The Polish Government was praised here today by S. Z. Shragai, head of the Jewish Agency’s immigration department, for showing understanding of the desire of many Jews in Poland to emigrate to Israel.
Addressing a press conference, the Jewish Agency official said that some of the recent immigrants in Israel come from areas where Yiddish culture was unknown and where there had been no Zionist propaganda for decades. He pointed out that they constitute “excellent material” but, at the same time, their lack of education in “Jewishness” raised many spiritual problems in Israel.
The immigration chief revealed that at this very moment 200,000 Jews would like to come to Israel, but that no more than 100,000 could be accepted because of a lack of facilities. Mr. Shragai said that since last October 60,000 Jews had come into Israel.
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