THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS feue "he eneadee, Towered to-A/ewer& AKIVA HEBREW DAY SCHOOL'S Boris Smoiar's 'Between You ... and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.) ORT IN ACTION: "Technical Assistance" constitutes today an important part of the aid given by the United States to underdeveloped countries. It is also a basic func- tion of the United Nations. Very few, however, realize that the first to introduce the technical assistance idea in the modern world was the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training. Way back in 1880 this Jewish organization embarked on a pro- gram of vocational training of the poverty-stricken, un- skilled, oppressed Jews in Czarist Russia. The program was a success and was later expanded by ORT into an interna- tional system of training unskilled Jews in many lands. Today ORT conducts its program in more than 30 coun- tries. It educates more than 70.000 Jews — young and adult — in more than 100 different job skills. It helps them to make their own way in life as qualified workers. Its largest program is in Israel where 45,000 students are being trained in a variety of occupations in a network of about 50 ORT institutions that stretches from border to border. Other sizeable programs serve Jewish communities in North Af- rica. Iran, India, France, Italy and Latin-America. THE U.S. AND ORT: The American ORT Federation — which is holding its 54th national conference this week- end in New York — is the American section of the World ORT Union which was termed by the International Labor Office as providing "the best private technical assistance." The United States government, like some of the United Nations agencies, also recognizes ORT as the world's best private international organization for vocational training. It therefore maintains formal agreements with ORT to oper- ate programs for developing nations in the growth of which the U.S. is interested. Today there are about 3,000 students from underdeveloped countries attending ORT vocational training courses under various technical assistance pro- grams. Some governments in countries where ORT maintains its vocational schools — including such Moslem countries as Morocco and Iran — are so impressed with the Oka voca- tional education system that they insist that ORT facilities in their lands be opened also for native youngsters. Since ORT has no political and religious bias, its leadership is very proud of this request. FUNDING ORT PROGRAMS: The American ORT Federation does not conduct any fund-iaising campaign. In- stead, it receives an allocation each year from the Joint Dis- tribution Committee toward the general budget of the World ORT Union, its world body. The world-wide ORT program in 1975 required about $40 million. The JDC con- tributed to it $3,400,000 — well over 10 percent of JDC's 1975 budget — through the American ORT Federation. The same sum is estimated for this year. Another major source of ORT's income is funds raised in the United States by the Women's American ORT. It has a membership of more than 120,000 and is very articulate in promoting the ORT idea among Jewish women all over the country. It raises several million dollars a year through its own efforts. Affiliated with the American ORT Federation are also the American Labor ORT, the Business and Profes- sional ORT and the National ORT League. Harold Fried- man, formerly president of United HIAS, is the new presi- dent of the American ORT Federation succeeding Prof. William Haber, who became honorary president last year, after being at the helm of the organization for 25 years. One of ORT's impressive contributions to Israel is its Rogosin Nautical School in Ashdod, training cadets for Is- rael's growing merchant fleet. It has several hundred cadets who all live at the school. Boys enter the school between the ages of 13 and 15 and training varies from three to five years. The ORT is now adding to its program in Israel also a school of engineering that is rising on the slopes of the He- brew University campus in Jerusalem and will be inaugu- rated early next year. 8TH ANNUAL CONCERT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29th, 1976, FORD AUDITORIUM 8 p.m. SALUTE TO THE BICENTENNIAL HONORING THE SENIOR U.S. SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN THE HONORABLE PHILIP A. HART In 1976, the Akiva Hebrew Day School, a living example of the heritage of those in 1776 who declared and fought valiantly for "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" joins with others in our American World, eternally corn- mitted to "form a more perfect union" in cele- brating its bi-centennial effort towards these goals by saluting a man who without reserva- tion symbolizes by character, conduct and commitment the American Dream — our own U.S. Senator — The Honorable Philip A. Hart. PRESENTING FOR A SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL DEBUT petep new at the piano Popular Artist and Entertainer The proposed solution, worked out by Finance Min- ister Yehoshua Rabinowitz and Transport Minister Gad Yaacobi, would have the government continue to sub- sidize the deficit-ridden bus service if Egged is willing to use the earnings of certain of its profitable subsidiaries to pay off its debts. So far the Egged management has balked at this. The proposal was also opposed in the Knesset Fi- nance Committee by opposi- tion members and by the National Religious Party. The government believes, however, that if it can im- pose coalition discipline on the NRP, Egged might go along. The government's proposal also calls for the addition of a government- appointed director to the Egged board. BARRY EISENBERG — CONCERT CHAIRMAN PHILLIP STOLLMAN — HONORARY PRESIDENT DR. LEON FILL — HONORARY CHAIRMAN DR. 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