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Three Groups Issue Report on Survey of Jewish Education in Europe

October 9, 1956
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A series of proposals for Jewish inter-community cooperation in religious, cultural and educational work was made here today in a special report issued by Alliance Israelite Universelle, the American Jewish Committee and the Anglo Jewish Association.

The report is based on a five-country survey sponsored by the three organizations following a consultative conference held by the organizations in London last year. The survey had been conducted in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland.

The survey had disclosed the need for more suitable textbooks and Jewish cultural material for children, and the report suggests the establishment of a central European body of educational experts to aid creation or adaptation of such materials. The report notes “fundamental weaknesses of most Jewish youth groups” and proposes that programmatic aids stressing Jewish content be drawn up for such groups.

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