Glasgow Committee of the Joint Palestine Appeal

The Glasgow JPA Committee was the Glasgow branch of the Joint Palestine Appeal the forerunner of the United Jewish Israel Appeal/UJIA Scotland, the main fund raising body to support the Zionist colony in Palestine. The formation of Joint Palestine Appeal (JPA) was in 1947. In 1973, it officially became the Joint Israel Appeal and in 1997 the United Jewish Israel Appeal.

Timeline

• 1973 - Glasgow J.P.A. Committee Chairmen—B. Bell. Gen. Secretary-M. J. Newman, 43, Queen Square, Glasgow, G41 2BD. Tel.: 041-423 8785.
• 1952-53 -
  • Hon. Presidents-Sir Maurice Bloch, A. Links, Fred Nettler, J.P., S. M. Lipsey Hyman Woolfson
  • Hon. Vice-Presidents H. Furst I. Lazarus
  • Chairmen-Isaac Sclar, Berl Wober
  • Treasurer-S. Mail
  • Publicity Conveners— J. M. Green, G. Levine Hon. Organisers—E. Woolfson, L. Cina Hon. Secretaries-T. Lucatz, L. Wolfson, M.P.S.
  • Executive Council- S. Burton, H. Silver, A. Davidson, Dr. S. Haase, W. Silver, J. Sunderland, H. Ginsberg, M. Gold, W. Golombok, E. Blint, J. Harris, H. B. Livingstone
  • General Secretary—L. Schuster, 6, Dixon Street, Glasgow, C.1
• 1951-2 - Glasgow J.P.A. Committee
  • Hon. Presidents Sir Maurice Bloch, A. Links, Fred Nettler, J.P.
  • Hon. Vice-Presidents H. Furst, I. Lazarus
  • Chairmen—S. M. Lipsey, H. Woolfson Treasurers- Berl Wober, M. A. Stone, B.L.
  • Conveners- I. Wolfson, M.P.S., W. Golombok Hon. Organisers- E. Woolfson, I. Sclar
  • Hon. Secretary- I. Naftalin, 24, Queen's Drive, Glasgow, S.2
  • Executive Council S. Burton, L Cina, H. Silver, A. Davidson, J. Sunderland, H. Ginsberg, M. Gold, T. Lucatz
  • General Secretary- L. Schuster, 6, Dixon Street, Glasgow, C.1

See also

• Glasgow Committee of the United Palestine Appeal
• Edinburgh JPA Committee
• UJIA Scotland

Resources

• https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F203452