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Sixty-four American and Canadian Students Arrive in Isra

October 14, 1953
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Sixty-four students, from fourteen com### the United States and Canada, arrived here today to attend the Youth W### in Israel, a work and study program conducted under the auspices of Ha### Labor Zionist Youth and the Labor Zionist Organization of America.

From here the group, divided equally, proceeded to Kvutzat Geva ### Jezreel Valley and to Kfar Blum in the Upper Galilee. They will partic### work of the two settlements, but half of each day will be set aside for th### receive instruction in Hebrew and other subjects related to Israel. The ###tors are carefully selected from among the educational staffs of the set###

This group is the third yearly workshop. This educational project ### three years ago and each workshop group has been larger than its prede### Participants of the workshop range in age from seventeen to twenty-five### carefully selected by a National Board of Admissions.

In addition to their regular program of work and study, the group w### in many tours of the country, and will have an occasion to meet with his### Israel officials during a special seminar in which the workshop particip### year. Most of the group are students on leavesof absence from their c### and universities.

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