ORT Schools Anticipate 50,000 Enrollment More than 47,600 persons en-1 rolled last year in the international vocational training and educational programs conducted by ORT, the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training. according to the new edition of the ORT Yearbook. released simultaneously at the of- fices of the Jewish vocational , agency in New York and Geneva. Switzerland, in advance of the ses- sion of the organization's interna tional executive committee held this week in Geneva to decide on ORT to Step Up Israel Activities GENEVA (JTA)—The executive of the World ORT Union decided to increase the organization's activi- ties in Israel in order to help re- pair war damage and make up for the loss of income in ORT working establishments. The decision was made at a plenary meeting of the executive here attended by 70 dele- gates from 13 different countries. Max A. Braude, director-general of ORT, reported to the meeting that $550.000 in extra funds would be needed to meet additional com- mitments as a result of the war. He also reported changes in ORT activities necessitated by recent events in North Africa and Asia. In his introductory address at the meeting. Daniel Mayer. ORT president, expressed on behalf of the organization, admiration for the ORT students and graduates who took part in the war. JDC Head Urges Task Force to Help Arab Refugees NEW YORK (JTA)—Creation of an internationa I task force - to survey past, present and future programs by all agencies on behalf , of Arab refugees" was proposed by Charles H. Jordan, executive vice chairman of the Joint Distri- bution Committee, on his return from the Middle East. He conduct- ed a personal survey of the dis- location of Arabs caused by the June war. He suggested that the task force be comprised of representatives of the United Nations secretariat, of voluntary agencies in the United States and other countries, and of governments most concerned with the problem. 'Jordan, who is also chairman of the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service and - of the Commission on Refugees of the International Council. empha- sized that the proposed global task force should concern itself with more than immediate emergency relief measures. He said it should consider the absorption and rehabilitation of the refugees" on the premise that "every human being should have both the right and the opportunity to support himself by his own efforts to live as a self-sufficient and dignified human being. British Maccabi Refuses to Compete in Yugoslavia ews Manage Survival Shows E. Europe J 1 Report A picture of Jewish life in East- the observations, impressions and By far the largest single national measures to meet the impact of the Middle East events on the ORT program within the ORT network programs. Reports of large scale last year was in Israel. More than Jewish migration from North Af- half of the total of ORT trainees, rica, which is expected to impose 26.700 of them, studied 71 trade new problems, have been coming and industrial skills in the Israel ORT network. in. The ORT Yearbook forecast the The publication notes that enrollment of about 50,000 persons "two and a half times as many people were receiving ORT in- during 19d7. The most notable in- struction and other forms of eco- creases are expected in Israel and nomic assistance on Jan. 1, 1967, in France. Other areas of growth as on the same day ten years are expected to include Iran and ago." Nevertheless, some 40,000 Latin America. youth in Israel and thousands of others in France, Iran, India and other countries, who should have been in the ORT schools, could not be accommodated." The services of the agency were provided in more than 650 trade schools, apprentice plans, techni cians institutes and similar facili- ties. These programs were con- ducted in 87 cities, located in 23 countries. including those operated in conjunction with the U.S. Agen- cy for International Development, and other governmental agencies, the yearbook records. Certified Master Watchmaker The cost of this "largest volun- and Jeweler tary technical education system UN 1-8184 18963 Livernois in the world" was S12,900,000 in Open Daily 9 -5 1966. See our complete collection. $65 to $1000 GEORGE OHRENSTEIN ern Europe revealed by the American Jewish Congress in a just - published report shows that— contrary to popularly held notions in this and other western coun- tries—Jews are managing to sur- vive as Jews and that "official anti-Semitism. for all practical purposes, has been ended." The 72-page report summarizes conclusions of a 24-member American Jewish Congress study mission that made a three-week visit last August (1966) to Czecho- slovakia, Poland. Hungary, Ro- mania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The visit was at the invitation of the official Jewish communal bodies in each of the six countries. KAPLAN BROS. 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A spokesman said that a finan- cial loss would be incurred as a result of the cancelation, but young Jews would not go camping in Yugoslavia after Marshal Tito had severed diplomatic relations with Israel and the Yugoslav press had published "scurrilous attacks" on the Jewish state. The Maccabi encampment will be held in Romania, the only state in the Soviet bloc which• did not break off relations with Israel. Friday, July 14, 1967-3 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS sp,VI Nes AMERICAN SAVINGS A dynamic place to make your money grow —41