Israel Official State Medal "United Jewish Appeal 25th Anniversary" 1963 Bronze 59mm
Description:
The United Jewish Appeal (UJA) was the chief fund raising instrument of the Jewish community in the United States until 1999, when it was incorporated into the United Jewish Communities (UJC), together with the Council of Jewish Federations (CJF), and United Israel Appeal, Inc. (UIA). Until then it combined the fund raising effort of the Joint Distribution Committee as well as that of the Israel United Fund. The combined appeal began its activities in 1939, a time when European Jewry was about to be faced with the Holocaust. Ever since, the Jewish Agency and the State of Israel have united in their historic task of rescuing Jews from the lands of oppression and settling them in Israel.
Obverse:
The obverse of the medal shows a schematic drawing of a ship from which new arrivals to Israel are disembarking. In the center, to the left, the verse: "Bring my sons ... and daughters from the end of the earth" (Isaiah 43:6). Around the rim, the English translation.
Reverse:
The reverse depicts the number "25" and the UJA emblem together with the words in English "years of rescue and rebuilding". To the right on a raised panel, the State emblem and underneath the English inscription "Presented by the State of Israel for leadership in the United Jewish Appeal". Below, on the right, the date "5723-1963".
