The first among the 8000 youth expected to arrive this summer on the Jewish Agency “summer project” arrived this week. Some 100,000 Jewish youth have visited Israel since 1948 in the “summer projects.” This year, the visits will emphasize education and not tourism, Avraham Katz, head of the Jewish Agency’s youth and hechaulutz department said. The common denominator of the various courses the youth will take is the deepening of knowledge on the subjects of Judaism and Zionism.
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