Label A. Katz, international president of B’nai B’rith, who has been visiting here, was honored at a luncheon in the House of Commons this weekend, with many British, Israeli and other notables in attendance. Sir Henry d’Avigdor-Goldsmid, Conservative member of Parliament, was the host.
Among those attending the luncheon were Moshe Sharett, former Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, now chairman of the Jewish Agency executive; London Ambassadors and counsellors of Israel, the United States and Ireland; Lord Graigton, Minister of State for Scotland; Lord Morrison, former Deputy Prime Minister; Lord Silkin, former Minister for Town and Country; and Sir Roger Stevens, Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Office. Others included members of both Houses of Parliament, and leading representatives of a number of Jewish organizations.
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