The creation of a Maimonides Foundation by the New York Sephardic Community to assist in the establishment of the first medical school in Palestine, the Hebrew University-Hadassah school, was announced here by Sason Zacharia and Jacob Russo, co-chairmen of the newly formed organization. A division of the new school will bear Maimonides’ name.
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