Dr. Eliahu Elath, president of the Hebrew University, today called for an increase in the number of American Jewish students attending the university in Jerusalem. In a statement here prior to his return to Israel, following a month-long visit to the United States, Dr. Elath said that there were about 200 Americans among the 300 students from abroad currently attending the university.
Expressing satisfaction over the increase in the number of American students during the past few years, Mr. Elath urged more American Jewish young men and women to attend the university to contribute to the development of a fuller understanding of American Jewry among the youth of Israel.
Referring to the expansion of the university, which now has a student body of 8,000 and an academic staff of 1,100, Mr. Elath pointed out that more than 50 percent of the faculty members are graduates of the Hebrew University. During the course of his one-month stay in this country, Dr. Elath visited 13 cities, and met with the heads of several American universities.
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