jewish National Fund and the relevant departments of the WZO-American Section. It is anticipated that this group will be expanded to include representatives of other organizations to participate in planning and carrying out the programs.
The meeting was held with the participation of Meyer W. Weisgal, Chancellor of the Weizmann Institute for Science in Rehovot and a member of the World Committee for the Centenary, which is headed by outgoing Israeli Premier Golda Meir.
The year-long celebrations in the U.S. will open in New York with a concert at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on Oct. 30. There will be similar public programs throughout the Jewish world, Weisgal said. The meeting was chaired by Kalman Sultanik, acting chairman of the WZO-American Section. The American Committee will be beaded by Mrs. Charlotte Jacobson, chairman of the WZO-American Section.
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