Speech #1040008939

Jewish Family Service. and Hillel Academy and Merkaz Community Hebrew High School. The Jewish Federation of Greater Bridgeport. through the continuing national work of the United Jewish Appeal. has aided both with social and humanitarian services countless hundreds of thousands of Jews in Israel and in 40 countries the world over. The tide of peace in 1994 has rolled in and washed over the nations and peoples of the Middle East as never before. witnessed by the signing of a treaty ensuring peaceful cohabitation in the region between the people of Jordan and Israel. limited selfrule of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Jericho and the Gaza Strip. and the final emigration of Jews from Syria while talks continue between those two nations toward a comprehensive peace. The annual combined super Sunday telethon campaign of the Jewish Federation of Greater Bridgeport. and the United Jewish Appeal will take place on Sunday. February 5. 1995. in order to raise vitally needed funds to continue providing these worthwhile services here at home. in Israel. and around the world.*