The State Department announced today that Louis Kraft, general secretary of the national council of the National Jewish Welfare Board, will leave for Israel to lecture on welfare work at the School of Social Work in Jerusalem, under a project sponsored by the U.S. Government. The lectures, which start on Oct. 1, will continue for five months.
Mr. Kraft’s appointment was made under the provisions of the U.S. Information and Education Exchange Act of 1948, through which Congress authorized as an essential part of the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States a program of educational interchange between this country and other nations.
The School of Social Work in Jerusalem, the only one in Israel, is sponsored by the government’s Ministry of Social Welfare, with the Hebrew University supervising the institution’s pedagogy, assisting in selecting students, planning curricula and appinting lecturers. The school trains qualified social workers for employment by the state or voluntary organizations.
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