There are some 30,000 prospective immigrants currently registered with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in various parts of the world, an increase of about 5,000 over last year, it was reported here today by Dr. Arthur T. Jacobs, executive director of HIAS, who has just returned from a one-month tour of HIAS installations in Europe and Israel. He added that HIAS expects to be able to move about 5,000 of these people during 1954.
Dr. Jacobs reported that HIAS’ program for housing single men and women among the recent immigrants to Israel is operating successfully with some 3,000 persons living in about 100 shelters operated jointly with various Israeli institutions. He said that the 300 credit unions operated jointly by HIAS and the Jewish Agency are of “enormous benefit” in the assimilation of recent immigrants in Israel.
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