Thirty-five American members of the Hashomer Hatzarir, between 15 and 17 years-of-age, today sailed on the S.S. Atlantic for Israel to participate in the Moshe Furmansky Educational Institute in Hazorea, which will last for six months. All have been given leaves of absence from their respective high schools and colleges.
The 35 youths will work in agricultural settlements for half-a-day and will spend the rest of the day in classroom work studying Jewish history, the history of the state of Israel and other subjects. The objective of the Institute is to train a cadre of young people for leadership work with Zionist youth groups in the United States.
The Institute, which will be an annual project, is dedicated to the memory of Moshe Furmansky, a former educational worker of the Zionist movement who spent many years in America organizing and educating Jewish youth groups, and was killed in Mishmar Haemek during the war for Israel’s independence. Furmansky was one of the members of the Mishmar Haemak settlement.
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