A party of 38 young men and women, members of Habonim, the Labor Zionist youth organization, sailed for Israel to attend the eighth Youth Workshop in the Jewish State. The American and Canadian young people will spend 11 months at Kibbutz Kfar Blum in agricultural work and study seminars, interspersed with educational trips and excursions throughout Israel.
On the same vessel, the S.S. Zion, 21 members of Young Judea sailed for a year’s living, working and studying in Israel’s towns and settlements. The course is sponsored by the youth and hechalutz department of the Jewish Agency.
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