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n China, England, the United
States, Canada and Denmark, not
all Jewish children live in commu-
nities that have a Hebrew day school
providing Jewish education; however,
the Internet has revolutionized the
computer and communications world
like nothing before.
Thanks to two graduates of the
Lubavitch Yeshiva-International
School for Chabad Leadership in Oak
Park, students across the globe have
access to a Jewish education. Rabbi
Gedalya Shemtov, who attended from
1970-1980, and his brother, Rabbi
Moshe Shemtov, who attended from
1975-1985, developed an online school
tailored to meet the needs of Chabad-
Lubavitch emissaries around the globe.
"We're proud to have been able to
establish the online school that caters
to shluchim's children with courses
and lessons that you'd expect from
any Jewish school but in the comfort
of your own home — anywhere in the
world:' said Director Gedalya Shemtov.
"All they need is a computer, webcam,
mic and a high-speed Internet connec-
tion and they're ready to go:'
The online school has about 700 stu-
dents from around the globe enrolled.
"We realized that not only were we
giving the children an opportunity that
has never existed before, but we were,
in fact, helping hundreds of Jewish
communities as well; Associate
Director Moshe Shemtov added.
Levi Lowenthal, 16, of Copenhagen,
Denmark, who is fluent in five lan-
guages (Danish, Hebrew, Yiddish,
Swedish and English), says he ben-
efited greatly from the shluchim online
school.
"When we first started out it was
called, 'home school-phone school'
because the phone was used. Then it
went to the computer where first it
was a half-day online. We had both
Americans and Europeans in the same
online class all learning together, and
we also got to use Skype for video and
voice instruction from time to time
said Lowenthal, who is now in his first
year at the Oak Park school.
Class sizes average eight students,
and the faculty is comprised of
devoted Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis who
are committed to the highest level
of Jewish education. Classes are held
within the traditional September-June
school calendar and are modified for
students signed up around the world.
The Meyer and Lillian Nigri School
for Boys and the Shluchim Online
School for Girls currently serve chil-
dren ages 4 through 13, from Gan
through eighth grade. Cost of the
online school is the same tuition as
most day schools due to the extensive
costs for custom software and IT infra-
structure and maintaining a school
office building in New York for teach-