Page Thursday, February 29, 1968 Thursday, February 29, 1968 ______THE_JEW __ ISH POST - ~ TOUJUST S~ m TOURlST sUPPLEMENT Page n '1"IIB JBWiBB POST tion seminar, including lectures and School and the various religious 20th ANNIVERSARY YEAR short field trips. During this period shrines. STUDENTS TO HELP ISRAEL they will meet with leading govern­ The student visitors will also be ment, union, education, army and taken to such places as Rehovot, the student group representatives. centre of Israel's scientific research; Israel's Tourism Ministry CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY For the next two weeks the visi­ the Negev, , lower and upper tors will get a taste of kibbutz life, Galilee. They will have a chance perilous conditions. They will help In the summer of 1967, hundreds countries. working side by side with Israell for rest and recreation at Mediter­ Announce Tourist Events celebrate Israel's 20th anniversary. of American and Canadian youths In the summer of 1968, hundreds young people. Fruit picking and ranean resort cities before starting They will visit Israel as partici­ London (JTA) - Early in January the director-general of Israel's visiting Israel enthusiastically offered of college students and younger boys other farm work will occupy their on a 14-day guided tour of Italy, pants in three types of non-profit Ministry of Tourism disclosed an impressive calendar of events with which their services to the young nation in and girls will again converge on days from 6 a,m. to 12 noon. They Switzerland and France. Israel but this time their volunteer youth programs sponsored by the Israel will mark her 20th anniversary year in 1968 and which, she hopes, the emergency before its swift vic­ will have afternoons for recreational Kibbutz and vacation tours for Histadrut Foundation for Educa- will not only attract a record number of visitors from abroad but perma­ tory over the surrounding Arab services will be offered under less and sports activities and evenings college students will ·be available tional Travel. This is a special pro­ nent residents and immigrants as well. for socializing, discussions and on ten different starting dates, with ject conducted by Histadrut, Israel's Meir de ShaJit, who stopped here to launch a tourist promotion cam­ classes in conversational Hebrew. the first scheduled to leave June SUMMER ADDRESS: "TEEN TOWN," ISRAEL labor federation, to promote under­ paign, said thai preparations for the 20th alUliversary program were being The next 12 days will ·be devoted 16 and lasting through August 7 standing 'between American and made on the highest Government leveL Preparations are in the hands of to touring ,Israel. This will include and the last to leave July 11 and Israeli young people. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, who heads a special ministerial committee visits to , Jaffa and unified winding up September 8. The most popular of these pro­ appointed for the purpose. The director-general <>f the Prime Minister's where they will tour Described ,by Mr. Mermelstein grams, availa·ble to college students, office, Dr. Yaakov Herzog, is personally in charge of implementing the numerous points of interest in both as the lowest priced of any Israel­ is the seven and a half-week k.b­ the new and old cities, such as the European college student vacation program. butz and vacation program, which Hebrew University, the Knesset program, the Histadrut kibbutz and The international diamond industry will hold its convention in Israel winds up with visits to several Euro­ (parliament), the Hadllssah !Medical vacation program is priced at $995. this year, as will the Baha'i, a relgious sect which has its Temple on Mt. pean countries. The other programs Carmel in Haifa. There will also be :i convention of the Mahal, foreign are "Teen Town" in Israel, open to volunteers who fought in Israel's forces, an international congress of teenagers Of 14 to 17 years, and the LET US PLAN AND ARRANGE gynecologists, an intcrnatipnal conference- of junior chambers of conunerce, Kibbutz Camp, available to 13 and the 27th World Zionist .congress, and the fourth conference of the World 14-year-old boys and girls. Hebrew Union. A unique event will be the world olympiade of para­ t Histadru t's three summer pro­ . Your Trip to Israel plegics, an event that usually takes place at Stoke-lMadeville in England grams for young people of all creeds where Prof. Ludwig Guttman has esta'blished a world .famous rehabili­ have been praised by Prime Minis­ We can be most helpful to you with tation centre. ter Levi Eshkol of Israel as an our knowledge and tour experience Following is a list of evcnts fr,?m this date to May: effective way to encourage friend­ ship between Israeli and North No need to worry ",bout troublesome American youth. Max Mermelstein, FEBRUARY arrangements. Just call us and our executive vice - president of the Henry MeFIIeker travel experts will take over for you. 19-29 _ 21th World Zionist Congress, Jerusalem; World Congress of Jew­ Histadrut Foundation for Educa- President ish Editors and Journalists. Junior Chamber International Conference, , tional Travel, reports that more than Jerusalem; Fourth Conference of the Brit Ivrit Olamit, (World Hebrew "Teen Town" features camping and working with Israel 900 college students from 60 cam­ !'or !Reservations calJ. Union), Jerusalem. teenagel;S at Hakfar Hayarok, an agricultural training «:enter puses in the United States and Can­ 25-Mar. 1 - International Congress of the Conegium Internationale near Tel Aviv, with plenty of time out for social and recrea­ ada have taken advantage of the THUNDERBIRD TRAVEL LTD. Allergologicum, Tel Aviv. tional activities. This seven week program for 14 to 17 year kibbutz program alone since its in­ Ste. 816 - 283 Portage Ave. at Smith st. WH 3-6087 old boys and girls is now in its seventh successful season. It ception in 1963. is one of three non-profit youth progtams sponsored by the On arriving in 'Israel, the students or MIlFLICKER RI!SIDENCE - 233-6570 MARCH Histadrut Foundation for Educational Travel. . participate in a three-day orienta- 1-17 _ Third International Israel Bridge Tounuunent, Tel Aviv. 1-17 - International Golf Tournament, Caesarea.

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