Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of Israel, today received Daniel Frisch, president of the Zionist Organization of America, who is now visiting this country, and held a lengthy talk with him. He also received Ezra Shapiro, a Z.O.A. vice-president.
Later in the day, the Jewish National Fund headquarters here tendered a reception for Mr. Frisch and the other members of the Z.O.A. delegation. Dr. Abraham Granovsky, world head of the J.N.F., congratulated Mr. Frisch on the fact that it had fallen to him to inaugurate his term as Z.O.A. president by initiating the American Zionist House in Israel as a symbol of the new, close relationship of the organization with the building of the new state.
It was particularly appropriate, Dr. Granovsky said, that this bond is forged through the Jewish National Fund. The Z.O.A. official headquarters in Israel, to be known as “American Zionist House,” will soon be erected in Tel Aviv. Mr. Frisch described the purposes of the American Zionist House and also reviewed the Fund’s activities in the United States. Members of the Israeli Government, the Knesset, representatives of national institutions and a number of prominent individuals attended the function.
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