Professor Rene Cassin, President of the Alliance Israelite Universelle and the recipient of the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize, addressed the annual meeting of the American Friends of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. He invited the members of the organization and American Jewish leaders generally to attend the first world congress of Friends of the Alliance Israelite Universelle that will take place during June 1970 in Jerusalem. The centenary of the Alliance agricultural school, Mikveh Israel, will be celebrated at one of the sessions of the congress. Marcel Franco, president of the American Friends and vice president of the Central Committee of the Alliance, reporting on the school networks of the Alliance in Israel and other countries of the Mediterranean area, stated the schools have an enrollment of over 20,000 and continue to play a vital part in Israel, as well as among the Jewish communities of the Moslem world.
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