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800 Honor Dr. Fill for Bar-Ilan
Goldstein.
Norman Pappas, general
dinner chairman with Dr.
Martin Hart, introduced the
honoree's family, politi-
cians who were guests at the
dinner and the committee.
He described the programs
available at Bar-Ilan. Hart,
the master of ceremonies,
paid tribute to Philip
Slomovitz, editor and pub-
lisher of The Jewish News,
for whom a chair in com-
munications was founded at
the university.
Dr. Hart presented greet-
ings from Congressional
and state legislators and in-
troduced the past dinner
chairmen.
Phillip Stollman, chair-
man of the global board of
Bar-Ilan University, cre-
dited the large turnout to
Dr. Fill, Dr. Hart and Pap-
pas.
In his response on re-
ceiving the Bar-Ilan
honor, Dr. Fill spoke
emotionally about Is-
rael's treatment in the
world political arena.
"There are different
standards for us," he
said. He remarked that
when the Soviets invaded
Afghanistan, when the
PLO killed hundreds in
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Nearly 800 'persons
turned out Wednesday eve-
ning to pay tribute to Dr.
Leon Fill at the annual
dinner on behalf of Bar-Ilan
University, held at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek.
Guest speaker, Dr.
Emanuel Rackman,
president of the Israeli uni-
versity, opened his speech
anecdotally, but took a seri-
ous tone when speaking of
meeting with his U.S. co-
religionists following the
recent events in Lebanon.
He said he encountered
alienation and anger among
American Jews and added,
"If Jews have second
thoughts (about Israel's in-
volvement in Lebanon),
then on whom can we rely?"
He added that mistakes
Were made, but U.S. Jews
should unite as advo-
cates for Israel.
Commenting on U.S.
criticism of Israel in light of
the Lebanon crisis,
Rackman stressed: "Israel
rendered the greatest serv-
ice to the U.S. this summer
since World War II .. .
"The U.S. has the upper
hand in the Mideast only
because the little state of Is-
rael risked 300 men .. .
"There wouldn't have
been a massacre if the U.S.
Marines had stayed in the
first place," he said about
the removal of the U.S.
troops from Lebanon and
their re-instatement this
week.
Affirming
Israel's
status as the only democ-
racy in the Mideast,
Rackman added: "Where
can you find a country
with so much sedition as
in Israel during a state of
war," referring to last
weekend's protest in Tel
Aviv at which 400,000
persons turned out cal-
ling for an investigation
into the massacre at the
Shatila and Sabra camps.
Lashing out at the non-
Jewish world for what he
called "viciousness" against
Israel, Rackman remarked
"we have bought it — that's
the tragedy."
On the university itself,
Dr. Rackman said that
Bar-Ilan is "the most peace-
ful campus in the state of
Israel" where, he said, the
"love of the Jewish people
and Jewish heritage" are
sustaining forces. He re-
marked that many
ideologies are represented
on the Bar-Ilan faculty,
from Gush Emunim to
Peace Now.
He presented the honoree
with a plaque in tribute to
his efforts on behalf of the
university.
Sharon Hart, president
of the American Women
for Bar-Ilan, appealed for
Jewish unity in her up-
date on the women's di-
vision's activities. Mrs.
Hart said the women's
membership currently
numbers 400 and shows
"enormous potential for
the future." She paid
tribute to honorary
President Frieda
Stollmati. and Midwest
executive director Leslie
Lebanon, when Jordan
wiped out many Palesti-
nians, the world was si-
lent, but when Israel is
involved, there is a world
outcry.
Dr. Fill, who also received
a plaque from the state
legislature, appealed on be-
half of the forthcoming Al-
lied Jewish Campaign and
the current Israel Emer-
gency Fund.
The dais also included
Cantor Larry Vieder of
Adat Shalom Synagogue
who sang the anthems and
recited the Birkat; Rabbi
James I. Gordon of Young
Israel of Oak-Woods, who
recited the invocation and
Harnotzi; and Linda Lee,
vice president-membership,
American Women for Bar-
Ilan .
At the dinner, tribute was
paid to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
(Ida) Nosanchuk who are
celebrating their 75th wed-
ding anniversary. Mrs. Lee
was cited for receiving the
Sylvia Simong Greenberg
Award of the Jewish Wel-
fare Federation, while Dr.
Hart announced he was
named the Frank Wetsman
Award winner of Federa-
tion. Slomovitz will receive
Federation's highest honor,
the Butzel Award.
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ORT Has Major Israel Role
Israel Scene Magazine
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JERUSALEM — For a
country as small as Israel to
produce its own fighter air-
craft and battle tanks, its
population must have tech-
nical skills of a wide range
and of a high level.
One of the reasons for this
is that more than half of all
high school education in Is-
raeli is vocational or techni-
cal. About 60 percent of this
vocational education in Is-
rael is conducted through
the schools and training
centers of ORT — the
Organization for Rehabili-
tation through Training.
A quarter of a million Is-
raelis — one-sixth of the
country's entire work force
— has received ORT train-
ing in one country or an-
other. -
At.present, 69,000 stu-
dents are studying at the
103 ORT-related schools
and training centers
throughout Israel. The
teaching and administra-
tive staff numbers nearly
3,000, and the cost of
operating the network is
about $1 million a week.
Most of the ORT students
consist of the 42,000 study-
ing in three-and four-year
high schools, many of which
are linked to municipal or
district authorities.
Special programs in
yeshivot and other religious
schools account for another
3,500 students.
In 1961, ORT initiated a
new type of educational in-
stitution in Israel, the fac-
tory school. The first such
school was opened at Israel
Aircraft Industries. • There
are now 21 factory schools
with 4,800 students at-
tached to various indus-
tries.
In these schools, stu-
dents work — and earn —
on assigned and super-
vised jobs in the work-
shops, while attending
classes on the premises.
ORT is now responsible
for 80 percent of indus-
trial schooling in Israel.
In addition, ORT runs
seven centers where
some 3,800 apprentices
are being trained.
Beyond high school, ad-
vanced technical training is
provided by ORT in 11 cen-
ters. The 5,000 students
studying in the centers this
year will eventually
graduate as technicians,
engineers, teachers.
The grandest of these cen-
ters is the new ORT School
of Engineering, located on
the Givat Ram campus of
the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. Opened in 1976
with 600 students, the
school now has 1,000 stu-
dents and this number will
double when the second
stage of building is com-
pleted.
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NCYI Leader Praises Reaction
NEW YORK — Harold
M. Jacobs, president of the
National Council of Young
Israel (NCYI), praised
Douglas Krieger, of TAV
Evangelical Ministries, for
his criticism of the meeting
between Pope John Paul II
and Yasir Arafat.
Jacobs thanked Krieger
for, "expressing the outrage
of the Christian community
at the tacit recognition af-
forded by the leader of the
Catholic Church to the
leader of the international
terrorist conspiracy and the
PLO." Kreiger's comments
were made at the NCYI
board of governors meeting
in New York last week.
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