Leon Gellman, president of the American Mizrachi Organization, was last night named chairman of the new central Committee of the World Mizrachi Organization.
The session, which wound up the 17th world conference of the Orthodox Zionist group, also named Israeli Minister of Religion Judah L. Maimon, Minister of the Interior and Immigration Moshe Shapira and Rabbi Wolf Gold as members of a praesidium of the world organization.
The 12 members of the body were divided equally among the Mizrachi and Poale Mizrachi wings of the organization. Beside the chairman and the members of the praesidium, the members of the central committee are: Rabbis I.M. Kowalski, Abraham Cohen and Samuel Sirkis, Mizrachi; Rabbis Abraham Neufeld, David Intriligator, Isaiah Bernstein, M. Chazani and I. Kestenbaum, Laborites.
Help ensure Jewish news remains accessible to all. Your donation to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency powers the trusted journalism that has connected Jewish communities worldwide for more than 100 years. With your help, JTA can continue to deliver vital news and insights. Donate today.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
