A new one-year study program for American college students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been launched for the ninth consecutive year, it was announced here today by Philip G. Whitman, president of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, which sponsors this educational undertaking. The American Student Program Committee of the organization stated that applications must be received before January 15, 1963. Professor Oscar I. Janowsky, of the City College of New York, is chairman of the committee.
The program encompasses undergraduates who have completed at least two years of college, as well as recent college graduates. Although prior knowledge of Hebrew is not absolutely required, some familiarity with the language is regarded as highly desirable, and candidates are expected to begin to study Hebrew while still in America as preparation for the year in Israel, the committee stated.
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