The Jewish Agency reported today that 3, 500 Jewish teachers, rabbis and university students from 14 countries took part this year in the Agency’s vacation-in-Israel summer program during 1965. The largest single group came from the United States. Since the program was started 15 years ago, nearly 29, 000 Jews have taken part.
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