U.S. universities should not discourage their students from studying in Israel, said the umbrella group for American Jewry. The statement by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations came after several schools considered denying credit to students studying in Israel next semester because of a State Department advisory warning U.S. citizens against traveling there.
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