Friday, April 5, 1974-47 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Passover Greetings to All I Amsterdam Press Millard Press and White Color Card Co. Established 1890 259-3910 — 259-2309 120 Mt. Elliot A Happy and Healthy Passover TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS Hank's Clothes - Now Conveniently Located at 28950 Orchard Lake Road Between 12 and 113 Mile Roads, Next to the Clock in Farmington 626-7007 626-7000 ORT Builds Training Schools for Bene Israel Living in India BOMBAY—The ORT pres- ence in India dates from 1962 when the World ORT Union established a school for boys in Bombay. A girls school, also in Bombay, was estab- lished in 1970. Bombay was selected as the site for both schools since the major in- digenous Jewish population in India—the Bene Israel- is centered in Bombay. The Bene Israel community is something of a mystery and its beginnings are deep in mythology. One story tells that the entire population, numbering about 8,000 today, stems from seven couples who were shipwrecked off the west coast of India in bibli- cal times and found refuge on the subcontinent. Modern historians for the most part place the Jewish presence in Bombay at the • MONTGOMERY ARD A oyous May this Passover be filled with Joy and Happiness for You and Yours! time of the rise of the Portu- phans, others from broken homes or from small, outly- guese empire in Asia. Called "Saturday Oilmen" ing villages where there is no because of their long-term opportunity for training. In identity with a trade — the 1968, 18 more such students pressing of edible oil seeds— were accepted and many and their strict observance- of more 'turned away for lack the Sabbath, the Bene Israel of training space. are a diminishing community. These special classes have After the creation of the been successful. Boys who state of Israel, many young had dropped out of school left Bene Israel emigrated frcm encouraged to attend night India to Israel, but were un- classes which were organized able to find employment to fill gaps in their education there because they did not and then go on to take train- have the necessary skills. As ing in government recognized a result a number returned courses. to India, disappointed, and The girls' school, opened in need of guidance and help in 1970, has courses in hair- in form of trade training. dressing, office skills and Today young Bene Israel general clerical with a strong now going to Israel find no background in home econom- problems in their search for ics given to all students. Six floors high, the girls' satisfactory jobs if they are ORT graduates. Although one school originally was de- of the smallest operations in signed to accommodate 35 the ORT network, the impact boarding students on the two of these schools on the com- dormitory floors. However, munity is one of the great 65 girls now live in this ac- ORT success stories. commodation and the needs The building of the schools are not yet filled. and the achievements until Hostel facilities for 54 boys now have not come easily. are available in accommoda- One major problem has been Passover G reefing to All language. Most students at RYNNE CHINA CO. the schools have had their Largest While China Dealers primary education in Marati, in the Middlewest the local Indian language, Everything for China Painter Imports from Fronce, Germany while ORT courses are taught and Japan — in English, the lingua franca LI 2-8700 222 W. 8 Mile 1 Mk. W. of John R, Hazel Pork of India. The gift of a modern lan- guage laboratory from Mise- reor, the German Catholic Development Agency, has made it possible to reduce the language training prob- lem, and the equipment has also made it possible to en- large the programs of Jewish education. Misereor along with other goverm'ental and nongovern- mental organizations includ- ing Canadian and Danish technical assistance agencies, have helped to build and op- erate the girls school and to keep a high and rising level of technical instruction for both boys and girls. The two schools now have a student body of approxi- mately 400, almost equally divided between boys and girls. Even with the grants from outside organizations and subvention from the World ORT Union, teaching and workshop accommodation as well as student housing re- main problems. This _over- crowding has resulted partly from ORT India's efforts to serve the boys and girls in the community who most needed ORT's help — those who for educational or soci- ological reasons do not 'im- mediately qualify for ORT training. In 1967, a two-year course for machinists was- begun with 12 boys. Some were or- Trees Get JNF Care JERUSALEM — Eucalyptus trees in the north of the country are being pruned and trimmed by JNF fores- ters to enable the trees to continue growing and de- veloping under the best pos- sible conditions, to improve visibility for vehicles travel- ing the roads of the Hula valley and to provide a large amount of wooden planks for the use of the defense forces. These planks of wood were specially ordered to aid in the construction of roads in Sinai. tion which was used 30 years ago to ,house refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. Along with the boys' and girls' schools, ORT also of- fers primary manual train- ing courses to 86 boys and 68 girls who attend a Jewish school, in Bombay. Happy Passover SAMUEL BRODY & SONS 155 W. Troy Big Beaver 689-8100 HAPPY HOLIDAY POWELL PRINTING CO. LETTERPRESS — OFFSET 2545 Waverly TO 6-8130 Happy and Healthy Passover A-OK PEST CONTROL SERVICE, INC. 862-3200 E. John Klein and Family Sincere best wishes for a joyous and festive Passover Helen and Paul Zuckerman