Seventy American youngsters between the ages of 15 and 17 leave for Israel this month to take a year of high school study in Israel as participants in the America-Israel Secondary School Program of the Department of Education and Culture of the World Zionist Organization, it was announced by Dr. Abraham P. Gannes, director of the Department of Education and Culture of the World Zionist Organization–American Section. They will attend three high schools in Israel. An additional group of 75 American high school students will leave on Sept. 1, to attend the Mollie Goodman Academic High School program of the Zionist Organization of America.
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