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New York — The Jerusalem College
of Technology (JCT) is making a spe-
cial effort to prepare Ethiopian Israelis
for the flood of high-tech engineering
jobs opening in Israel.
Ethiopians for Engineering, an aca-
demic program for students of
Ethiopian origin, is the only program
of its kind in Israel to integrate
Ethiopian Israelis into high-tech engi-
neering at a post-high school level.
"Taking a pro-active step to pre
venting creation of a community of
second-class citizens makes this pro-
gram all the more important," said
Jonathan Feldstein, executive director
of the New Jersey-based American
Friends of Jerusalem College of
Technology.
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Above: Jonathan Feldstein:
American Friends of JCT.
Right: David Cassel:
Ethiopians for Engineering.
Jerusalem College of Technology is
the only accredited college of engi-
neering in Jerusalem. Majors include
computer science, electronics, applied
physics, managerial accounting,
applied mathematics, high tech mar-
keting and entrepreneurship.
The 30-year-old undergraduate
school bills itself as a modern
Orthodox college. The 750 students
take Judaic studies four hours each
day.
JCT ties high tech engineering,
business and marketing to Judaic
studies and Jewish business ethics. It
is responsible for the creation of 40
high-tech startup companies, 22 in
the last six years. In 1997, Israel's
Ministry of Industry and Trade hon-
ored it for having the best industrial
incubator in the country, Feldstein
said.
"I think the work they are doing in
terms of the incubator and technical
education, with a kind of Jewish val-
ues emphasis, is very important," said
Oakland County's Ricky Blemenstein,
a member of the Friends group.
"Institutions like the Jerusalem
College of Technology are really, real-
ly important today in terms of Israel
becoming much more economically
independent.
"Having so many immigrants, and
so many ideas, you need places that
allow those ideas to develop, such as
incubators, and you need places
that train people to run business-
es and to do the engineering and
the science," he added.
After only half a year, students
in Ethiopians for Engineering are
serving as role models for
Ethiopian Israelis; half of all
Ethiopian Israelis are younger
than 18.
The 20 students in Ethiopians
for Engineering were chosen
from 100 applicants. They live
on campus full time and go
home for Shabbat once every
second week or so. To help
spread the program's worth, they
organize receptions for prospec-
tive applicants.
"I asked the
students what
would happen
and what they
would be doing if
this program did-
n't exist. Many
didn't know,"
Feldstein said.
Too few
Ethiopian Israelis
graduate high school and make it to
college, he added. "Of those who do,
almost all go into social sciences. As
high tech is the cornerstone of Israel's
economic future, this integration is
imperative. All Israelis need to be able
to share equally and benefit from the
growing high tech industry."
Ethiopians for Engineering stu-
dents have special military deferral.
This is the army's endorsement of
both the program and integration of
Ethiopian Israelis. Graduates enter the
army as professional officers. The pro-
gram's director is David Cassel, who
is of Ethiopian descent. The 1988
graduate of JCT's army deferment
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