Hebrew is no longer being taught at the Tarbut Hebrew school here, which was recently included in the government’s school nationalization program. Although all the children attending the school are Jewish, many of the Jewish teachers have been replaced by Christian instructors.
The number of Jewish children who will be afforded an opportunity by the Joint Distribution Committee to spend several weeks at a summer camp during the next few months will be greater than that of last year, it was revealed here. More than 2,000 youngsters will be included in this year’s program as compared with some 1,500 who were sent by the J.D.C. to summer rest areas in 1948.
In addition, this year the Orthodox groups will run their own camps. Each child staying in an Orthodox resort will remain approximately four weeks and will receive 2,000 calories daily. The J.D.C., meanwhile, is selecting the children who will be sent to its camps with great care and will allow only those whose parents are in dire economic straits or who require mountain air to be sent to summer resorts.
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