Achievements by Youth Aliyah in efforts to alleviate the problems of culturally retarded immigrant children in Israel, were lauded here today by Dr. Judah J. Shapiro, secretary of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and chairman of the Youth Reference Board of Hadassah, who spoke to more than 600 leaders of Hadassah at the organization’s annual Youth Aliyah conference here.
Dr. Shapiro, who returned last month from a four-week visit to Israel, said that about 100 “culturally handicapped” children are now participating in the Youth Aliyah program, in which special pedagogic techniques are employed to enable these youngsters to make up for lost time in learning; to prepare them for organized group living and to accept social responsibility.
A highlight of the conference was the presentation of a special “Mother Award” to Mrs. Siegfried Kramarsky, national president of Hadassah, “for her enduring devotion to the cause of Youth Aliyah.” The award was presented to Mrs. Kramarsky by Mrs. Max M. Meth, Hadassah’s national Youth Aliyah fund-raising chairman.
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