A planeload of 120 American and Canadian college students will take off tomorrow night from Kennedy International Airport for a two-month study tour of Israel under the auspices of the Histadrut National Committee for Labor Israel. On Wednesday, a second group, comprised of high school students, will also fly to Israel. The students will visit kibbutzim and other agricultural settlements, and study first-hand the sociology and cultural life of modern Israel.
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