Tributes to the pioneering forces in Israel and to the memories of the 6,000,000 Jews exterminated during World War II were paid here this weekend at two “third seder” dinners conducted simultaneously in two hotel ballrooms by the National Committee for Labor Israel. More than 4,000 guests attended the dinners.
Among the speakers at the two events were New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller; Joseph Schlossberg, president of the National Committee for Labor Israel; Label A. Katz, national president of B’nai B’rith; Louis Hollander, vice-president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, who is also vice-president of the Farband Labor Zionist Order; Benjamin Teller, secretary of the New York City Farband Labor Zionist Order; and Mrs. Zivia Zuckerman, of Israel. Mrs. Zuckerman, under her maiden name of Lubetkin, was commander of the women’s brigade in the revolt of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis, staged on Passover eve in 1943.
A special ceremony paid tribute to the 6,000,000 Jews exterminated during World War II, and commemorated also the Warsaw Ghetto martyrs. The two gatherings also sent messages of appreciation to the maritime labor unions now picketing the Egyptian ship Cleopatra in the New York harbor, in retaliation for Egypt’s blockading the Suez Canal for American ships carrying Israel cargo.
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