JDC’s Ralph Goldman Celebrates 100
“They say a person has to decide what to be and what to do. What to be comes from nature. What to do comes from vision. And Ralph had a rare combination of the two,” said Peres. “To be, no body can compete – to his devotion, his honesty, seriousness, and ability. And to do – he did impossible jobs and responsibilities. Whether in the United States, in Israel, or in the Joint. And he won everyone’s respect.”
After recalling their history together and Goldman’s role in the Haganah, in leading nation-building projects throughout Israel’s history, and his remarkable tenure at the Joint, Peres reflected that Goldman’s “doings are on the record, his being is a contribution in its own importance of the nature of Jewish life and the nature and character of the Joint.”