A goal of 15,000 young people, college and high school students for the Israel summer programs within the next few years was announced here yesterday by Chaim Ganel, director general of the Youth and Hechalutz Department of the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem. He is visiting the American Zionist Youth Foundation and conferring with Dr. Arnulf M. Pins, chairman of the board of trustees of the American Zionist Youth Foundation, and William Levine, the Foundation executive director. Eleven thousand of the 15,000 expected participants will come from the U.S. as compared with 3,000 last year and 4,200 in 1970. Mr. Ganel also announced the doubling of the Sherut La’am program from the U.S. during the next year from 250 to 500. Sherut La’am is a one-year work and study program for young Americans ages 18 to 30.
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