A three-month course on the theory of Jewish migration and the methods of Jewish emigrant aid in connection with practical past-war activities in these fields was announced here today by the Hias-Ica Emigration Association. It will be held under the auspices of the New School for Social Research.
The course, which opens this Saturday, will help to train those social workers who are already equipped, or are in process of being equipped for overseas activities. Saturday’s opening session will be addressed by Alvin Johnson, director of the New School for Social Research, Earl G. Harrison, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization; Paul van Zeeland, former Prime Minister of Belgium, Pierre Waelbroeck, chief of the Migration Division of the International Labor Office; and Max Gottschalk, president of the Hias-Ica Emigration Association.
The course will start with a series of lectures giving a general review of the origin and character of modern migrations. The international, historical, demographic and economic aspects of migrations will be explained and the theory of migratory movements will be expounded. This will be followed by a series of sessions surveying the laws and regulations dealing with migrations in various countries. Other lectures will deal with the specific problems of Jewish migrations. The causes and effects of Jewish migration and the various phases of Jewish migrations. The causes and effects of Jewish migration and the various phases of Jewish colonization will be discussed. Information will also be give about the various government agencies and private organizations which in one way or another deal with migration work.
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