Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of the American Zionist Council which represents all Zionist groups in the United States, and Rabbi Israel Goldstein, member of the Jewish Agency executive, returned this week-end from Israel where they attended the sessions of the Zionist Actions Committee.
Reporting his impressions, Rabbi Miller underscored the “staggering proportions” of the financial problems confronting the Jewish Agency and the Israel Government in the absorption of new scores of thousands of immigrants. Outlining the obligations reposing upon the Jews in this country, he said that “Jewish communities everywhere must provide Israel with the material aid and know-how in industry, business, agriculture, engineering and social welfare. There is hardly an aspect of life to which American techniques and American outlook cannot make a valuable contribution.”
Dr. Goldstein reported that “the people of Israel realize that there may be a lurking danger in the fact that all of the Arab states have expressed hostility to Israel. At the same time, they are not lacking in confidence. There is a feeling among the people that they can successfully resist attempted attacks provided the Arab states do not have the military backing of a world power.”
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