117JA Conference Adopts '75,620,00 0 Goal for '67

Highlights of National
UJA Conference . . . Goal
for 1967 . . . Leaders' Plea

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Fisher, who inaugurated his
plea for an additional $10,000,000
in gifts to the UJA at the general
assembly of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds
In addition to electing Max M.
held in Los Angeles last month,
reiterated his call for such action Fisher as national general chair-
on the strength of his analysis of man for the coming year, and Mrs.
the critical conditions that exist Harry L. Jones, also of Detroit,
in Israel today and the need to as national chairman of the United
provide for the continuing flow Jewish Appeal's women's division,
of newcomers as well as for the annual conference elected
those who have settledin Israel Joheph Holtzman of Detroit as an
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and who today are threatened honorary national chairman.
The conference a d op ted a
with unemployment-
$75,620,000 goal for 1967 to-
Ile especially emphasized the im-
wards the need to aid 827,600
vi
absorption
needs.
"We're
,
'igrati
ll
Jews who are in want in 31
asked to restore life for the op-
countries.
pressed who have come to Israel,"
Edward Ginsberg of Cleveland,
the UJA leader said. "We have a prominent attorney and a key
taken people from a 16th century leader of the UJA for more than
environment and have brought a decade; was elected associate
them to a 20th century civilization. general chairman. lie has been
By coming to their aid we can serving as a UJA national chair-
prove that we care about people. man.
Only w e can meet the challenge
Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman of
of absorbing the immigrants. There New York was eleCted to his 12th
are incredible opportunities and term as the Appeal's executive
we dare not fail in assuring them." vice chairman, the top administra-
It is on this score that he asked tive post.
In his acceptance s p e e c h,
that instead of the $65,000,000 to
the g e n e r a l chairman told
be raised this year that the UJA
workers undertake to secure at the delegates that he was "deeply ,
least $75,000,000 during 1967. "Let honored to be given this re-
us say to the people of Israel, 'we sponsibility." "There is an Is-
are still with you': and let us say rael — after 2,000 years — be-
cause the people of Israel and
to ourselves, 'this is our heritage,' "
this generation of American
he declared.
Jews acted together," he said.
Supporting him . in his appeal
"There are r e s t o r e d Jewish
were three prominent spokesmen
communities abroad because the
—Governor George Romney of
UJA mobilized this generation
Michigan, Sir Isaac Wolfson of
of American Jews to meet the
London, and Baron Edmond de
task' of regeneration. And there
Rothschild of Paris.
are millions of Jews alive today
because we took up the noble
Governor Romney. in whose hon-
opportunity to save those lives,"
or the hand played "The Victors."
a cheering audience joining in the Fisher said.
Rabbi Friedman stressed that
singing. commended American
Jewry for having come to the res- the UJA is the instrument of the

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American Jewish community cre-
cue of the downtrodden.
"America must provide leader- ated to serve all Jews in need of
and the Jewish land in need
ship and assistance in giving heal- help
ing to a damaged world." Governor of upbuilding. "We are now en-
tering," he said, "one of the most
Romney said. Ile spoke of Israel

difficult and dangerous periods

as being able to fulfill prophis-y
since Israel achieved statehood.
and he expressed the hope that the
The issues of war and peace. bread
tasks undertaken in the Jewis:h
and home. growth and life. learn-
7ause will lead in the realization
ing and stability — are in the
of man's greatest hope -- peace balance. All future generations
for all mankind.
shall judge us on how we use our
Sir Isaac WoVson spoke of the wealth — our freedom — our
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of
the
Jewish
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education. Our vision must not
behalf of Israel as a matter of be dim. our hearts must not be
great concern. Ile called the UJA small. our hands must no t be

"the greatest instrument of gen-
erosity ever known to man" and
he spoke with pride of the co-
operative efforts of American and
British Jewries for this great •task.
Baron de Rothschild expressed
deep appreciation for the aid that
was given by American Jews in
providing help for the victims of

Nazism and in assistingescapees
from lands of oppression to find
havens or refuge in Israel and
other lands.
Fisher was host to a number of
leading personalities from many
communities at several functions
which he arranged to stimulate in-
creased UJA efforts. Prior to the
conference he was the guest
of the New York TimeS at a
luncheon.

Implementing t h e Michigan
gifts announced at the Dec. 8
dinner was another notable con-

afraid. God and history await our
response."
Vice
President Hubert H.
Humphrey, addressing 2,500
Jewish community leaders at the
UJA dinner Saturday nigh t,
emphasized that the United
States policy with regard to the
Middle East is "unmistakably
clear." "We will energetically
oppose aggression there which
would threaten the peace," he
said. "As part of that objective,
the United States is commited
to the integrity of Israel as a
free and independent state. That
is our position."
Humphrey drew comparisons

and effective answer to this prob-
lem except one. The course that

we cannot accept is that of pas-
sive submission to encroachment

of our land, our homes and the

the .1A. Nachman pledged in he. safety of our lives. The advice that

half of German Jewry a sum to
establish a school in Israel.

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tion of prespectives. In these con- sion and efficiency," he declared.
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must discharge its responsibility
to the best of its own judgment
and thereafter work patiently to
seek international understanding
of its aims."
Pincus told the dinner guests
that Israel is now facing "most
pressing social problems" which
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of the financial burdens of im
migration, absorption. develop-
ment and defense, we feel that
we have the moral right — nay,
even the moral duty — to turn
to you with the simple demand to
assume. as is your duty. a greater
share of our common good," Pin-
cus said.
The four-day conference opened
with a session at which prominent
UJA leaders explained the needs
in Israel and in other overseas
Jewish communities for 1967 and

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why American Jewry will be
asked to raise $10,000.000 more
than in 1966. Speakers included
Dewey D. Stone, chairman of the

United Israel Appeal, Inc.: Louis
Broido, chairman of the Joint Dis-
between Israel and t he United tribution Committee; and Joseph
States showing t hat the basic Meyerhoff, honorary chairman of
principles of both countries are
the same. He agreed that Israel

has been offering peace to the
Arab countries all the time. and
that all she wants now is to be
tribution with a large increase
"left alone." as long as her peace
announced by Joseph Ilegdell
offers are not accepted. He em-
of Flint.
phasized that Israel has the right
At the Dec. 8 dinner. the in- to protect her borders against
o , at ion and benediction were Arab terrorists, and highly praised
by Rabbi Immanuel Jako- Israel's Foreign Minister Abba
bovits who will soon become Chier Eban and Louis A. Pincus, chair-
R:ihbi of Great Britain. and Rabbi man of the Jewish Agency for
Charles E. Shulman. The lIanuka Israel. who shared the platform
lights were kindled by Cantor Nor- with him.
man Atkins. Chief Rabbi Moses
Declaring that Israel is being
Rosen of Romania was among the subjected to "piecemeal assault"
distinguished guests at the gather- by terroristic infiltrators, Eban
i.)_. There was an expression of told the audience: "We are pre-
thanks to American Jewry for aid pared to examine any constructive

to the survivors from Nazism by
M.. Nachman. German Jewish
leader. whose German speech was
translated by Rabbi Herbert Fried-
man. executive vice president of

with leaders of Jewish communi-
that we resign ourselves to being the While
United
Jewish
the
UJA Appeal.
must carry for- ties from France, Spain, w est
our
right
using
murdered without
task of absorbing immi- Germany. Scandinavia and Brazil
to self defense. This suggestion ward the already in Israel, Rabbi reporting on Jewish life in their
we reject whether it conies from grants
foes or friends." Friedman said, it must continue countries, was part of the UJA
the movement of addi- conference. It was held under the
„The i mmediate alteraatiaerM to finance
tional thousands of Jews out of chairmanship of William Rosen. e
the Middle
East
are not war
or two lands of despondency to the free wald, honorary chairman of th
peace,"
Eban
continued.
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soil of Israel. "We are far from UJA. Participating in the sym.
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general war. We are destined to "In 1967 again there will be at Madrid, Werner
Nachman of
live for some years in the twilight least 20,000 coming into Israel Dusseldorf, Dr. Moyses Kauffmann
zone between the two. What states alone, plus another 10,000 to other of Rio de Janeiro, and Gunnar
manship should try to achieve is areas. or even more if some coun- Josephson of Scandinavia.
to bring the situation nearer to tires expand their rate of granting
peace than to war."
emigration will 14—Friday, December 16, 1966
Pointing out that "Israel is the exit permits. This
which
is
also
be
more
costly,"
he added. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
only state in the world
the target 'of guerrilla warfare on "Today, 20,000 persons cost much
her own national territory." Eban more to process and handle than
RI DE THE
stressed that there is still no con- 30,000 did in prior years."
Emphasizing that there are Jews
certed cooperation of the major
powers in support of the indepen- who migrate to countries other
dence and integrity of all Middle than Israel, and these people, too,
Eastern states. "Great power atti- are the con c e r n of American
tudes in the Mid d le East are J ewry , Rabbi Friedman said ap-
marked more by competition than proximately 9,000 to 10,000 will
by cooperation," he stated. "Uni- have to be assisted in 1967 to
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