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58 Per Cent of Books Read at Jewish National Library Were Not in Hebrew

January 13, 1928
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Fifty-eight and two-tents per cent, of the 4,403 books read at the Hebrew University Library during the month of November were in languages other than Hebrew, states a report issued by the library. Of this 58.2 per cent, first place was taken by German. 24.4 percent., Yiddish came next with 10 percent., and next in order were Russian. 9 percent. English, 8.6 per cent., and French, 3.7 percent.

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