More than 1,100 Americans will attend educational and cultural programs in Israel this summer under the auspices of the Jewish Agency, it was announced today by Mrs. Rose Halprin, acting chairman of the American section of the Agency.
Mrs. Halprin stated that 12 projects from five weeks to a year long had been set up. She said the participants were high school students and adults and included Israeli Government officials, educators and authorities in various fields. “Our primary aim,” Mrs. Halprin said, “is to help Americans to gain insight into Israel’s social, economic and cultural development.”
The Hadassah announced today that 91 members of Junior Hadassah and Young Judaea, from all parts of the United States, will participate in the 1958 summer-in-Israel institute. Forty-seven members of Young Judaea departed for Israel by air today and will fly back to the United States on August 27. Forty-four members of Junior Hadassah will leave for Israel by air this week and return to the United States on September 11, after a 15-day crossing on the S.S. Zion. Aboard ship, they will participate in a special leadership training course.
Since 1950, the youth activities department of Hadassah has set aside a sum of money for scholarships for members of Young Judaea and Junior Hadassah desiring to take part in the Summer-in-Israel Institute. In the past eight years, National Hadassah contributed $75,000 in scholarships toward enabling more than 400 Young Judeans to attend the Israel Institute. Similarly, National Hadassah contributed during the same period $40,000 to enable 135 Junior Hadassah members to study at summer-in-Israel institutes.
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