An exchange of teachers and pupils between New York City and Israel was proposed here by Dr. Bernard Donovan, New York City School Superintendent. New York City already has such exchanges with Norway, Britain and Japan.
He made the proposal at a ground-breaking ceremony for the Lea and Monroe Goldwater Comprehensive High School, honoring Mr. Goldwater who was president for 17 years of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. Dr. Donovan said that, on his return to New York, he would start work on an exchange plan for teachers for a one or two year stay.
The Goldwater School is one of 32 educational projects, 12 of them comprehensive high schools, activated by the Israel Education Fund of the U.J.A., since its inauguration in September, 1964. Speakers at the ground-breaking ceremony, in addition to Dr. Donovan, were Charles J. Bensley, president of the Israel Education Fund; Zalman Aranne, Israel Minister of Education and Culture; Jewish Agency chairman Louis A. Pincus, and Yosef Levy, Mayor of Eilat. Mr. and Mrs. Goldwater were present.
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