Plans for setting up a fund for aiding poor Algerian Jews who wish to emigrate to countries other than Israel were set in motion today when the Jewish Committee for Social Studies met with other Jewish organizations to discuss methods of helping Jews of modest means to emigrate before the political situation rendered it difficult, if not impossible.
Countries considered as possibilities for such immigration were Canada, Australia and several Latin American nations. Since the events of last December, when the Algiers Great Synagogue was sacked, the Jewish community has been living in great anxiety in view of persistent rumors concerning their status in a future independent Algeria.
Ulpanim, centers for the intensive study of Hebrew, have now been organized in three different parts of the city by the Education and Culture Department of the Jewish Agency, in view of the increasing number of Jews wishing to emigrate to Israel. The courses offer instruction in Hebrew for six hours per week to supplement existing Hebrew courses. Special trips to Israel at reduced rates, are being offered to middle class Jews here to enable them to investigate the possibilities of investment and immigration to Israel.
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