The eleventh world congress of Jewish student organizations opened here today with 25 representatives of student groups in 13 countries, including Germany, joining eight representatives of Israel groups.
The congress is scheduled to consider and act on a number of organizational problems as well as plans for promoting closer contact among the various student organizations. The delegates to the congress represent groups with a total membership in excess of 250,000.
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