Thirty students, 29 of them non-Jews, have enrolled in the course in Yiddish to be given this year at the University of Amsterdam by Dr. Leib Fuks, it was announced here today. The course is given within the framework of the permanent lectureship in Yiddish at the university. The Dutch Government announced recently that, for the first time in the history of the university, it will subsidize this year courses in Yiddish and in Hebrew, both to be conducted by Dr. Fuks. Registration for the Hebrew courses is still in progress.
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