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70th ZOA JUBILEE CONVENTION Report

JULY 19-26, 1967 IN ISRAEL

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA ZOA ANNUAL DINNER, November 27, 1966, New York City. General Moshe Doyan, at microphone, delivered the principal address. A Word of introduction

The relatively short period between our 69th National Convention held late last October and the present one in July was dominated by the mounting economic recession in Israel, climaxed by tense weeks of military crisis and the outbreak of the Arab-Israel war in June.

Pursuit of the usual ZOA programs became subject to changes and adjust- ments. In the latter part of the season our activities took on more and more of an emergency character as our National Organization and its local Districts, in common with Zionists everywhere, rose to the mortal challenge to Israel's life and future.

The ZOA undertook manifold actions in the rising crisis, both in independent initiatives and in many instances as the spearhead in joint moves with other Jewish organizations. These have been reported in some detail, in timely leader- ship bulletins and in our publications.

It was unavoidable that such developments should affect our overall pro- grams, both here and in Israel, threatening cancellation of our Convention. The victory of Israel's forces has brought in its wake the restoration of travel and allowed resumption of interrupted plans for our 70th Jubilee Convention.

The reports on the following pages have been prepared under the impact of the epic achievement of Israeli arms shadowed by the peace-making task ahead with all its uncertainties and menaces. I believe that on balance the reports reflect creditable advances in the season under review and justify confidence in continued and accelerating progress in the year before us.

The pressures of Convention preparation and the need to meet last-minute deadlines prevent me at this time from presenting a summary and analysis of our work, our achievements and shortcomings, as I have done under normal circum- stances. These will have to wait for another occasion.

3 Let me express my thanks to our President, Mr. Jacques Torczyner, and to the members of the National Administration for their wholehearted cooperation. Our President's aggressive leadership will no doubt leave its mark on the organiza- tion in the years to come. I wish also to convey my appreciation to the many ZOA leaders and workers across the country for their dedicated efforts. Last but not least, a word of thanks to my colleagues in the National Office and in the field for their loyalty and devotion to our work without which the progress we have achieved would not have been possible.

LEON ILUTOVICH Executive Director

4 Public information and Opinion

THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM This report of a year's activity in the area of public information and opinion is being written during the crisis days of May while we are absorbed in using all our resources to mobilize public opinion. It is gratifying that our Districts and Regions are responding with alacrity. The chief means at our disposal continues to be the successful Public Affairs Conferences with attendant stimulation of our members to activity and good pub- lie relations impact on the general public in the communities. We have held these Conferences in Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York, in Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Providence, Long Island, and Los Angeles. In addition, there have been numerous community meetings which, while not approaching the scale of large Conferences, have been effective. These have been held in communities throughout the United States, usually where there are campus outlets available. In the past year we have expanded our efforts to include Conferences on a number of campuses making use of the panel of experts at our larger community Conferences with invaluable assistance from such outstanding personalities as Jon Kimche of London, England and Knesset member S. Z. Abramov of Tel Aviv. These were held also in Chicago, Atlanta, Providence, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Los Angeles and many other places. Cooperating with the various coordinating bodies in the American Jewish community such as the Conference of Presidents, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the American Zionist Council, etc., we have engaged in efforts directed toward the problems of Soviet Jewry, the German and Austrian questions, the situation of Jews in Latin America and especially the problem of the Arab boycott. It is encouraging to report that in all of these areas, our membership has taken leading positions of influence in the communities. Many guidance memoranda and other information have been prepared and circulated throughout the country. In addition, we have used the pages of the ZOA in Review and The American Zionist to provide additional information and stimulation. We published a monograph on the Arab refugee question, prepared for us by Dr. Joseph B. Schechtman and also reprinted and distributed in the thousands the excellent leaflet by Prof. James H. Sheldon on Arab Propaganda on the Campuses. Once again it is good to report the cooperation given to us by the Department of State of the United States in providing speakers, information and help in a variety of ways. Reciprocally, we have appointed ZOA leaders, as delegates to several of the State Department's Foreign Policy Conferences in a number of cities and participated in the National Foreign Policy Conference held in Washington. We cooperate with the activities of the United Nations Association of the United States of America, the World Jewish Congress, the American Conference on Soviet Jewry and its New York Coordinating Committee. In the various activities of the latter, we have played significant roles at meetings, demonstrations and vigils in Washington, New York and elsewhere on behalf of Soviet Jewry.

5 PRESS AND PUBLICITY The year under review was marked by crucial periods requiring emergency action both in terms of counteracting Arab anti-Israel propaganda in this country and acts of aggression against Israel by the Arab states. These events were reflected in the stepped up rate of activities of the ZOA press and publicity work which found its outlet in increased coverage in the press—in the metropolitan dailies, Anglo-Jewish and Yiddish press as well as in the newspapers abroad and in Israel. The action of the ZOA in the field of public information, public rallies, conferences, briefing seminars and other events aimed at transmitting to the public an understanding of the crucial problems, were widely reported through all mass media of public communication, press, television and radio. These events were favorably reacted upon by the molders of public opinion through editorials in the press commending the work of the ZOA under the various facets of its program. Among the outstanding events sponsored by the ZOA which received exten- sive press, radio and television coverage was— • The ZOA sponsored visit to this country by Major General Moshe Dayan, as the guest speaker of the annual New York ZOA Dinner in commemora- tion of the 19th Anniversary of the UN Resolution for the establishment of the State of Israel. The Dinner was virtually beleaguered by every major television and radio network as well as by reports and feature writers from the largest newspapers from this country and abroad. Other notable ZOA items which were featured by the mass media were policy statements made by ZOA president Jacques Torczyner on the resurgence of neo-Nazism in Germany. • Protest against CIA financed propaganda by Arab students and series of public affairs briefing conferences on campuses to counteract anti-Israel propaganda by Arab students; • 24th Anniversary Observance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at Times Square; • Proceedings of NEC meetings; • Country-wide rallies on Mid-East crisis sponsored by ZOA; • Announcements of preparations to the 70th ZOA Jubilee Convention in Israel; • Mass rally in conjunction with NEC on Nasser threatened war of aggression against Israel.

TV AND RADIO The cause of Zionism and an independent state of Israel was staunchly championed in addresses and interviews transmitted as a public service over local radio stations and TV belonging virtually to all major channels. These broadcasts also included rebroadcasts of excerpts of addresses of Zionist leaders.

6 PUBLICATIONS The Press and Publicity Department continues to serve all national depart- ments as well as many Regional offices in the production of promotional and campaign materials and communications. New promotion pamphlets published include those on the Mollie Goodman Academic High School in Israel, a new illustrated brochure on all facets of the ZOA program and its activities both on the American scene and in Israel, and revised pamphlets on the ZOA House in Tel Aviv and Kfar Silver. The Department also supervises the distribution and sale of all publications such as "Zionism and Zionists in Soviet Russia" by Dr. Joseph Schechtman, "The Fallacy of Non-Involvement" by S. Z. Abramov, M.K. and the John F. Kennedy book, "Israel, Zionism and Jewish Issues." Due to the large demand for these pamphlets, these have been reprinted in second edition of 10,000 copies each. There are now in preparation pamphlets on Western Aliyah, Arab propaganda in this country and the program and ideology of General Zionism.

ZOA'S Five Periodicals

Our five periodicals which disseminate the ZOA message in printed form served well their respective purposes through the year. The American Zionist, official ZOA organ, completing its third year in maga- zine format, showed gratifying progress in scope and influence as a medium of Zionist thought. Writers of merit and reputation are consistently represented in its pages, and its "Forum" department affords a lively exchange of opinion and criticism. Other departments furnish news, Aliya and Economic items, and reviews of important books. ZOA In Review, also in its third year of monthly publication, provided in- formation and guidance on the Organization's activities to local, Regional and National ZOA leaders throughout the country. Its materials come directly from the Regions and Districts as well as the National departments. Many keymen have voiced high approval of its style and its value as a stimulus in common tasks. ZINS, the Zionist Information Service, has completed its 19th year as a weekly news bulletin for editors, publicists and Zionist leaders. Issued by the World Zionist Affairs department in three languages—English, Yiddish, and Span- ish—it is an effective means of communication and briefing between Jewish communities and General Zionist organizations the world over. ZOA House News, published bi-monthly by the ZOA House in Tel Aviv, reports in English on the activities of the ZOA House and Kfar Silver. This year the ZOA House News has been notably improved in style and enlarged in content. It is also distributed to the ZOA leadership in this country. Masada Bulletin is published by the Young Zionists of the ZOA. Written en- tirely by our youth, it is devoted to news and views of their activities, and contains many original articles by them on the ideology and activities of the Movement.

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Servicing Meetings and Members

During the year 1966-67 the ZOA Speakers and Artists Bureau serviced more than 500 meetings, forums, conferences and special events with speakers, per- formers and films in communities throughout the United States. The Bureau also served as consultant to our Districts and Regions for programmatic resources and aids as well as in program planning. Special activities during the year included servicing celebrations honoring S. Y. Agnon and Nelly Sachs, recipients of the 1966 Nobel Awards in literature; helping extensively in Israel Independence Day celebrations; providing scholarly lecturers for Zionist forum series; furnishing speakers and guidance for many mass rallies throughout the country during the current emergency in Israel. In addition three distinguished visitors from abroad toured the United States on behalf of ZOA. Mr. Aron Bilaus, Director of Kfar Silver, was here during February and March and spoke in Mt. Vernon, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio, Texas. In April Mr. Jon Kimche, Middle East expert and former editor of the London Jewish Observer and Middle East Review made an intensive two-week lecture tour of major universities in the East, addressing faculties, undergraduates and graduates in political science, history and Middle East classes. Among the universities he visited were Harvard, Boston, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Pennsyl- vania and Temple. He also met with important government personalities and dignitaries involved in foreign affairs. Hon. S. Z. Abramov, Member of the Israel Knesset representing the Liberal Party, toured the United States in April and May for the third time under ZOA auspices, visiting the following communities: Manchester, New Hampshire; Lowell, Springfield and Natick, Massachusetts; Albany, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and New York City, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana; and Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Two Caravan Tours were conducted this year. A Central States Region Caravan included Peoria, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Cincinnati, Ohio; Wash- ington, Pennsylvania; and Indianapolis, Indiana. A Mid-Atlantic Region Caravan included Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Easton, Scranton, and Wilkes Barre, Pennsyl- vania. Rabbi Leonard Winograd, President of the Tri-State ZOA Region, served as lecturer in the Central States Region Caravan, and Rabbi Samuel M. Silver of Stamford, Connecticut was lecturer in the Mid-Atlantic States Caravan. Miss Elly Stone performed in both these Caravans. The Speakers and Artists Bureau represents ZOA on the National Board of Jewish Audio-Visual Review which reviews and evaluates all films of Jewish interest for the edification of the entire Jewish community throughout the country. The Bureau also represents ZOA on the National Jewish Music Council and the National Council of Adult Jewish Education.

9 Reaching Out to Youth

MASADA OF THE ZOA Masada, the youth movement of the Zionist Organization of America, has succeeded in its efforts to enlarge the membership and to create a leadership which can point the way to a bright future for ZOA's youth work. Through the year Masada flourished in the atmosphere of cooperation and of freedom of expression afforded by the present Administration. But further expansion will require a far larger budget, better facilities, and the cooperation of the ZOA Regions, which for the most part remain uninvolved in Masada activities.

A special citation for support given to Masada activities is due to the Bronx, Long Island and Tri-State Regions. Recognition of fair support and effort can be given to the New England, Connecticut and Seaboard Regions. A disappointment was the decrease in support by the Manhattan Region which was a Masada stronghold. The progress of Masada can be ascribed to the fact that Masada carried the ZOA Banner. Masada does not have the problem of continuity because it functions in the ZOA framework and is directly or indirectly involved in all its activities. Of utmost importance is the realization that ZOA can attract youth into its ranks if it can provide a good program and organization. We have done so and we are proud of the youth which now comprises the Masada membership. The New York metropolitan area has led the way and there is no reason why it cannot be emulated throughout the country.

The staff of the department consists of a full-time director and secretary, a shaliach, and two part-time fieldworkers. New Masada districts were formed this year in Pittsburgh, New Haven, Boston, Newark, N.J., and Washington, D.C. Emphasis has been placed on Masada Districts on the college-age level.

Two leadership training weekends were held during the year. The Masada National Convention was held in January. The newly elected Hanhaga has achieved remarkable results in developing the Masada program and especially in spearheading all youth activities to aid Israel in a variety of forms. Masada volunteers are spending their summer in Israel helping out settlements in replacing young Israelis recruited to defend Israel. The leadership of Masada will also participate in a Leadership Training Course in Israel. Three Masada leaders are returning after a year of training at the Machon L'Madrichei Chutz La'aretz in Jerusalem. They will serve in an advisory capacity in the New York metropolitan area from which they were originally sent. This year Masada is sending to this Leadership Training Institute one girl from Washington, D.C. and one boy from Cleveland, Ohio.

10 Masada participated actively in the American Zionist Youth Council and in the American Jewish Youth Committee established recently. Closer relations were fostered with "Israel Hatzeira" and Maccabi Tsair in Israel. Efforts are made also to establish direct ties with Maccabi Tsair and Israel Hatzeira chapters in different areas in the world. The projected Masada Latin American tour has been postponed under pre- vailing circumstances in which Masada is concentrating its efforts on help to Israel. Of utmost significance for the future is the establishment of Masada's Chug Aliyah whose aim is to foster and facilitate settlement of its membership in Israel.

AMERICAN ZIONIST YOUTH COMMISSION This year has seen a period of a great increase in the activities of Young Judaea, the youth movement sponsored by Hadassah and ZOA jointly through the American Zionist Youth Commission. Membership on all levels of the movement has grown for the second year in a row. The number of conferences, conventions, seminars, and leadership weekends has multiplied in the 20 Regions throughout the country. In addition, Young Judaea has participated actively and has very often been in the forefront of protests about the plight of Jews in the Soviet Union and the situation in the Middle East. A highlight of the program was the Midwinter Senior Council meeting of Young Judaea, held in the national camp, Tel Yehudah, in February. The theme of the meeting was Jewish culture in the United States and Israel, and the main speaker was the author Isaac Bashevis Singer. Mr. Singer not only gave an ex- cellent talk on Jewish literature but was also very much impressed with the caliber of the young people. The eight Young Judaea camps throughout the United States are all full with many having long waiting lists. Over 3,000 youngsters will benefit from the Zionist program of these camps. The recent crisis in Israel found Young Judaea on the alert. Throughout the Regions young people participated in the marches and meetings and collected funds for the Emergency Fund of the United Jewish Appeal. Hundreds of former Young Judaeans wrote in and came in to volunteer to go to Israel to work in the kibbutzim and the moshavim in place of those who were in the armed forces. Even though the ban on travel cut this program short, 20 graduates did get to Israel and are there working in various kibbutzim of the Tsofim, the Israel Scout movement which is the brother movement to Young Judaea. One of the growing chapters of this period was the one written by the 46 members of the Young Judaea Year Course who were in Israel during this entire period. Many were urged by their parents to leave and refused. The group re- mained on kibbutzim and did their share to raise the morale of the Israeli people

11 as well as to help the economy with their work. Their behavior and the strong support given to the decision to let them remain in Israel by most of their parents 1s something of which the ZOA and the Jewish people can well be proud. Over 100 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 are now in Israel on the Young Judaea Summer In Israel Course and the Israel Tour for Teenagers, both sponsored by the American Zionist Youth Commission. They will all participate in the opening session of the ZOA Convention in Jerusalem and in the youth session which will follow. They will be joined by the members of the Young Judaea Year Course.

ZOA Summer Programs in Israel

THE TEEN-AGE CAMP IN KFAR SILVER The ZOA Teenage Camp in its six years of existence has become the largest camp program for American high school students in Israel. The success of this program lies in the combination of a highly qualified staff, the excellent facilities of the Kfar Silver, campus and a well planned but flexible program. The ZOA teenage campers tour all corners of Israel. They skin dive in Eilat, float in the salty Dead Sea, swim in the Sea of Galilee, and sunbathe on the shores of the Mediterranean. They live with Israelis of their own age at Kfar Silver, meet with Israelis in their homes, and learn conversational Hebrew. They discuss Zionism and Judaism, learn the problems of Israel, and meet with Israeli personalities in many fields. They participate in a rounded, stimulating program which makes the summer a memorable one. The campers come to a realization of the importance of the Zionist Movement, and the ZOA in particular, in the establishment and preservation of the State of Israel. Their feelings toward Israel and Jewishness blend into that pride, devotion and concern for their people which marks the Zionist. The campers come from all over the United States. Many of them have be- come active in Masada in their respective communities and as speakers on Israel and Kfar Silver. Their involvement depends mainly on the local ZOA. Some Regions and Districts have raised special funds for merit scholarships given jointly with local Jewish centers. Among them are Long Island, Manhattan, and Cleveland Regions, Pittsburgh District, and some Districts in Los Angeles. The largest contingents came from Long Island Region and Pittsburgh District. The Young Zionist Department published this year a handsome illustrated brochure on the camp; the "We Remember" 1966 Campers' Yearbook, written by the participants themselves; a newsletter three times during the year, and a prac- tical camp manual for the staff and regional committees.

12 A winter reunion was held, with over 50 participants. This year, also, alumni groups were formed in Pittsburgh, Manhattan, Long Island, and the Bronx. In some places former campers have taken over leadership in Masada Districts. A sign of the success of our Israel programs is that former campers are taking over many of the staff positions. The ZOA Teenage Camp has also instituted a Leadership Training Course for the purpose of preparing former campers for central staff positions in camp. This is in line with the administration's plan to achieve a total of 200 participants in the coming two years. Since the inception of the ZOA Summer Programs the ZOA has sent 1,325 young adults and teenagers to Israel. Many have returned to Israel for Aliya or study, and many others have resumed upon return the leadership of Masada.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSE IN ISRAEL Twenty-six young leaders of the Masada of the ZOA collegiate leadership left for Israel to participate in a three-month Leadership Training Course. The course, conducted at Kfar Silver, emphasizes the ideology and method- ology of Zionism and its implementation on the American-Jewish youth scene. It is held in conjunction with the ZOA Teenage Summer Camp.

ZOA Projects in Israel Crow

THE ZOA HOUSE FORGES AHEAD For fourteen years the ZOA House in Tel Aviv has brought to Israel a wide variety of programs with the aim of interpreting American institutions and culture in terms that Israel can appreciate, and in turn giving Americans an understanding of Israeli values. A most diversified program is carried on throughout the year on the highest cultural level which does not avoid controversy or innovation. Experts in various fields deliver lectures; leading personalities and groups in music and theatre perform; art exhibits, holiday celebrations, political debates and weekly Ongei Shabat are available to Israelis and tourists. A brief sampling of activities during the last year demonstrates why the ZOA House has become a leading force in the cultural life of Israel. • Lectures: In cooperation with leading cultural institutions including the Tel Aviv University, Bar Ilan University, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tel Aviv Municipality, over 155 lectures and discussions were held. Participating during the period (September, 1966 to June, 1967) were visiting professors from overseas, composers, authors, scholars, and United States Embassy personnel. Topics ranged from Biblical research to popular science. • Forums: The ZOA House has become the foremost public debate center in

13 Tel Aviv, and die season saw the completion of twenty Friday Night Forums. Members of Parliament from all parties, journalists, and visiting dignitaries took part in the lively discussions. • Theatre: The Goodman Auditorium held twenty Theatre Evenings when plays were presented followed by discussions with actors and critics, and audience participation. • Art: Nine month-long art exhibits included the works of prominent artists from the United States, Europe, England and Latin America. The Annual Exhibi- tion of Amateur Sculptors and Painters, held in cooperation with the Tel Aviv Municipality, won widespread interest from public and press. • Music: International performers and conductors as well as leading Israel musicians were featured in fourteen major music recitals. Many of the programs were held under the joint auspices of the French, Argentinian, Mexican, Danish, and United States Embassies. In addition, a series of Ballet Evenings and a cycle of Dance Programs Around the World attracted large audiences. American Folk Song Evenings with leading American folksingers performing were inaugurated this year. These were especially popular with young people. • Holidays and special events: Annual celebrations include a Thanksgiving Day Dinner preceded by a reception with the United States Ambassador, and Washington and Lincoln Birthday parties under joint auspices of the American Embassy. Hanuka, Purim, Pesach and Yom Haatzmaut are festively marked and attended by American tourists, American Olim, and Israelis. • Oneg Shabbat: Beginning this year, an Oneg Shabbat was held every Friday. Outstanding programs included Israeli folklore groups, discussions, and audience-participation programs. The ZOA House Oneg Shabbat is a mecca for tourists. • Film Club: Presented weekly are classical and first-run films carefully selected to give members of the ZOA House Film Club examples of the large variety of films from many countries. This program elicited congratulations from the world-renowned Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Some of these programs have succeeded in getting young people to participate regularly in the ZOA House activities. The Film Club, Theatre Games evenings, folk-singing, and English courses have especially drawn the youth. This is more than entertainment and instruction. For all audiences, the ZOA House is a bridge between the culture, the way of life, the achievements of the people of America and the people of Israel. It is not only the audiences who have benefited from this exchange. Lecturers and performers such as Charles Ives, Arthur Miller, and Saul Bellow, Fulbright Professors, American politicians, performers and lecturers from Hutz I'aretz can meet English-speaking Israelis in an atmosphere of friendly exchange. The ZOA House Netvs, bimonthly illustrated publication distributed to public leaders and foreign representatives and to the press in Israel and in America, helps significantly in carrying on the work of building understanding and friendship between the two nations and peoples.

14 FORUM at ZOA House, Tel Aviv.

THANKSGIVING DAY: Traditional dinner for Americans away from home, held at the ZOA House, Tel Aviv.

15 KFAR SILVER'S SIGNAL PROGRESS Kfar Silver Agricultural Training Institute maintained during the 1966-67 school year its maximum number of students, 300 of whom 179 were boys and 121 girls. This number did not increase over the previous year because no new dormitories were constructed. Only 91 students do not live at the school. The courses of studies are divided into two major categories, each with its own curriculum, carried on in two freshman classes, two sophomore, three junior, and two senior. Roughly half the students take the academic-agricultural course. Upon completion of their studies with a passing grade, they may take the final examinations set up by the Israel Ministry of Education and, if successful, receive a certificate of matriculation. Twenty-eight students completed the four years of study and 26 took the matriculation examinations. The vocational-agricultural course is taken by the other half of the students, who receive a completion-of-studies certificate after passing their final examina- tions. Twenty-eight students completed their studies, and 27 received certificates. A total of 53 students (35 boys and 18 girls) graduate this year.

Practical Training In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Education, graduates of the vocational-agricultural curriculum must undergo a period of practical training at a kibbutz or moshav before taking their final examinations. The 1967 graduates took their training at Kfar Glickson during April, May, and June. Students in the academic-agricultural sector contributed greatly to the special defense effort and were exempted by the Ministry of Education from certain requirements in their final examinations. However, after consultation with the faculty, they agreed to forego the special consideration and took the complete examinations.

Innovations The academic year introduced several innovations. Home economics students for the first time were prepared for final examinations after completing four years of study, and did well. An experimental method of teaching biology was intro- duced with exemplary success, and this became a pilot plant with teachers from other schools coming to Kfar Silver to observe and learn so that they could follow this system in their schools. There were noteworthy achievements in the agricultural area. Milk produc- tion increased by 60 percent; a special feeding plant was built so that calves could be raised for meat production; egg production increased 40 percent; more student-hours were spent in the citrus orchards, which resulted in a much greater yield and profit.

16 Broad Social and Sports Program Social activities of dormitory pupils were broadened to include athletics and participation in Israel Youth Sports League competitions; concerts were organized in the school and students attended musical events; Israel and national folk dancing classes were held regularly; films were shown Saturday nights; students attended professional theatre performances in the Ashkelon area; lectures on art, science, current affairs and social problems were given by guests and faculty members. These activities were organized on a regular basis and each group developed its own program according to its own needs. Of special note is the hospitality offered to 30 Italian youngsters who came to Kfar Silver when their homes were ravaged by floods earlier in the year. This visit drew the youth of both nations closer together and received wide recognition in and outside Israel. Under construction now are three new dormitories, an athletic field, and an auditorium. The last is named in honor of I. S. Turover and is a project of the Louis D. Brandeis ZOA District of Washington, D.C. One of the dormitories being built by the Southwest ZOA region is designated in honor of Dr. Marcus Levinson of Houston, Texas; another is a project of the Rockaway Park, N.Y. ZOA District, and the third is being built by the Tri-State ZOA Region. The ZOA District of Dallas, Texas is sponsoring the Athletic Field, named for I. Zesmer.

THE MOLLIE GOODMAN ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL The 69th National Convention launched a second major educational project on the Kfar Silver campus, the Mollie Goodman Academic High School. Designed primarily for American students, it is named in memory of Mollie Goodman, late wife of Abraham Goodman of New York City, who contributed $150,000 towards the establishment of the school. The first three dormitories are being built for the students of the new High School, which will be dedicated at Jubilee Convention. In September 1967, the new High School will open with the 9th and 10th grades, and each year a new grade will be added, up to the 12th grade. The faculty will be comprised of highly qualified English speaking teachers. The principal of the School is a prominent American educator, Dr. Harold Korey of Chicago, 111. The School engaged a Rabbi, a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York, to be spiritual guide and senior adviser for the students. The ZOA National Office has established a special Department for High School Education in Israel to take care of the enrollment of students to the School. Tens of thousands of brochures and other materials on the High School have been distributed to Hebrew schools, educational institutions, teachers, and Rabbis all over the country. The School has also been publicized in the general and Jewish press. This program aroused great interest throughout the United States

17 and gained the support of educators and community leaders. Jewish parents responded favorably. Every effort is being made to ensure that this High School shall meet the highest educational standards. Students admitted to the new High School will follow a complete course of study conforming to the curriculum of United States High Schools. They will, at the same time, be the beneficiaries of the educational, cultural and recreational facilities already available on the beautiful campus of Kfar Silver. The Mollie Goodman Academic High School promises to be one of the leading schools of its kind in Israel.

Pressing American Aliya

The recession in the economic situation in Israel created doubts with some people as to the possibility of Aliya activities in the United States. However, a closer study of the situation showed that Aliya is not only possible but needed in many areas and professions, and that in the United States interest in Aliya remains unimpaired. The Aliya Department has acted in two directions: Processing prospective olim; Promoting Aliya through Aliya conferences, lectures and meetings, and distributing informational materials. During the past year over 300 persons were processed through our offices. Of these about 60 went to Israel either to settle definitely or under one of the various programs for ulpanim or study in the Universities of Israel. Experience has shown that the greater part of those interested in Aliya are young people in the age group of 18-30. Next come the professionals, middle-class, and retired persons. Aliya meetings were held in various parts of the country. Four of these Aliya meetings took place in Manhattan, two in the Bronx, two in Boston, one in New Haven, and a number in other cities. The 69th Annual Convention held its traditional Aliya session with Israel's Minister of Development and Tourism, Moshe Kol, as guest speaker. The fourth yearly B'nai Aliya Conference was held in April at the Carnegie Endowment Building in New York. For a full day, 150 prospective olim discussed all aspects of Aliya in 1967, its conditions and trends. Knesset Member S. Z. Abramov, who addressed the Conference, said: "The ZOA can be proud of the fact that it is the only Jewish and Zionist organization in America that takes a keen and active interest in Aliya and considers Aliya an important aim in its activities." In all these meetings and conferences, the audiences participated in the dis- cussions with great interest, and they learned that notwithstanding the recession Israel can today absorb olim of many professions such as teachers, social workers, physicians, electronic engineers and in numerous other areas of the Israel economy.

18 ZOA Tourism to Israel

This year more than ever Tourism is important and needed to bulwark the Israeli economy. The ZOA Tourist Department has been successfully promoting short winter tours for ten days in Israel. Our Passover, Independence Day and Shavuot Tours have been markedly successful. Our utmost efforts have been directed to a well attended 70th ZOA Jubilee Convention in Israel. Many attractive, inexpensive and varied tours to Israel and Europe have been offered in conjunction with the Convention. A special promotion tour conducted by Mrs. Frances Nussbaum led her to many ZOA Regions. Her visits were preceded by announcements in the local press and she spoke before numerous ZOA meetings. The attendance at our Convention by hundreds of members with their families and guests will help strengthen the bond between American Jewry and the people of Israel. In vigorously promoting travel to Israel the ZOA Tourist Department is proud to have a share in strengthening that bond.

The Economic Program

Following the last National Convention, the Department for Economic Affairs renewed systematic functioning. Economic experts on Israeli securities, representa- tives of the Israel Investment Authority and of economic institutions interested in Israel were invited to join our National Committee on Economic Affairs. 111 view of the economic situation in Israel, it was decided that our main activity should be the promotion and development of Israel Investment Clubs. We have prepared and distributed a model agreement of a partnership of an Investment Club and instructions on how to form an Investment Club and how to conduct the business of these Clubs. Investment Clubs need continuous professional guidance and assistance in brokerage, in technique of organization and in interpretation of Israeli securities market developments. We, therefore, got in touch with Wall Street brokers specializing in Israeli securities, who agreed to give the necessary services to our Investment Clubs. Meetings were held in various parts of the country where the economic affairs of Israel were discussed. The Economic Department also helped industrialists and businessmen interested in investing in Israel and arranged for contacts with the appropriate Israel Government Agencies.

19 HONOR ROLL

n grateful acknowledgement to Regions, Districts and individual members of the I Zionist Organization of America, whose generosity made possible the estab- lishment and development of the

ZOA HOUSE IN TEL AVIV and THE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE KFAR SILVER near Ashkelon

we publish the following Honor Roll of the projects they have contributed.

KFAR SILVER

Project Presented by The Bronx Dormitory The Bronx ZOA Region Foster Dormitory Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Foster, Leominster, Massachusetts Chizewer Building Charles M. Chizewer and Sons, in Memory of Rose Chize- wer, Chicago, 111. Staff Residence (Faculty House) Solomon J. and Mrs. Ziporah Weinstein, New York City Staff Residence (Faculty House) Mrs. Gertrude Feuerring, in Memory of Joseph Feuerring, jointly with Mr. & Mrs. Aleck Leitman, New York City Staff Residence (Faculty House) Mr. and Mrs. David L. Jontow and Children, Bronx, N. Y. Staff Residence (Faculty House) Max Elkon, in Memory of his Parents, Frieda and Alexan- der Elkon, New York City Silberman Faculty Quadrangle Zionist Organization of Chicago, in Honor of Milton J. (Faculty Residence) Silberman of Chicago, Illinois Goodman Hall (Dining Hall) Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Goodman and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Goodman, New York City Kaufman Administration Building The Kaufman Family of New York City and Connecticut, in Memory of Chaim Zwi and Tyla Dinah Kaufman and Aron Kaufman Harry F. Wechsler Central In Honor of Dr. Harry W. Wechsler, New York City School Building Morris and Sarah Lichter Morris and Sarah Lichter, Cambridge, Mass. Home Economics Building Elias and Rebecca Polis Connecticut ZOA Region Synagogue David L. Jontow-Jack Lefkowitz The Bronx ZOA Region Swimming Pool ZOA District 11 and the Bronx ZOA Region Samuel Oberman Medical Clinic New England ZOA Region Elihu D. Stone Dormitory Zionist Organization of Chicago, in Honor of Maurice and Main Entrance Gate to Campus Ann Smoler, Chicago, 111. May Dormitory Southeast ZOA Region, in Honor of Gertrude and Morti- mer May of Nashville, Tennessee Steinbach Memorial School Baltimore ZOA District, in Memory of Bessie Steinbach Building and Harvey B. Steinbach, Baltimore, Maryland

20 HONOR ROLL KFAR SILVER (continued)

Project Presented by Washington Auditorium Louis D. Brandeis ZOA District, Washington, D.C. In honor of I. S. Turover I. Zesmer Athletic Field Dallas, Texas ZOA District Sidney A. Cooper Philadelphia Zionist Organization (Faculty House) Herbert B. Budo Quadrangle Mrs. Herbert B. Budo, Baltimore, Md. Sidney Davidson Square Mrs. Sidney Davidson and Family, New York Samuel Jacobs Memorial Garden District # 11 of Bronx ZOA Begion

NOTE: Above are listed only contributors of entire buildings. Space does not permit publico- tion here of the names of contributors towards numerous rooms, laboratories, classrooms, etc. within these buildings. They will be published in "ZOA in Review."

MOLLIE GOODMAN ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL

Dr. Marcus Levinson Dormitory Southwest ZOA Begion Dormitory Bockaway Park ZOA District, New York

PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUND RAISING IS IN PROGRESS

Frank Beckerman Multi-purpose Connecticut ZOA Begion Sports Field, Kfar Silver Faculty House, Kfar Silver Zionist Organization of Chicago Faculty House, Kfar Silver Five Towns District, Long Island ZOA Begion In honor of Jack Silverman Dormitory, Mollie Goodman Tri-State Begion Academic High School

ZOA DANIEL FRISCH HOUSE

New York Jewry Hall Metropolitan New York ZOA Begions Goodman Auditorium Abraham and Jacob Goodman of New York City, and Morris Goodman of Miami Beach, Florida Abraham Goldstein Library Connecticut ZOA Begion Conference Boom In Memory of Dr. Leonard M. Palitz Room Mr. and Mrs. Fred Monosson, Boston, Mass. Room In Memory of Edward Simcoe, Muskegon, Michigan Room In Memory of Sam Gutlin and in Honor of Bessie Gutlin- Weiss, Los Angeles, California Room Mr. and Mrs. David Moskowitz, Bronx, N. Y. Room Maurice and Hyman Smoler, in Memory of Baruch and Chava Smoler, Chicago, 111. Room In Honor of Joseph Edlin, New Haven, Conn., presented by ZOA Connecticut Begion Music and Recreation Room Bernard Bosenblatt and Sons, in Memory of Gertrude Bosenblatt Lecture Hall In memory of Esther Carmely and in honor of Harold W. Carmely, Brooklyn, N. Y.

21 ZOA Fundraising for Israel

UJA, ISRAEL BONDS, JNF Through the year, as long in the past, the ZOA Regions and Districts were zealous in enlisting workers and leaders for the major Israel fund campaigns in their communities. Their season's work reached unprecedented levels during the Middle East war crisis when ZOA keymen and members from coast to coast engaged in extraordi- nary emergency solicitation for the UJA and Bonds. Many were in the forefront of campaign activities, not only during the war crisis but in the regular seasonal activities. At National and Regional ZOA conventions, UJA presentations are an integral part of the agenda, and the UJA has an established place on District calendars. Beginning with the High Holiday appeals, the ZOA continued its Bond ac- tivity for the second half of 1966. Outstanding Bond functions with ZOA partici- pation were reported from: Atlantic City, Linden-Roselle, Perth Amboy, Plainfield and Somerville in New Jersey, Hazelton, Pa., Hartford, Conn., Nashville, Tenn., Savannah, Georgia, New Orleans, La., Tyler, Texas, South Bend, Ind., Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles, California. The Districts in Memphis, Tenn. and Indianapolis, Indiana sponsored highly successful Bond functions on their own. In the New York Metropolitan area ZOA leaders and members participated in the city-wide opening Dinner on October 18. The Districts in all five Regions were most active in the campaign for the three Hanuka Festivals held in Madison Square Garden December 5 and 22 and January 2. The ZOA was represented in large numbers at the Board of Governors' Con- ference of the Bond Organization held January 13-15 in New York City, which was addressed by Pinhas Sapir, Minister of Finance of the State of Israel. A sales quota of 1 f5 million dollars was adopted for 1967. The Inaugural Israel Bond Conference which was held in Miami Beach, Florida March 2-4, with the former Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, as guests of honor, produced a record result of 30 million dollars in Bond sales. The traditional ZOA Breakfast for Bonds at the Conference, held March 3, was a notable success, with total sales amounting to nearly $1,250,000. The meeting began with a memorial for Max Bressler, past ZOA President, who passed away iii Miami Beach one year before. Mrs. Bressler was present. Mortimer May, past President, presided. Dr. Max Nussbaum, past President, was the principal speaker. Ellis Goodman, National Israel Bond Chairman, and Rabbi Irving Lehrman, Na- tional Vice President, also participated in the program. Jack Popick of Miami Beach, N.E.C. member, was guest of honor. The Bond sales for the ZOA were made at an initial meeting on February 15, in the home of Mr. Mortimer May, chairman of this campaign; at a luncheon February 22; and at the Breakfast. The success of the effort was due to the indus- trious work of a devoted committee of 25 members.

22 In the first half of 1967, excellent results were achieved in ZOA-sponsored Bond Functions in: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Beverly Hills, California, and in advance meetings for the Bond Dinner in Chicago, Illinois set for September 9. Outstanding results were also reported of community drives, with ZOA participa- tion, held in San Francisco, Cal., Dallas and El Paso, Texas, Youngstown, Ohio, Lowell, Mass., Uniontown and Sharon, Pa., Stamford, Conn., and Buffalo, Spring Valley, and Glens Falls, New York. The Jewish National Fund has a recognized place throughout the year on the program of ZOA Districts as well as of the National Convention. As for many years past, ZOA members supported the traditional collections and also served on many JNF Councils throughout the country.

Fostering World Zionist Relations

The World Zionist Affairs Department is ZOA's agency which is primarily concerned with fostering awareness and understanding of the problems which face the Zionist Movement throughout the world. It keeps the ZOA membership informed on developments and issues within the Movement and brings our point of view to the attention of the Jewish community in general, furthering Jewish unity and the centrality of Israel in Jewish life. The ZOA has been the driving force within the World Union of General Zionists. The World Zionist Affairs Department keeps constantly in touch with leading bodies of the World Zionist Organization, the World Union of General Zionists, and General Zionist organizations in Israel and in the Tfutsot, as well as with individual leaders, thus helping to shape the policies of the above organizations. In order to strengthen the relationship between the ZOA and the organiza- tions of the General Zionists in Latin America, |acques Torczyner, president of the ZOA, Dr. Max Nussbaum, past president of our organization, and Rachmiel Wirnik, director of the World Zionist Affairs Department, who also directs the Head Office of the World Union of General Zionists—visited Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. They prepared the ground for closer cooperation between the ZOA and the General Zionist organizations in the above countries. Mr. Torczyner and Mr. Wirnik represented the ZOA at the Latin- American conference of General Zionists in Montevideo, Uruguay last April. The Department also made all arrangements for the ZOA delegation to the sessions of the World Executive of the World Union of General Zionists in Tel Aviv and sessions of the Zionist Actions Committee in Jerusalem last January. "ZINS," the weekly news bulletin published in English, Yiddish and Spanish, is circulated to the press and to publicists and leaders of thought in the United States, as well as to all free countries of the world. Many newspapers in the USA and abroad reprint the news published in ZINS. It serves as an effective instru- ment for dissemination of Zionist information. With the participation of the Head Office of the World Union of General Zionists, the Department also publishes the bulletin "Israel and the Tfutzoth," containing articles on Zionist problems.

23 STUDENTS' SERVICE at Elias and Rebecca Polis Synagogue in Kfar Silver.

KFAR SILVER: Harry F. Wechsler Central School Building, with Steinbach Memorial School Building in the background.

24 From Within

MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT By the end of our fiscal year, on August 31, the ZOA will show an increase in numerical strength. The success of this year's enrollment campaign was de- termined by various factors: the increased impact of our public affairs program upon the American Jewish community, the stronger identification of our member- ship with the ZOA program, and the dynamic leadership of our administration. Our stronger image and the concern of our people for the security and viability of Israel are also reflected in the membership solicitation efforts of dedicated ZOA workers everywhere. At Rosh Hashana, a call to U. S. Jewry to join the ZOA signed by 600 Rabbis launched the ZOA "Solidarity With Israel" membership campaign. This was fol- lowed by National billing and person-to-person solicitation efforts. A special bulletin informed our workers about campaign methods and sched- ules. Many Governors and Mayors issued ZOA mmebership enrollment proclaim- tions for their states and cities. Constant visits to our Districts and Regions by National ZOA leaders stimu- lated the campaign. In Pittsburgh where the annual drive is long institutionalized, in Chicago, Philadelphia, the Southern Pacific and the Southeast and Long Island Regions systematic drives were conducted by well manned and effective member- ship committees. Some of them even created their own promotion material attuned to their specific local conditions. In the New York metropolitan area the annual reenrollment and solicitation effort was climaxed on May 10 by an impressive rally of over 700 ZOA workers at which 45 successful campaign leaders were honored by the President with special awards. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield plan already in operation in New York was experimentally extended to Chicago. Its benefits attract many members. Other attempts to provide tangible insurance benefits to our members are still in the testing stage. A marked increase in membership is shown by the Masada-Young Zionists of the ZOA, accentuating a trend which started last year toward rebuilding of our youth organization. Over 7000 of our members have expressed their enduring loyalty to our move- ment by affiliating themselves with the ZOA as Life Members.

ORGANIZATION The two-year effort to reshape the geographical structure of the ZOA along more effective boundaries and to intensify the servicing of our Regions and Districts by establishing or re-staffing Regional offices was greatly accelerated in the last year. The former Western States Region has been divided into two Regions, each serviced by a Regional office. Our office in Los Angeles attends to the Southern

25 Pacific Region comprising Southern California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. A Regional office, administered by a new Regional Director, has been established in San Francisco for the new Northern Pacific Region, consisting of Northern California, Utah, Colorado, the State of Washington, the Dakotas and Oregon. The office of the Southwest Region in Houston, Texas has been restaffed, and an associate director works out of an Atlanta office serving all States in the Southeast Region excluding Florida which—as before—is managed by the Miami office. The Rhode Island Region has been merged with the New England Region, serviced by the Boston office. Cleveland is now a new Region in our organization and is progressively rebuilding its membership. All areas of the United States are now professionally covered and properly staffed with the exception of the former Northwest and Michigan Regions where an adequate solution is yet to be found. The Tri-State Region, in recognition of its expanding activities, has been provided with an Assistant Director.

Supervision and Co-ordination

To coordinate Regional activities and provide advance information to lay readers and Regional Directors, the Organization Department issues a monthly Calendar of Events. It has considerably grown in size and content, reflecting the improved programming in all parts of the country. Regular briefing sheets and a series of internal administrative reporting systems provide for a well functioning coordination of the Technical and Ad- ministrative Departments with the policy-making bodies of the ZOA.

Guidance and Consultation

Frequent visits by the officers of the National Administration and members of the National Executive Staff to the Districts and Regions throughout the country have created a better understanding of our purposes, activities and mutual problems. The personal consultations have resulted in closer cooperation and stimulated meaningful activities where necessary.

THE AMERICAN ZIONIST FUND

As in the previous two years, the American Zionist Fund has again shown substantial growth as compared with the previous year. Regions and Districts have contributed to this growing effort. In the effort to involve the entire Organization in fund-raising, additional Districts have contributed to the AZF income. Although not all Regions and

26 KFAR SILVER students in front of Goodman Hall, Kfar Silver.

WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM: Architect's rendering of structure at Kfar Silver designated in honor of I. S. Turover. Construction of this project of the L. D Brandeis ZOA District of Washington, D. C. was interrupted by the outbreak of war and mobilization of workers in Israel. It will be dedicated nevertheless at the 70th Convention and will be completed in a few months.

27 Districts have yet participated according to their potential, considerable progress was achieved in raising the ratio of participation by all parts of the ZOA.

In overall fund-raising efforts new avenues of providing funds have been utilized. Concerts, benefits, exhibits, have become an ever growing feature in fund-raising methods, supplementing the traditional dinner.

The Metropolitan AZF Dinner was again the central fund-raising function in the New York area. The participation of Major General Moshe Dayan as principal speaker added luster and importance to this function. It thus became not only an important vehicle for fund-raising but also a public demonstration of first importance.

Mass Involvement In AZF Giving

While following the accepted and traditional pattern of fund-raising, the AZF Department initiated a search for new ways of increasing the income of the AZF, to provide funds for expansion of ZOA activities in America and in Israel. A basic research program was conducted, to ascertain the pattern of contributing by ZOA members. This research program revealed a rather surprising truth, that less than 10 per cent of the general ZOA membership participate in any form of financial support for the AZF programs and projects.

The National Executive Committee devoted a full session to the findings of this research program, and after a thorough discussion adopted a resolution calling on all members of the ZOA to give their fair share in carrying the financial burden of ZOA work. A general outline for fund-raising was adopted, to become a guide in all AZF efforts. This outline was presented to the NEC, and to the executive staff of the ZOA at a national staff conference held February 28-March 2.

Scholarship Fund

To encourage smaller gifts, a special form of contributions to the ZOA Scholarship Fund has been instituted. The establishment of the new Mollie Goodman Academic High School, in addition to the Agricultural School in Kfar Silver, called for making support of them a matter of popular interest, not limited to the big giver.

A new avenue for financial support of ZOA's programs in Israel was made available through the formation of Women's Committees for ZOA Projects in Israel. Although these Committees are only in the very beginning of their activi- ties, the initial results of their efforts augur well. There is basis for hope that

28 these Committees will in time become an important source of funds for the development and growth of ZOA projects in Israel. In summing up last year's AZF efforts it should be said that they were concentrated in two directions:

a) To raise the standards of giving for ZOA programs in the American scene and its projects in Israel. b) To strive for an increased involvement of growing numbers of ZOA members in this financial effort, as shown in our recent special appeal for the ZOA Public Affairs Fund.

ZOA WOMEN'S COMMITTEES

The New York Metropolitan ZOA Women's Committee for Projects in Israel was formed on January 12, 1967 to create a structure within which the women members of ZOA could do important work for ZOA's projects in Israel. The Com- mittee decided to direct its efforts to raising money for scholarships for Israeli children to attend ZOA's two high schools in Israel—the Kfar Silver Agricultural High School and the new Mollie Goodman Academic High School. The first fund-raising function was an Israeli art show, held in May. Plans are under way for a theatre benefit party of the Jewish State Theatre of Poland on November 18, starring Ida Kaminska. During the mounting crisis which ended in the Israel-Arab war, the Com- mittee, meeting in emergency session, devoted their skills to assisting the ZOA effort on behalf of Israel in various practical ways—raising money, mobilizing a blood donor campaign if needed, and contributing to the labor force at the national ZOA office.

It is hoped that the Metropolitan Committee for Projects in Israel will be a pilot group for similar ZOA Women's Committees throughout the country. Among other specific needs for these committees to work for are scholarship aid for the ZOA teenage summer camp programs in Kfar Silver, raising funds for scholarships for students of Kfar Silver and of the new Mollie Goodman Academic High School.

29 MOLLIE GOODMAN ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL: Architect's rendering ot the first three dormitories, to be dedicated at the 70th Convention.

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I. ZESMER ATHLETIC FIELD: Architect's rendering of the project of the Kfar Silver project of the Dallas, Texas ZOA District, to be dedicated at the 70th Convention.

30 The ZOA Foundation

A THIRD YEAR OF GROWTH ZOA Foundation activities between two Conventions have been marked by a considerable broadening of awareness that such activities are of paramount importance to the future of the Zionist Organization of America. It took some time since the inception of the Foundation for appreciation of the need for personal commitment to the ZOA Foundation to spread through the country. This, the third year of the Foundation's existence, therefore recorded an in- creased number of ZOA Foundation functions. They were held in Brooklyn, Bronx, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami Beach, Detroit, Los Angeles, and in other com- munities. These functions helped to propagate the idea of the Foundation and to bring it to the attention to a steadily increasing number of our members and of the general Jewish commmunity. Whereas in the first two years only a select number responded to the ZOA Foundation appeal—to a great extent in bequests and trusts of sizable amounts— the third year of the ZOA Foundation has witnessed a growing involvement of those ZOA members, who in spite of their limited means, want to be identified with this vital new financial instrumentality of the ZOA. The result of this has brought the ZOA Foundation close to the completion of its third million in the third year of its existence.

Lawyers for ZOA Foundation Effort was vigorously directed also enlistment of lawyers in support of the ZOA Foundation. Lawyers' committees have been established in a number of the greater communities in the East and West. Lawyers' cocktail receptions have proved effective in acquainting groups of lawyers with the ZOA Foundation. We have been fortunate to have the cooperation of important judges in many cities who have initiated such lawyers' committees and given outstanding support. In addition, thousands of lawyers throughout the country have been con- taeted individually through special communications from the National Office. The help of many of them has already resulted in tangible commitments to the ZOA Foundation by their clients.

ZOA Life Members for ZOA Foundation New efforts have been made to tap the natural reservoir of supporters of the Foundation—the ZOA Life Members. In addition to direct contacts, special meet- ings of Life Members have been organized in a few communities. These meetings have proved most encouraging as to the prospects of such action in all Regions and Districts.

31 Book of Remembrance and Wall of Remembrance The two initial forms of acknowledgement for the support of the ZOA Foun- dation, the Book of Remembrance and the Wall of Remembrance, have become a reality. The ZOA Foundation Book of Remembrance has been deposited and prom- inently displayed in the ZOA House in Tel Aviv, and a replica is on display in the National Office in New York. Dedication of the Wall of Remembrance will take place in the ZOA House in Tel Aviv at this 70th Jubilee Convention. But all the progress indicated is far from bringing the ZOA Foundation to the position it should and can have in the framework of Zionist efforts for the future of ZOA projects and programs. Too many members are still missing from the list of Foundation subscribers. Too many Regions and Districts have not yet even started actual work for the ZOA Foundation. The coming year will have to prove that the hope for real mass commitments to the ZOA Foundation can become a reality. ZOA NATIONAL OFFICERS 1 966/67 —5727

President JACQUES TORCZYNER New York, N. Y.

Honorary President DR. EMANUEL NEUMANN New York, N. Y.

Honorary Vice-Presidents

RABBI ARMOND E. COHEN DR. SAMUEL MARGOSHES JUDGE SIMON E. SOBELOFF Cleveland, Ohio Bronx, N. Y. Baltimore, Md.

BENJAMIN J. DOFT AARON RICHE SAMUEL STEINBACH Lawrence, N. Y. Los Angeles, Calif. Baltimore, Md.

ABRAHAM GINSBERG DR. MORTON J. ROBBINS I. S. TUROVER Newton Upper Falls, Mass. Brookline, Mass. Washington, D. C. ARNOLD R. GINSBURG JUDGE ALBERT D. SCHANZER JACK VERDI Philadelphia, Pa. Brooklyn, N. Y. San Francisco, Calif. HYMAN GOLDMAN BERNARD SHULMAN MORRIS WEINBERG Washington, D.C. Chicago, III. New York, N. Y.

JUDGE JOSEPH E. KLAU DR. HYMAN D. SILVER MAX ZIMMER Hartford, Conn. Bronx, N. Y. Los Angeles, Calif.

Chairman, National Executive Committee Chairman, Administrative Boarcf HERMAN L. WEISMAN HAROLD W. CARMELY New York, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Vice-Chairman, National Executive Committee Vice-Chairman, Administrative Board DR. MARCUS LEVINSON SHOOLEM ETTINGER Houston, Tex. Indianapolis, Ind.

National Secretary LEON ILUTOVICH New York, N. Y.

Vice-Presidents

DAVID S. BERN JACOB GOODMAN DAVID MOSKOWITZ Chicago, III. New York, N. Y. Los Angeles, Calif. J. B. BERNSTEIN JOSEPH W. GREENLEAF SAMUEL P. ROSE Pittsburgh, Pa. Scarsdale, N. Y. Flushing, N. Y. *SOLOMON BIEDERMAN New York, N. Y. BORIS KATZ CHARLES ROSENGARTEN ARTHUR H. ELLIS Baltimore, Md. Waterbury, Conn. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. RABBI I. USHER KIRSHBLUM RABBI JOSEPH S. SHUBOW ALFRED J. ELLISH Flushing, N. Y. Brookline, Mass. Monsey, N. Y. MAC R. TARNOFF MILTON GOLD RABBI IRVING LEHRMAN Newark, N. J. Philadelphia, Pa. Miami Beach, Fla. ELLIS GOODMAN DAVID S. MEYER DR. HARRY F. WECHSLER Camden, N. J. Brooklyn, N. Y. New York, N. Y.

National Treasurer Associate National Treasurer Chairman JACK LEFKOWITZ ABRAHAM KRUMBEIN National Finance Committee New York, N. Y. New York, N. Y. PAUL SAFRO Lawrence, N.Y.

Officers of the Zionist Organization of America are members of the National Executive Committee.

*Deceased

33 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1966/67—5727

Jacob G. Abramcwitz Jacob Goodman Herman Newman Mac R. Tarnoff N. F. Abramowitz Alvin I. Gorodetzer Jim Novy Harry Torczyner eaf Mrs. Frances Nusbaum Jacques Torczyner!־Marcus Abramson Joseph W. Greer Edward Allen Benjamin Gursky Dr. Marcus C. Nusbavm Moses Torczyner Joseph Andelmcin Rabbi Max Nussbaum Sidney Trompeter k־Morris B. Ha Herbert Arnstein, Jr. Dr. Edward Neufeld I. S. Turover Hon. Seymour Hclpern Leo Auerbach Jack Verdi Morris Handler *David Oppenheim Abe Banchek Alexander Hcsscn Norman G. Oroc'enker Harry J. Wagner Charles E. Be!l Joseph Hausman Carl Waldman Edward Berger Rev. Abraham Pekler Samuel Palley Dr. Harry F. We hsler Elihu Berman Lester K. Hersch Dr. Joseph Perell Morris Weinberg Seymour Berman M. L. Hodin Samuel J. Perry Warren J. Weinberger David S. Bern Jacob Hoffman Manuel Posy Hon. David Weiner J. B. Bernstein Frank Horny Rabbi Amram Prero Herman Weiner *Solomon Biederman Stanley Hcrvath Victor Weinman Sidney Raymond Leon Bloom David T. Horvitz Myron Weinstein Emil Reisel Louis H. Boyar Leon llutovich Seymore Weintraub Aaron Riche Herman D. Bragin Abraham Israel Herman L. Weisman Dr. Morton J. Robbins Simon Bricklin Melvin White Julius Rosbach Benjamin G. Browdy Harry JafFe Samuel P. Rose Mendel Wilkow Leo R. Burson David Jontcw Henry Rosenbaum Rabbi Leonard Winograd Hyman C. Caplan Max Kabatznick Bernard Rosenben Emory J. Worth Lewis Caplan Bernard Kaplan Dr. Harold Rosenberg Jacob G. Wyner Harold W. Carmely Abraham S. Kcrff Isidor Rosenblum Max Zimmer *Mrs. Deborah C. Cherey Boris M. Katz Charles RosengarJen Myer S. Zubkov Rabbi Armond E. Cohen Joseph Kaye James Ross Bernard B. Cohen Charles Kimerling MEMBERS EMERITUS Bertram Cohen Rabbi I. Usher Kirshblum Paul Safro Hon. Lester /arcnson Paul Cohen Hon. Joseph E. Klau Joseph Saidel Joseph K. Alliger Joseph Croog Alfred H. Kleinman Abram Salomon Morris S. Bromberg Leo Kor Harry Cohen *Boris L. De Love Joseph I. Sargon Emanuel Doft Fred H. Diamond Nathan Kornbluh Gilvert Savransky Michael Egnal er־Solomon Dinner Richard B. Kramer Hon. Albert D. Schan7 Irving Finkel Jacob M. Dinres Jacob Kriegel Joseph S. Scheinberg Abraham E. Finkelstein Benjamin J. Doft Abraham Krumbein Moses Schonfeld Dr. Mark N. Krug Walter Schwartz Ben M. Friedman George Edelstein Nathan I. Kuss Rabbi David Shapiro Rabbi Harry Halpern Joseph Edlin Mordechai Shapiro Max Harmelin Samuel Einheber Rabbi Morris A. Landes Mrs. Reba Shapiro Edward Hart Hon. Henry Ellenbcgen Benjamin Lasser Boris Shteinshleifer Judah B. Hellman Arthur H. Ellis Jack Lefkowitz Rabbi Joseph S. Shubow Maurice W. Heic'el Alfred J. Ellish Rabbi Irving Lehrman Rabbi Leo Shubow Dr. Paul Hurwitz Shoolem Ettinger Rabbi Moses Lehrman Bernard Shulman Philip H. Lassar Alex Falcon Morris Leibowitz Dr. Hyman D. Silver Rabbi Willicm S. Malev Israel Feiden Hon. Joseph H. Lerrer Rabbi Samuel Silver Robert A. Persky Sidney Letush Mendel N. Fisher Rabbi Hillel E. Silverman Carol Pickel Hon. Herbert S. Levin Hyman J. Fliegel Rabbi Baruch Silverman Milton Pollack Dr. Marcus Levinson Joseph Fremland Morris Simon C. Joseph Recht Rabbi Mordecai Levy Dr. Alexander S. Friedlander Rabbi Benjamin SinccvF Philip S. Resnikov J. Abe LifF Louis A. Friedman Leo Singer Dr. Paul Riebenfeld Dr. Percy Lightman Bernard Furman Samuel Singer Bernard M. Rifkin David Lowenthal Sol Slatin Rabbi Rudolph M. Rosenthal Joel Garver Reuben Levenson Jacques Slesinger Alexander A. Rothschild A. J. Geller Carmi M. Slomovitz *Moses Rubinson Irving Gerson Samuil Manski Maurice A. Smoler Samuel Saul, Jr. Jacob H. Gilbert Dr. Samuel Margoshes Jacob M. Snyder Albert Schiff Abraham Ginsburg Leon May Hon. Simon E. SobelofF Samuel Schorr Arnold R. Ginsburg Mortimer May Joseph W. Spector Hon. Hirsh Schpoont David Gold Sidney Mendelsohn *Samuel Steinbach Theodore Shotlen Milton Gold Harry Menzer Samuel B. Steinbach Max B. Shubin Jacob M. Goldenkcff David S. Meyer Isadore Strauss Maurice A. Smoler Hymen Goldman Rabbi Irving Miller Arnold Sullum Rabbi Joseph P. Sternsteln M. A. Golomb David Moskowitz Hon. M. Stanley Susskind Morton Wax Abraham Goodman Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz Robert Szold Charles Wolf Ellis Goodman Dr. Emanuel Neuman

Deceased־*

34 ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD 1966/67—5727

HAROLD W. CARMELY, Chairman SHOOLEM ETTINGER, Vice-Chairman

*SOLOMON BIEDERMAN JACK LEFKOWITZ DR. EDWARD T. SANDROW SEYMOUR BERMAN DR. MARCUS LEVINSON RABBI JOSEPH S. SHUBOW BENJAMIN J. DOFT DR. MAX NUSSBAUM HARRY TORCZYNER MENDEL N. FISHER ISSAC M. OBERMAN JACQUES TORCZYNER ABRAHAM GOODMAN GIDEON PATT MOSES TORCZYNER JACOB GOODMAN CAROL P1CKEL DR. HARRY F. WECHSLER JOSEPH W. GREENLEAF DR. MORTON J. ROBBINS HERMAN L. WEISMAN RABBI I. USHER KIRSHBLUM SAMUEL P. ROSE Ex-Officio: ABRAHAM KRUMBEIN PAUL SAFRO LEON ILUTOVICH

NATIONAL C H A I R M E N — 1 9 6 6 / 6 7 —5 7 2 7

Aliya Jewish Notional Fund SAMUEL WIGDER JUDGE ALBERT D. SCHANZER

Masada (Young Zionists) American Zionist JOSEPH HAUSMAN RABBI CHARLES E. SHULMAN Membership MENDEL N. FISHER American Zionist Fund CHARLES ROSENGARTEN National Liaison JOSEPH W. GREENLEAF, Associate Chairman DR. MARCUS LEVINSON, Southwest JACK LEFKOWITZ, Associate Chairman DAVID S. BERN, Midwest HERMAN L. WEISMAN, Chairman ISRAEL FE1DEN, Southeast Emanuel Neumann Cultural Center DAVID MOSKOWITZ, West Coast PAUL SAFRO, Chairman Mollie Goodman Academic High School Program, Education and Hebrew Culture American Zionist Youth Commission DR. DAVID RUDAVSKY JOSEPH S. SCHEINBERG, Chairman Public Affairs DR. MORTON J. ROBBINS, Honorary Chairman HARRY TORCZYNER, Chairman ARNOLD R. GINSBURG, Vice-Chairman Community Relations RABBI ARMOND E. COHEN MORTIMER MAY Chairman Universities Campus Activities

Speakers' & Artists' Bureau Constitution and By-Laws RABBI IRVING LEHRMAN *DAVID OPPENHEIM, Chairman ALFRED H. KLEIMAN, Vice-Chairman Special Events ABRAM SALOMON Economic Affairs Tourism SAMUEL P. ROSE BENJAMIN J. DOFT

Finance Committee United Nations PAUL SAFRO SIDNEY MORMAR

High School Education for American World Zionist Affairs RABBI I. USHER KIRSHBLUM Youth in Israel BORIS SHTEINSHLEIFER ZOA Activities in Israel DR. DAVID RUDAVSKY ABRAHAM GOODMAN

Israel Bonds ZOA Foundation President ELLIS GOODMAN ABRAHAM GOODMAN

IN ISRAEL

Management Committee of ZOA House in Tel Aviv

YOSEF SERLIN, M.K., Chairman DR. F. L. MEZGER CHARLES PASSMAN, Co-Chairman SHABBTAI MIRON DR. HANS CAPELL ARIEH WEINBERG JACOB GRAUMAN ITZHAK ZIV-AV DR. SHAUL LEVIN

Board of Directors of Kfar Silver

CHAIM DANIELI, Chairman MOSHE KIESELSTEIN JACOB GRAUMAN DAVID MORGENSTERN BARUCH GORDON LOUIS SITKOFF SHMUEL HIRSCHFELD *Deceased 35 NATIONAL STAFF

LEON ILUTOVICH Executive Director

DEPARTMENT HEADS ACCOUNTING IRWIN STAHL ALIYA YEHUDA GOLDENBERG ZIONIST AMERICAN ZIONIST FUND DR. JACOB Rubin "THE AMERICAN ZIONIST" DAVID E. HIRSCH ORGANIZATION ECONOMIC AFFAIRS YEHUDA GOLDENBERG ISRAEL BONDS NETTIE EISNER of AMERICA MAS AD A (Young Zionists) Ami•: EVEN MEMBERSHIP HABRY BRANTON MOLLIE GOODMAN ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL YEHUDA GOLDENBERG OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MELVINA FRASER ORGANIZATION HARRY BRANTON PRESS AND PUBLICITY ERNEST E. BARBARASH PROGRAM, EDUCATION & HEBREW CULTURE PUBLIC AFFAIRS RABBI JEROME UNGER PUBLICATIONS ERNEST E. BARBARASH SPEAKERS' AND ARTISTS' BUREAU BATYA BAUMAN TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL IRWIN Stahl TOURISM SARA NASH WOMEN'S COMMITTEES FOR PROJECTS IN ISRAEL BATYA BAUMAN WORLD ZIONIST AFFAIRS RACHMIEL WIRNIK ZOA ACTIVITIES IN ISRAEL LEON ILUTOVICII ZOA FOUNDATION DR. JACOB RUBIN "ZOA IN REVIEW" DAVID E. HIRSCH

IN ISRAEL

DIRECTOR OF KFAR SILVER Aron BILAUS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ZOA HOUSE ARON HEICHMAN CULTURAL DIRECTOR OF ZOA HOUSE BEZALEL WEINSHALL

REGIONAL DIRECTORS BRONX REGION EMANUEL WEINSTEIN BROOKLYN REGION COLIN MALAMET CENTRAL NEW YORK REGION ERNEST STIASSNY CENTRAL STATES REGION FRANK B. RUBIN CHICAGO REGION NATHAN HAMERMAN CLEVELAND REGION Gerda K. LEVINE CONNECTICUT REGION ERNEST STIASSNY LONG ISLAND REGION LOUIS SEGAL MANHATTAN REGION COLIN MALAMET MICHIGAN REGION MID-ATLANTIC REGION EZEKIEL LEIKIN NEW ENGLAND REGION EDWARD E. DAVIDSON NORTHERN PACIFIC REGION RALPH HUBERMAN NEW JERSEY REGION EMANUEL WEINSTEIN NORTHWEST REGION RHODE ISLAND REGION EDWARD E. DAVIDSON SEABOARD REGION AARON G. Blum SOUTHEAST REGION GIL RAPPAPORT SOUTHERN PACIFIC REGION JULIAN FLEG/TED SANDLER SOUTHWEST REGION ' NAHUM DAGANI TRI-STATE REGION HYMAN H. Kimel WESTCHESTER REGION DOROTHY WYNER

JUNIOR EXECUTIVES ANN CYBOWSKI FLORENCE RUDMAN ADELE SPIRO JULES LATES MILDRED SHINSKY BLANCHE WISEMAN ROSE LEVINSON FRANCES SOLOMON ASHER WOLK BEATRICE RUBIN