A contract has been signed for the purchase of a five-acre tract of land in the Bayit Vagan quarter of Jerusalem on which the local branch of the Yeshiva University of New York will be built. Construction will begin as soon as the building plans are approved. Land acquisition and building of the university complex are being handled by the Caroline and Joseph Gross Centre of Yeshiva University.
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