The Youth Aliyah movement has blueprinted schedules for absorbing 100,000 children and youths in the next five years, Moshe Kol, member of the Jewish Agency executive and chief of its Youth Aliyah department, said today in reporting on the movement’s achievements and plans on completion of 15 years of existence.
About 40,000 youngsters have passed through Youth Aliyah institutions, Mr. Kol said, adding that 15,000 were still being trained in 220 absorption centers in all parts of Israel. These centers receive 1,000 newcomers monthly for study under 2,000 permanently mobilized teachers and councellors.
Mr. Kol stressed that the next most important task confronting his department is the rescue of Middle East youth, as only a very small number are left in Europe. One thousand youths are still cared for by the Central Jewish Committee in Poland, he said, which is raising difficulties about their transfer to Israel, while 2,000 others are spread among Christian families and organizations in Poland.
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