Decrease in Rabbis and Jewish Educators in Latin-america Deplored at Zionist Congress

The “alarming decrease” in the number of rabbis and Jewish educators in the Latin-American countries was pointed out here today by speakers at the Latin-American Zionist Congress who appealed to Palestine to send teachers here. The delegates deplored the lack of Jewish schools in Argentina, which has the largest Jewish community in South America. At the same time, they lauded the training schools operated by the ORT and the OSE there.

The congress adopted-a resolution calling on the World Zionist Executive in Jerusalem to establish a Latin-America section with an affiliated council on which all the Jewish communities of the Central and South American republics would be represented. Speakers urged expansion of Zionist youth, education and propaganda activities in Latin-America.