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Argentine Zionist Federation Head Resigns; Blasts Organization

November 13, 1958
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Dr. Isaac Goldenberg, chairman of the Zionist Federation of Argentina for the last four years, has resigned his post with a sharp blast at the manner in which affairs are conducted by the Federation.

Dr. Goldenberg announced his resignation at a convention of the Poale Zionist Organization, of which he is a member. Today he gave the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the following reasons for his resignation:

The Zionist Federation has allegedly “sabotaged” and “torpedoed” a resolution adopted in 1956 to back the Histadrut campaign; the Federation’s own Honor Roll of contributors shows that many of the Zionist leaders “fail to fulfill their obligations to the United Campaign, and contribute ridiculously low sums”; the present structure of the Federation does not represent the Zionist masses and cannot fulfill its ideologic objectives.

At the Poale Zion convention, a number of resolutions were adopted, calling upon Zionism to strengthen its work in the Jewish communities as a whole and among Jewish college youth in particular. The Poale Zion also urged increased investments in Israel, greater immigration, and an increase in Hebrew education in this country.

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