B’nai B’rith to Establish Hillel Foundation at Zurich University

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March 28, 1961

WASHINGTON (Mar. 27)

B’nai B’rith this weekend voted to establish a Hillel foundation at the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, bringing to 236 the number of such institutions maintained throughout the world. The new foundation will serve approximately 300 Jewish students attending the university and the Zurich Institute of Technology.

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