A ten-day plenary session of the world executive of the WIZO–Women’s Zionist International Organization–was opened here today by Rebecca Cieff, president. The meeting was attended by 20 delegates from Israel, Britain Canada, Australia, France, Argentina, Brazil and Switzerland. A report to the meeting stated that the WIZO had more than 229,000 members organized in 57 branches throughout the world.
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