W. J. C. Discusses Position of Jews in Russia and in Latin America

The position of the Jews in Latin America and in this Soviet Union were among the topics dealt with at the meeting here this weekend of the administrative committee of the World Jewish Congress. Some 35 delegates attended the meeting at which Dr. Nahum Goldmann, WJC president, presided.

Also discussed at the meeting was Christian – Jewish relations in the light of the Ecumenical Council. Dr. Goldmann announced at the meeting that the World Jewish Congress will establish in honor of Dr. Nehemiah Robinson, late director of the WJC Institute of Jewish Affairs, a number of scholarships in Jewish studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The next meeting of the World Jewish Congress will be held in Israel next July.