An increasing number of Israeli students are now studying German, second only to English in popularity, according to Prof. Michael Schlesinger, vice president of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. “This new development was unforeseeable 30 years ago,” he said. Schlesinger, who was in Freiburg to conclude an agreement between the Hebrew and Freiburg universities, added that the relatively large number of Hebrew University students studying German are also showing a growing interest in German history.
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