The annual ZOA dinner honoring Dr. Emanuel Neumann, world Zionist leader, on the occasion of his 70th birthday–which was postponed from the original date of November 26, 1963, because of the tragic death of President Kennedy–will be held Sunday evening, January 5, in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton Hotel.
Prominent American and Israeli leaders will be among the principal speakers at the dinner at which 1,000 Zionist and Jewish communal leaders will attend. Speakers will include Israel Ambassador Avraham Harman,, Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, author of the Lowdermilk plan which was presented in 1948 for the establishment of a Jordan Valley Authority for the economic development of Palestine benefiting both Jews and Arabs. Dr. Neumann was a close collaborator with Dr. Lowdermilk in the formulation of this plan; Dr. Max Nussbaum, president of the Zionist Organization of America, who will preside; Abraham Goodman, chairman of the Neumann Jubilee Committee and Dr. Danial J. Silver, son of the late Dr. Abba Hillel Silver.
The proceeds of the $100-a-plate dinner will go toward financing the major projects of the American Zionist Fund, the fund-raising arm of the Zionist Organization of America. Dr. Neumann, an honorary president of the ZOA, now serves as chairman of the American Section of the Jewish Agency. He also heads the World Union of General Zionists. Among the various offices he now occupies also in the sphere of Hebrew and Jewish culture are those of president of the Tarbuth Cultural Foundation and of the Herzl Foundation.
Reporting the stories that define our era. When history unfolds in real-time, the Jewish world turns to JTA. Your support ensures we can document the complexities of war and the resilience of Jewish communities with integrity.
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.
