The 74-member annual Young Leadership Mission of the United Jewish Appeal returned here this weekend from a four-week survey of UJA-supported immigrant re-settlement and refugee aid programs in Israel and France.
The mission, whose members range in age from 25 to 40, while in Israel observed immigrant reception and rehabilitation programs financed by the UJA. In France, the group toured welfare installations for the 160,000 Jewish refugees from Algeria and other North African and European countries.
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