The Council of Administration of the Jewish Colonization Association announced today plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of JCA by erection of a building for a cultural and recreational center for school children in Israel. The building will serve such children in the Beer Tuvia and Kfar Warburg settlements, and the surrounding district, in which the JCA’s postwar colonization programs have been mainly concentrated.
Sir Henry D’Avidgor Goldsmid, JCA president, said the council also decided to provide a special grant to the Hebrew University for scholarships for agricultural students who are new immigrants. The JCA also will provide grants to children and to Youth Aliyah, the Mikveh Israel Agricultural School and the Alliance Israel Trade school in Jerusalem.
The JCA also took note of the problems arising from the heavy influx into France of Jewish refugees from North Africa. The Council decided to increase its contribution to a fund set up by the JCA, the Joint Distribution Committee, the Central British Fund and other Jewish welfare groups to help such immigrants find permanent settlement.
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