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Conditions in this little country are very difficult. It is much smaller than most of you picture and yet the demands made upon us are very heavy. We have to exercise the utmost caution, as some of the claims made on our help are of a superficial character, while others, as, for example, in matters of the bringing-up of children, are so important and so pressing that it is not easy to shoulder the responsibility.
The 'Palestine Institute of Psycho-Analysis' opened in the autumn of 1934. We notified the authorities of its existence, under this title, and so far have met with no opposition. People look upon it as an Institute for post-graduate work, and this is all to the good. So far, too, there has been no trouble with the Department of Education, and we hope that there will be none in the future. Speaking with all due caution, I should say that it seems probable that we shall be able to train ex-teachers for therapeutic educational work, including the analysis of children. In other respects the question of lay-analysis is a very difficult one here, so much so that we can only beg that it may be left to our judgement for the time being. In two years' time I hope to be able to give a detailed account of some achievements.