Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1937-08-01 · 8.1937 · p. Seite 22

— 22 — in accordance with the Central Bureau'j scheme. The Agricultural Department of the Association holds regular courses in vocational specialisation and some months ago began the publication of bulletins in agricultural instruction. About 250 persons monthly visit the Department. In the past two years, some 190 middle-class families have been settled in agriculture on the advice of the Association, mostly by the Central Bureau. The total of all middle-class German settlers on the soil since 1933 is 500. (d) Legal Questions, "Haavara" anc Naturalisation. The Association's bureaux extend a free advisory service to all German immigrants in legal and Haavara matters. In the past year, about 3000 transferapplications and 1,000 cases of immigration and change of nationality were drawn up. The Association conducted a special campaign to induce German citizens to acquire Palestinian nationality. (&) Cultural Work. During the disturbances, important activity was achieved in securing the acclimatization of immigrants. In 22 centres, Hebrew courses were given by special teachers, at which 1,800 to 2,000 immigrants were taught. Hebrew seminars, which attracted many visitors and not only German-Jev/ish immigrants alone, were established in Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Petah Tikva. During the last two years, about 600 lectures and series of lectures were held in all parts of the country, while the Association issued pamphlets in German explaining questions of Zionism and Palestine upbuilding. The "Bulletin of the German Settlers Association" is published fortnightly and has a circulation of 5,000 copies. IV. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION. «• The Central Bureau inaugurated advanced courses and a new course for beginners at the Hebrew Technical Institute at Haifa. The specialisation of skilled workers is particularly important in this period of grave economic stress. The Central Bureau accordingly enabled many individuals to undergo vocational specialisation by making small grants and loans. The amount of LP.5,000 was spent on technical courses at the Haifa Technical Institute, the Max Fein Trade School in Tel Aviv, in Jerusalem and in the vocational training of individuals. In the winter of 1936/37, a Trade School named in memory of the late Ludwig Tietz was opened at Yagur on the initiative of large Jewish organisations in Germany, Locksmithing and carpentry are