Eighteen American students from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, will spend 17 days on a kibbutz near the Red Sea port of Eilat next month for an on-the-spot study of a “unique society” in action, the American Zionist Youth Foundation announced today. The youngsters who leave for Israel on Jan. 5,will be accompanied by their teacher. Prof. Stuart Hills of the Sociology Department, They will receive full credit for the course. The visit was arranged by the American Zionist Youth Foundation and the Jewish Agency’s youth department. Their stay at Kibbutz Yotvatah will be divided between work and study. They will spend three days in Jerusalem and a week touring Israel.
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