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Hebrew University Establishes Physical Training Center

May 6, 1942
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A center for physical culture and sport has been established at the Hebrew University here as part of the program to gear the University to the war effort, it was revealed today at a press conference by Dr. Eliezer Riger and Dr. Emmanuel Simon. The two professors also announced that special two-year courses for instructors in physical culture in the Jewish schools in Palestine have been set up. They stressed the fact that henceforth physical training will have a prominent place in the Jewish educational system.

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