The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization decided here this weekend, during a meeting of the executive board, to “stimulate and participate” in the celebrations of the hundredth anniversaries of the birth of two famous Jewish personalities — Sholom Aleichem and Henri Bergson.
The decision of the executive board followed a resolution adopted by UNESCO’s last general conference, last November, to have the organization participate in such celebrations. The names of personalities to be included on the list of celebrations were supplied by member-governments of UNESCO. The resolution pointed out the relevance of the Sholom Aleichem and Bergson anniversaries and noted that Sholom Aleichem was born on February 18, 1859, and that Bergson — French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner — had been born October 18, 1859.
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