More than 3,000 students will attend this academic year eight secondary schools built in development towns in Israel by the Education Fund of the United Jewish Appeal, two officials of the fund reported today.
Charles J. Bensley, president, and Ralph I. Goldman, director of the fund issued the report after meetings with members of the Israel Cabinet and the Jewish Agency. The report said that in the three years since the fund was created, it had raised $18,500,000. The projects of the fund are administered by the Jewish Agency and the United Jewish Appeal, Inc.
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