The Israel Educational Prize was awaked recently to American Mizrachi Women’s Kfar Batya Children’s Village in Raanana, near Tel Aviv for an interethnic music project, called an “experiment in harmony.” President Yitzhak Navon, at a ceremony in his home, presented the Ministry of Education and Culture’s citation of appreciation to Mordechai Sobol, 27, Kfar Batya’s music instructor who originated the prize-winning program.
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