A Palestine scholarship by virture of which a qualified young man or woman will spend a few months in study and direct contact with the creative forces in the Holy Land was announced Friday by the trustees of the Lena Socolow Palestine Scholarship Fund.
It is intended that this scholarship be awarded annually to a person over eighteen years old, resident in the metropolitan area, who has a speaking knowledge of Hebrew, has pursued courses of Jewish study and has been identified with organized Jewish youth activity.
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