The provisional World Council on Jewish Education decided here today to proceed with the creation of a Jewish educational clearing house in Jerusalem for the assembly and dissemination of educational information, and to begin preparations for opening next year four such clearing houses in Europe and elsewhere.
The decisions were among a number of steps taken during the meeting of the presidium of the provisional council, in accordance with earlier resolutions, adopted in New York last March. The presidium members also decided to hold a meeting of the provisional council in Brussels, March 11-12, 1964 to adopt a program for 1964-66. A second World Conference on Jewish Education will be held in 1966.
The presidium requested participating organizations and communities to contribute toward a 1964 budget of at least $100,000. Various Jewish organizations have indicated readiness to contribute such funds.
The presidium members, taking note of the shortage of Jewish teachers, agreed that this problem should be given priority in the work of the global educational body. The members decided to complete, by the end of October, selection of the first 45 members of the provisional council, so that it could nominate 15 additional members to balance the composition of the council in regard to educators and lay leaders, as well as in terms of various Jewish educational approaches. The presidium also said it would set up an advisory group of educators to advise the educational council and subsequently the permanent council on policy programming.
Members of the presidium are Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Label A. Katz, Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, Philip Lown and Dr. V.V. Modiano.
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