A bill providing for all national minority schools in Bulgaria to be given the same status by the government as that enjoyed by Bulgarian state schools, was introduced in the parliament several days ago. It was hailed as a progressive measure at a two-day conference of Jewish teachers which opened here today.
The Jewish Consistory in Sofia today celebrated the return by the government of the local Jewish hospital to the Jewish community. Public Health Minister Ratcho Angeloff, speaking in behalf of the Government, said he hoped the hospital would become a model institution. A representative of the Joint Distribution Committee, which equipped the hospital, declared that it was a gift of American Jewry.
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