Israel's Ambassador to France,
Yaacov Tsur, will be the guest
of honor at a "Decade of Prog-
ress" banquet celebrating the
10th anniversary of Israel's
statehood, it was announced
this week by John E. Lurie,
chairman of the celebration.
The banquet, one of a number
of events being planned by the
Israel Bond Organization, will
be held at 6:30 p.m., June 11,
at Temple Israel.
Other coming Bond events
will bring two other distin-
guished Israelis, Col. Shoshana
Gershom, commanding officer
of CHEN, the Women's Army
of Israel, and Zvi Kolitz, pro-
ducer of "Hill 24 Doesn't An-
swer," Israel's first full-length
feature film.
Ambassador Tsur, before as-
suming his present post, served
HON. YAACOV TSUR
as Israel's first diplomatic rep-
resentative to Latin America,
and was appointed Minister
Plenipotentiary to Uruguay in
1948. He established the first
Israel Cultural Institute abroad
in Buenos Aires.
Prior to the establishment of
the Jewish state, Tsur was asso-
ciated with the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, and was appointed
the Agency's representative in
Egypt'as liaison officer between
the Jewish battalions from Pal-
estine and British headquarters
in Cairo.
A native of Poland, the Am-
bassador completed his educa-
tion at the Hebrew University
and pursued graduate studies at
the University of Florence,
Italy, and the Faculte des Let-
tres of the Sorbonne in Paris.
A noted journalist, he has
Zvi Kolitz
Col. Gershom written articles for leading Eu-
ropean • and Israeli newspapers
and periodicals. He assumed his
present post in 1953.
Col. Gershom will be guest of
honor at a national CHEN Day
brunch at 10 a.m., June 2, in the
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Adas Shalom Synagogue social
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of hall, it is announced by Mrs.
WASHINGTON.—A loan
Joseph Newman, national CHEN
$15,000,000 to Israel, the largest Day chairman, and Mrs. Philip
in a group of eight loans to Helfman, chairman of the De-
five _ countries, was announced troit Israel Bond Women's Di-
Wednesday by the Development vision.
Loan Fund, an agency es-
The much-decorated woman
tablished by Congress last year soldier will officiate at an award
to make loans to underdeveloped ceremony, when CHEN charms
nations.
representing the 12 tribes of Is-
Money was loaned to Israel rael will be presented to every
for financing the development woman who has sold or bought
of electric power, transport, in- $2,500 or more in Israel Bonds.
dustrial mining and farm pro-
Kolitz is scheduled to speak
jects. The agency said a "sub- at a dessert luncheon at 1 p.m.,
stantial part of the funds June 10, in the home of Mrs.
would go to private business in Jules Kraft, 3104 W. Outer Dr.
Israel." The loan is repayable in He will preside at a pinning
15 years.
ceremony, when official 10th
anniversary sponsor pins are
VE. 8-9364 is your Jewish
awarded to women purchasing
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at least $1,000 in bonds during
1958.
Col. Gershom; whose tasks
If You Turned the 41
include recruitment and train-
ing of women soldiers, served
in Haganah, graduated a British
dpside Down You Won't
Army officer's course in World
Find a Finer Wine Than
War II, later serving in the
Jewish Brigade in Egypt and
Italy and was most recently dec-
orated for service in the Sinai
Campaign.
Kolitz, a native of Lithuania,
came to Palestine in 1936. He
has served as chief recruiting
officer for the Zionist Organiza-
tion in Jerusalem, has written
a novel, "Tiger Beneath the
Skin," several books of short
stories and has contributed
newspaper articles regularly.
He presently is vice-chairman of
Sikor Film Ltd. in Israel.
Information or reservations to
the Bond events may be ob-
tained by calling the Israel
Bond office, WO. 2-5091.
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Ambassador Yaacov Tsur
Here June 11 for Israel Bond
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