General Zionist delegations from all over Israel met Dr. Abba Hillel Silver at the Lydda airport today upon his arrival from the United States. The Maccabi brass band played the Israel national anthem when the American Zionist leader stepped down from the airplane.
Dr. Silver was greeted by Dr. Peretz Bernstein, president of the General Zionist Party of Israel, and by a representative of Mayor Israel Rokach, on behalf of the largest city in the Jewish state. Mayor Rokach himself could not be at the airport because he is convalescing in Galilee. Visibly moved by the enthusiastic reception, Dr. Silver said he came to Israel after an absence of more than two years to renew contact with the people and to stress American Jewry’s unshakeable support of Israel’s development.
Preceded by a mounted guard of honor, Dr. Silver left the airport in a motorcade which drove through Petach Tikvah and Ramat Gan, where special ceremonies awaited the guest. The parade later proceeded along Tel Aviv’s main streets lined with cheering crowds and halted at the Second of November Square where a group of children presented Dr. Silver with flowers on behalf of the youth of Tel Aviv.
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