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THE ORT CONFERENCE:ORT is one of the very
few Jewish organizations in the world that is now over 100
years in existence. Others that old are Bnai Brith, HIAS,
the Alliance Israelite in France and the Board of Deputies
of British Jews.
The American ORT Federation, which is holding its
annual three-day national conference in New York this
weekend, is the American part of ORT which was estab-
lished in Czarist Russia in 1880.
Today, ORT operates in 24 countries on five conti-
nents. Its network comprises some 800 vocational and
technical schools and training centers with an annual stu-
dent enrollment of about 110,000. Of this number, 74,000
study in Israel. Its program includes a variety of courses —
from dressmaking to hairdressing to computer technology;
from carpentry and welding to radar and electronics; from
classes for cooking to industrial schools, and a school of
engineering in Jerusalem. In each country the program is
adjusted to the needs of the Jewish population there.
ORT IN ISRAEL: In Israel, ORT conducts about 100
schools and related programs in 47 cities, regions and ag-
ricultural centers.
ORT is the acknowledged leader in Israel in the field of
vocational training and is highly regarded by the govern-
ment and the entire Jewish population. In the wars which
Israel faced, ORT graduates played an important role in the
armed forces and in maintaining Israel's industrial
enterprises intact by replacing experts who were mobilized
for the battlefront.
With the increasing sophistication of technology, ORT
provides a large portion of Israeli students in the 14-18-
year-old bracket with modern technological knowledge. All
the eleventh grade students at the ORT comprehensive
vocational/technical schools receive a general education
which includes training on computers that touches every
area of their schooling. ORT teachers believe that computer
literacy is going to be as important for the generation now
in school as the basic three R's have been in the past.
ORT AND THE U.S.: Attesting to the quality of ORT
training is the fact that the U.S. government and gov-
ernmental bodies of other countries are using ORT for their
technical assistance programs in underdeveloped coun-
tries. The American government has been concluding con-
tracts for years to this effect with the ORT office in New
York.
ORT is now implementing 30 development projects in
17 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and
the Pacific. They include technical skills training, rehabili-
tation and maintenance of transportation systems, and de-
velopment of mining, industry, agricultural and rural in-
frastructure, and urban infrastructure. Funds are provided
by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the
World Bank, the host countries themselves and govern-
ment aid agencies of Canada, the United Kingdom, Swit-
zerland, West Germany, Denmark and Sweden. All of them
have long recognized ORT as the most experienced prac-
titioner in the sphere of emerging nations.
THE AMERICAN ORT: The American ORT Federa-
tion is one of the pillars of the World ORT Organization. It
receives about $4.5 million from the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee in support of its worldwide
activities.
The Women's American ORT, a very dedicated grdup
with more than 140,000 members throughout the country,
similarly contributes about $4.5 million toward the ORT
programs. Other national groups affiliated with the AOF
are the American Labor ORT, which is active in raising
funds for ORT in the unions; the National ORT League, and
the Business and Professional ORT.
The first and only technical college in the U.S. under
Jewish auspices is the Bramson ORT Institute in New
York. It maintains programs in electronic technology,
ophthalmic technology, computer programming, manage-
ment and sales and secretarial studies.
The Bramson Institute last year introduced a program,
"Computer for Kids," which served over 100 students from
grades seven-12 in the 1982 school year. It now conducts a
summer computer program for teachers in Jewish day
schools and yeshivas.
This year the American ORT also entered into the
American Jewish day school system by agreeing to co-
sponsor a pioneer program in the Jewish High School of
South Florida, integrating modern technology into the
teaching and learning aspects of the school, with a concen-
tration on the curriculum areas of science and technology.
The ORT "computer literacy" program proved highly suc-
cessful and student registration for the current year has
doubled.