The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society has purchased from the Vatican a partly completed monastery in Jerusalem for the use of women medical and nursing students at the Hebrew University, it was announced here yesterday.
Upon its completion in 1953, the building will be used as a dormitory for some 100 women, most of whom are recent immigrants to the Jewish State. The structure, whose total cost upon completion will be in the neighborhood of $200,000, is located in the Katamon quarter of the city.
Ben Touster, president of HIAS, reported that the society became interested in the project last Fall when it learned that expansion of the curriculum and student body of the University was hampered by a lack of housing facilities for students. Many of the University’s immigrant students are currently living at shelters in Israel maintained by HIAS, he pointed out.
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