Word: histadruth
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...Direct Outgrowth." Beyond the U.J.A., such bodies as Hadassah (women's Zionist organization), Histadruth (U.S. branch of Israel's labor organization) and the Zionist Organization of America raise about $15 million a year for specialized Israeli projects, e.g., schools, hospitals, youth groups. And beyond all charitable activity, the Bonds for Israel drive (the income from its 4% bonds is subject to taxation) has raised since 1951 the staggering sum of $275 million. The total breakdown: $800,000 worth of bonds sold every week. These bonds, say Bonds for Israel officials, are popular with gentiles as well as with...
...Orthodox Jews, a great majority of whom are Orientals, perceive that the only long-run hope of the governing European socialist group to keep its hold on the nation is through education of children. The Orthodox Jews object to turning the children of immigrants over to schools run by Histadruth, the semi-official socialist trade union and cooperative movement...
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