A party of 330 Jewish students from the United States. Britain and Switzerland arrived in Israel yesterday to attend the seventh annual Summer Seminary sponsored by the Jewish Agency. Earlier, a party of 49 American students arrived.
Eventually some 900 students from many countries will attend the study-work courses. They will live and work in Israel’s settlements and urban areas for seven weeks this summer. All of them are affiliated with Jewish organizations in their own countries.
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