The American Student Program for one-year study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been launched for the 10th consecutive year, it was announced here today by Prof. Oscar I. Janowsky of the City College of New York, who is chairman of this program, sponsored by the American Friends of the Hebrew University.
Professor Janowsky said that interviews of prospective participants are already under way, and urged other interested college students to submit their applications as speedily as possible. The program encompasses undergraduates who have completed at least two years of college, as well as recent college graduates. Some elementary knowledge of Hebrew is required, and candidates are expected to begin to study Hebrew while still in America as preparation for the year in Israel.
A number of partial scholarships are available to qualified students who are in need of financial assistance. In 1962, the Abe Wouk Foundation, of which the author Herman Wouk is president, undertook an experimental program of scholarship for participants in the American Student Program. The Foundation’s program will continue in 1964.
In a statement issued on behalf of the American Student Program Committee, Prof, Janowsky described the program as follows: “It enables American students to savor another culture at first hand; and, through the presence of a group of serious students, contributes to a better understanding in Israel of American and American-Jewish ideals and institutions.”
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