A chair for the study of modern and ancient Hebrew civilization has been established at the University of Strasbourg, it was announced here today. The action by the Ministry for National Education came after several months of discussion between officials of the Israel Embassy here and French authorities.
The establishment of the chair will aid the development of a corps of professors of modern Hebrew in this country and the establishment of regular Hebrew courses in the high schools, There is a possibility that the Israel Government will send a number of lecturers to France to assist in setting up the new department at the University of Strasbourg. The new chair will be occupied by Prof. Andre Neher who already conducts a Hebrew course at the university.
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