A permanent Zionist student organization on the college campuses of the United States and Canada has been established, it was announced today by the American Zionist Council, under whose sponsorship the new national group will function. The organization was formed by several hundred students from 60 colleges, who just concluded a convention here.
The purpose of the new organization is “to interpret to the general community, students and faculty, the meaning and promise of Zionism and the State of Israel; to encourage Jewish students in the study of, and participation in, all aspects of affirmative Jewish living; and to aid them to creative self-fulfillment through identification with the ideals and achievements of the Zionist movement including aliyah to Israel.”
Other aims of the Student Zionist Organization, as promulgated in resolutions adopted by the delegates, include: the promotion of the Hebrew language, the establishment of projects to benefit Israel’s culture and economy, the creation of a program to interpret Israel realistically and to combat Arab propaganda, the encouragement of migration to Israel, and the establishment of a Zionist education program in the student group on the campuses.
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