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Argentine Jewish Leader Reports on Cultural Ties with Israel

March 17, 1954
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The formal establishment of an Argentine chair at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem will take place next month, it was reported here today by Dr. Salvador Kibrick, president of the Fundacion Catedra Republica Argentina, who arrived here from Israel where he completed the arrangements for the establishment of the chair.

Dr. Kibrick indicated that a “Republica Argentina House” will be built in Jerusalem and that the Argentine chair at the Hebrew University marks only the beginning of a campaign to encourage close scientific and cultural relations between the schools of higher learning in Israel and the universities in Argentina.

The leader of Argentine Jewry emphasized that the subjects which will be taught by the Argentine department at the Hebrew University will include history, geography, economics and culture of all Latin American countries, with special emphasis on Argentina’s history and literature as well as the role of Argentina in Latin America. There will also be a course on the contributions of Argentine Jewry to the progress of their country.

Dr. Kibrick revealed that the Jews of Brazil, Chile and other South American countries will be urged to contribute toward the building of the projected Argentine House in Israel, or to build their own pavilions there and establish their own chairs at the Hebrew University.

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