ception and Paul Ber. stiedthe Ameri. D House recep- rt was the 25th Committee on ORT has long on termed the sncies the key. ORGANIZATION FOR REHABILITATION THROUGH TRAINING rr development Fall, 1971 VOLUME XXV, No. 3 Published by the American ORT Federation 4.V:71b111'0 foluntary Ages. fed in the day. sairman of this At least 40,000 of them will be in the Iran. At the request of the National presided over Israel ORT schools. Ministry of Education, experimental epartment. The MoreStudents,New classes, built around a comprehensive presented with "We continue to grow and develop, s work on this and we develop even more rapidly in education approach, were opened in ProgramsIndicatedquality than we grow in quantity," the ORT technical schools. First indications on the shape of is the estimate of Max A. Braude, In France es are con- the ORT program in the current ORT Director General. France. The new dormitory for boys ; communal school year, which began in Septem- Inventory from North Africa and for recent :nes, Marra- ber, indicate increased student enroll- North African emigres in France ! apprentice- ment, primarily in Israel and to lesser A sampling of developments in- "means a whole new way of life tor 3Ungsters at degrees in Iran, India, Argentina and cludes the following: the students at Strasbourg," notes a an was pos- France. India. The new girls' school in report. mter for Ba- The major new developments, how- Bombay is able to reach out to com- Missing children. Unfortunately, to salvage ever, lie in the kinds of education of- munities in the furthest provinces by there remain in most areas of ORT is no other fered and the increased extension of reason of its dormitory which this operation large segments who are not talify by the ORT education to the junior college year is at full capacity for the first as yet being reached. accepted as level. time. • Simultaneously, the ORT profile

ed NationalCommunityAwardfor ORT tat was sure- The Council of Jewish Federations bon, Chad, the Central African Re- automobile and Welfare Funds, the coordinating public, Ivory Coast, Tibetan refugees, tinguishable body for Jewish communities through- Argentina, Chile. The instruction of ter, can be out the U.S. and Canada, has selected Peace Corpsmen destined for such Worocco for American ORT Federation as the countries is also part of this program. one of the 1971 recipient of its Schroder Award, Meritorious the world. the most eminent distinction granted The William J. Schroder Award, ts of their by the Council to an organization. established as a tribute to the first ery right to The Award is for the ORT tech- nical assistance programs established president of the Council, is a "recog- be able to tion of meritorious service . . . and to function in African developing nations through agreements with the U.S. Agency for outstanding contributions to local, tpe became national or international welfare." - when they International Development and other The Council's decision signifies that - vocational governments. Funds for these opera- tions have been in the neighborhood ORT has accomplished work of this nature in organizing basic manpower I, Moroccan of $10 million, all provided by the governments involved. educational services in developing Diminished nations. tains. Massive Innovation The Schroder Award comes just a The Award Committee regards this few months after an international At the telecommunications lab in the aspect of ORT work as a massive in- distinction was bestowed on ORT, Syngalowski ORT Center, Tel Aviv. novation, above and beyond the estab- the Cardinal Bea Prize of the Roman Catholic International Foundation for 1971-72 shows greater involvement lished ORT programs, which have at the lower rungs on the academic served the Jewish world for more Humanum. scale in the junior high schools, as in than 90 years. ORT technical assist- The Award will be presented at the Israel and in the Latin American Jew- ance breaks new ground by remold- 1971 General Assembly of the Council ish communities, as well as the intro- ing an essentially Jewish experience in Pittsburgh, at its banquet session duction of meaningful studies on the to the needs of non-Jewish areas. on Saturday evening, November 13th, world of work for children in the The Award Committee took note by Stanley C. Myers of Miami, chair- community primary schools, as in of the enormous span and variety of man of the Award Committee, to Dr. Iran and elsewhere. such programs in many nations, each William Haber, American ORT Presi- Enrollment in all ORT programs with its unique conditions. Among dent, and Paul Bernick, Executive for the year, will be about 62-63,000. them are Guinea, Mali, Kenya, Ga- Director. 141

The Extra Factor The geographic spread and the ex- traordinarily broad variety of such programs established by ORT in such diverse environments and peoples— Guinea, Mali, Kenya, Gabon, Chad, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, for the U.S. Peace Corps, Ti- betan refugees, Argentina, Chile— this dimension stamps ORT as The Winnmg uniquely resilient and adaptable. No other voluntary agency has Com- parable specialization, personnel or experiential resources, or has system- Strategy atic access to an established, modern educational system. The technical assistance programs Extracts from the presen- host governments, which are respon- share the ORT experience in com- tation on which the Council sible for their funding. pletely non-Jewish areas and with of Jewish Federations and ORT Technical Assistance pro- non-philanthropic funds. Welfare Funds decided on grams have trained about 4,200 per- The advantage this effort brings to the 1971 Schroder Award sons. To that tally should be added the Jewish community is manifold. Rept for ORT. some 200 vocational instructors from A Jewish agency has shown itself able 20 African nations trained at the ORT to achieve in a difficult field, and this The aims of ORT Technical Assist- Technical School in Nathanya, Israel, is now recognized by the U.S. Gov- SO ance Programs are broad in scope under contract to the Israel foreign ernment, United Nations specialized schoc and in their impact on nations just aid program. agencies, African nations and the in- men. the i entering the modern age. The goal is What Makes it Different ternational community. Israel has nothing less than building institu- provided many ORT specialists and sters tions of a kind that did not exist be- Factors that make this a unique these programs dovetail with Israel's amo. fore in these nations, and to mold contribution to human development, interests. dren include the following: „( them into viable and indigenous edu- It should be noted that these pro. The key elements were devised cational programs that impart mod- grams express Jewish values of human men de novo, since there was not a body ern technical knowledge in a system- responsibility, and that is the moral plais of experience to draw upon, nor did atic fashion. bedrock on which they stand. OR' the host countries possess people, These projects are contracted by The tradition or procedures that could be ORT with the U.S. Agency for Inter- opet national Development, and with the built upon or adapted. ORT carries the project through all the stages, from original on-site in studies by ORT specialists to the final to Jacob Frumkin handing over to the host authorities wor Dr. Jacob Frumkin, Director of the of a viable program and institution. Fall 1971 lear New York Office of the World ORT ORT uses the "team approach," Published quarterly in Spring, Summer, unci Union since 1948 and identified with fielding teachers and administrators Fall and Winter the ORT both here and in Europe for en bloc, after rigorous orientation of Vol. XXV, No. 3 Annual subscription 50c AMORTFED, New York more than 60 years, died in New York the "team" at the Central ORT Insti- Cable Address: American ORT Federation in September, after a protracted ill- tute in Switzerland. 222 Park Ave. South, New York, N. Y. 10003 1 ness. He was 92 years old. 677-4400 the. Phase In - Phase Out ORGANIZATION FOR REHABILITATION Lawyer, editor, scholar, he was a THROUGH TRAINING wa) fighter for Jewish civil rights in Czar- All programs are designed with Second class postage at New York. N. Y. the ist Russia, began his work with ORT a "phase-in—phase-out" progression OFFICERS — Dr. William Haber, President; ma: Charles J. Hensley, Chairman, Exec. Comm.; in 1906, organized the first ORT which assures that there will be in- George Backer, Honorary President; George J. tha Mintzer, Honorary Chairman, Exec. Comm.; Hon. committee in Berlin in 1921 and was digenous people at all levels to take Maurice Bernhardt, Chairman, Administrative an officer of the Founding Congress of over. This is done largely by the train- Committee; Shelley Appleton, Chaim Miller, Mark Carter, Harry H. Platt, John F. Davidson, Mrs. thi the World ORT Union in 1922. ing of local people as teachers and Max M. Rosenberg, Louis Hollander, Mrs. Monroe M. Rosenthal, Joseph S. Spivack, Vice Presidents; wit Dr. Frumkin was a vice-president of administrators at the Central ORT S. David Gamso, Treasurer; Leonard D. Bell, As- sociate Treasurer; Matthew Schoenwald, Secretary; agt the American and European Friends Institute in Switzerland. Paul Bernirk, Executive Director and Assistant Secretary. The American ORT Federation repre- ou of ORT. He was a link with the By virtue of its international sents the World ORT Union, with which it is at- filiated, in the United States. ORT is devoted to Golden Age of eastern European setting, ORT is able to recruit per- the vocational training and economic reconstnic- sonnel with extensive experience in tion of Jews throughout the world. dri Jewry, and with the history of ORT The American ORT Federation currently receivm as well. His passing leaves an irrep- its schools in Algeria, Tunisia, Mo- its funds from the Joint Distribution Committee, Os a member agency of the United Jewish Appeal, arable void. rrocco, Israel, Iran, India, etc. and from membership dues.

2 large but, with such a huge educa- "At our factory schools, there are or tional network, it affects too many about 5,000 pupils getting both gen- nd the ex- children. We want to conduct a sur- eral and vocational education, while y of such vey to find out why they leave school, working in the plant which may very t.T in such where they go and what we can do to well become their permanent place peoples— hold their interest." of employment." Ion, Chad, Though ORT is interested in help- But the part of its program of which Lic, Ivory ing to solve Israel's growing drop-out ORT is particularly proud is its net- Corps, Ti- problem, its main function is to pro- work of four-year vocational high a, Chile— In Place vide vocational education to those schools and its post high-school train- ORT as who stay in school. Since the Six ing program for practical engineers, ptable. Day War, ORT has sent 40,000 gradu- technical teachers, and students seek- 'y has corn- of Street ates into the labor market. ing technical training on a junior col-

- sonnel or "We want to help as wide a range lege level. las system- of youngsters as possible. We have d, modern Roaming about 4,000 apprentices, teen-agers "The Second Israel" who left school to go to work and ORT's four-year vocational high programs Operation who study in our schools one day a schools attract 15,000 pupils from all e in corn- week." strata of society, including sons and and with daughters of doctors, teachers and Salvage plant managers. Well over half, how- ever, comes from Asian and African t brings to backgrounds. manifold. by Lea Levavi itself able Reprinted from The Jerusalem Post "The 'problem' of mixing Sephardic 1, and this and Ashkenazic pupils does not exist U.S. Gov- Students at ORT's vocational high in our schools. Children are divided specialized schools may soon be serving as "sales- into classes according to their apti- nd the in- men." They will be trying to "sell" tudes and abilities," states Harmatz. 'srael has the idea of going to school to young- In a society oriented toward higher ialists and sters aged 12 to 15 who are now education, ORT's post high school th Israel's among the thousands of Israeli chil- programs are becoming increasingly dren who neither work nor study. important. Three ORT Technical Training Centres are now training these pro- "ORT plans to set up two experi- high school graduates as practical en- of human mental centres for such children," ex- gineers at a junior college level. the moral plained Joseph Harmatz, Director of Ground has been broken for a fourth nd. ORT Israel, in an interview with ORT Junior College in Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post marking the which will be connected with the opening of the new school year. Hebrew University. The centres, which will be located Math is the key to the new science-based in Kfar Saba and in Nathanya, will try technology, as in this class, above, at the More Girls ORT Technical Center at Nathanya. Below, to "provide an educational frame- Electrical installation lesson at the J.F.K.- Girls comprise only about 23 per work in which these children can ORT Apprenticeship Center in Jerusalem. cent of ORT's student population learn a trade and where they will be and most study "the classical women's Summer, under supervision instead of roaming trades" such as fashion and beauty the streets." care. But some girls have ventured scription 50c into "men's fields," among them the lew York Getting Them In girl who became the Navy's first fe- N. Y. 10003 The biggest problem is convincing male telecommunications technician. these children to come. "Maybe one "I think we have to try to attract _ITATION way is through our own students. If more girls into the more technical ork, N. Y. they can convince their friends, and fields," Mr. Harmatz said in answer , r, President; rec. Comm.; maybe other youngsters they meet, to a question. George J. that will be a start." Comm.; Hon. Mr. Harmatz also thinks ORT must 4dministrative keep up with automation. "We have Miller, Mark Mr. Harmatz also hopes to do some- avidson, Mrs. to keep ahead of industry so that thing about the drop-out problem Mrs. Monroe there will be workers to operate new ce Presidents; within ORT schools, since an aver- D. Bell, As- machines when plants introduce Id, Secretary; age of 12% of the student body drops md Assistant them." !ration repre. out during the school year. hich it is f. "We have to teach students how to is devoted to c reconstruo "The social implications of the operate the new technology, which ently receives drop-out problem disturb all of us. will mean they need more grounding a Committee, wish Appeal, Our drop-out rate may not seem in mathematics and physics." 3 Educationfor Israel's EmergingEconomy

by Dr. Adam Weiner Prof.. of Engineering Nassau Community College

in the midst of an explosive industrial ex- has spread through Israeli industry. After two years of e I SRAELpansion. IS NOW Because of this large new reality in its eco- perience, their salaries equal and in many cases exce nomic life, Israel is turning to a new type of technical edu- that of the theoretically oriented graduate engineers wh cation to provide the engineering manpower for its new possess a four year college education. industries, and that is primarily pioneered by ORT. In a country where all young men serve three years Industrial expansion is dictated by defense needs, grow- the armed forces on reaching the age of 18, Handessa ing population, and changing work aspirations. The mil- students are deferred until graduation. In some cases, lion and a half refugees from the Arab countries and they complete their projects in army work-shops. Eastern Europe cannot wrest a livelihood from agricul- In 1969, Handessai courses were offered in five Israeli ture and even the children of the kibbutz are no longer technical junior colleges, although all were physically satisfied solely with farm occupations. housed in technical high schools. Of the five, three were Israel is determined to build its aeronautical, elec- ORT—at Givatayim, Jerusalem, and the Syngalowski in tronics, machinery, vehicle, chemical, tourist and clothing Tel Aviv. The other two were at the Technion and Tel industries and to make them competitive on world mar- Aviv University. kets. Having no natural resources except the imagination, Since that beginning, the ORT Technical Junior Col- technical competence, and the hard work of its people, leges have taken on two new tasks. In cooperation with the the new industries must be science-based and labor Ministry of Labor, they are now providing Handessai intensive. education to veterans of the defense forces. The im- Plan and Reality portance of the Handessai programs for veterans lies in their admitting not only graduates of technical high To implement this economic plan, Israel needs highly schools, but also graduates of academic and vocational technical personnel, and most of them are being trained high schools. It is a recognition that in three years of army in a new type of ORT school called a technical junior service the interests of young men change and mature. college. By widening the base for entry to Handessai education This new kind of education began at the ORT School to all high school graduates, these ORT schools are mak- in Givatayim in 1862 and has come of age in the last three ing a giant step toward training enough Handessaim to years. The new curriculum is two year, post secondary. meet the needs of Israel's industry. Graduates are awarded diplomas as Handessai—or prac- tical engineers. The curriculum consists of 11/2 years of academic study, followed by a minimum of six months in Handessai Peak industry. The ORT Syngalowski Technical Junior College has During this on-the-job time, students work on a specific also initiated a program for developmeat of teaching project of interest to the company and approved by the staff. As technical junior college education expands, the college. The project might consist of designing the jigs, demand for qualified faculty becomes critical. ORT Syn. fixtures, and tooling for a new product or designing and gelowski Technical Junior College has a program through testing a new method of jointing plastic pipe. The student which veterans who take the Handessai curriculums are recives his diploma only when a faculty committee is satis- able to take an additional year of teacher training. The fied the project is both at an engineering level and is program aims to make available Handessai graduates with practical. three years of army experience and one year of teacher In Israel's shirt-sleeve society, Handessai studies have education to teach in the technical junior colleges of Israel. become popular among technical high school graduates In the three years since 1969, the number of technical whose interests are more practical than theoretical. The junior colleges doubled, from five to ten. The five new reputation of the Han dessaim, as the graduates are known, colleges consist of two ORT and three non-ORT schools. 4 SIIERAN ORT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ATTHE HEBREW UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

The non-ORT schools include the Shenkar College of The new school includes three innovations that will Fashion and Textile Technology in Ramat Gan which is surely make it the leader in Israeli technical education specializing in clothing design, production, and marketing. for many years to come. It is closely modeled on New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. The Hadassah Community College will be Three Innovations devoted chiefly, but not exclusively, to health-allied oc- First, exceptionally extensive workshops will allow cupations. The Jerusalem College of Applied Science is students to test and operate the most modern indus- to have curricula in several fields of high technology. trial systems and equipment. The other two are the ORT Technical Junior College Second, using these workshops, the school will serve in Beersheba and the ORT School of Engineering in as a center for research in new methods of produc- Jerusalem. It should be noted, however, that many of the tion and technical education. ORT schools are upgrading to college level. As for ex- ample: the Nathanya ORT School, and the ORT Chem- Last, and perhaps most important to the students, ical Studies Institute at Ramat Gan. graduates will be accepted for matriculation for a bachelor's degree by the Hebrew University. Of all the new schools, the largest and most important by far is the new ORT School of Engineering that is of the last decade, Israel projected at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Ground established—or set in motion for the future—ten junior breaking for its construction took place in February 1971 IN THE EDUCATIONAL explOS1011 technical colleges. The coming into existence of these in- at the main Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University. stitutions has radically effected the entire educational and This institution of higher technical education plans a full- manpower scene. time day session enrollment of 850 students and an equal number enrolled in evening courses. At capacity, it will Future Targets graduate 300 practical engineers annually, by far the largest number of any technical college in Israel. The total enrollment of these schools will be, at full capacity, about 4,200 students, with some 1,800 practical engineers graduating annually. Handessai graduates have Four Disciplines already proved their worth in Israel's factories and work- Studies will be offered in electronic, chemical, me- shops. The only complaint is that there are not enough chanical and nuclear engineering. Students will be able to of them. specialize in such fields as servo-mechanisms, telecom- Handessai education is still for the most part an exten- munications, medical electronics, instrumentation, com- sion of high school rather than an integral part of higher puter programming and atomic reactor technology. education. It still suffers from too narrow an entry base, The schools will serve both technical high school gradu- and with few exceptions does not lead to a baccalaureate ates and veterans. It will utilize the latest audio-visual degree. teaching technology. A language laboratory will enable But an impressive start has been made and in Israel, a students to use English texts and materials, and use of country of inspired visionaries, rapid change is a way of computer methods will be stressed in all disciplines. life and in this, ORT is in the leading ranks. 5 through neighbors in Williamsburg, Now in its 39th year, the Bramson Mrs. K. she came reluctantly, without much ORT Trade School was founded to hope. But she made it despite that. help refugees. More than 18,000 Last spring, she completed the power people have passed through its classes. and the sewing machine operating course, is It still serves about 400 persons an- working at it and is finally a bread- nually. winner. The new school year began with Chassidim When the school re-opened for its migrants from 20 countries. Three- cha fall semester on September 1, she quarters of them have a history of are registered for the advanced machine Nazi persecution. For many, arrival by Find a Place course to prepare herself for a better here is the second or third try at start- L. job and higher income. ing a new life, and the school often Mrs. K. is a "textbook case" so far represents the last chance to build an) as the Bramon ORT Trade School in Non-Typical something solid. Anyone who thinks TE wh New York is concerned. Born in Po- Hardly "typical," however, are two that the Nazi refuge era is finished tar land 45 years ago, her arm still carry- chassidic young men of 19, who have would discover otherwise here. els ing the telltale blue tattoo of her just come back from Israel, where The school enjoys a good reputa- co- concentration camp years, she arrived they went to find their brides. Now tion in the industry. Practical, respon- mf in the U.S. three years ago. they and their brides are new students sive to a real need, the only com- Mother of six children, ranging in learning entry level skills for the gar- munal institution of its kind, it is still age from 3 to 17, everything rested ment industry. a magnet for those in need of help. on her shoulders. Her husband, a schochet in the old country, is now a chronic invalid. Po 1 U. S. POSTAL SERVICE SEE INSTRUCTIONS When she discovered the school STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION ON PAGE 2 (REVERSE) (Act of August 12, 197P Section 3685. Tltle 39. United States COde) an 2. DATE OFFILING I . TITLE OF PUBLICA rION October 1,1971 rn 39 A1.31`,,Igessuc Quarterly to LOCATION OF KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION (Street, cOy. cotanty, state, ZIP code) (Not printers) Al 222 Park Avenue South, New York, N. Y. 10003 LOCATION OF THE HEADOUARTERS OR GENERAL BUSINESS OFFICES OF THE PUBLISHERS (Not printers) ar 222 Park Avenue South, New York, N. 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PS Fann 3526 July 1971 6 ie Bramson founded to versity of Jerusalem, although it is StateDept.Commends tan 18,000 What's New that, too. There are now several uni- h its classes. versities in Israel. This one is the persons an- fountainhead for the revival of the Hebrew language, one of the miracles Tidewater Chapter Formed began with of the age . . . Israel looks to this ies. Three- First steps to establish a men's ORT University to educate tomorrow's history of chapter in the Virginia Tidewater leaders, its scientists, scholars, lawyers my, arrival area were taken in September. Sparked . . . The Jewish people everywhere try at start- by Thomas L. Hofheimer and Stanley look to it as an academy of scholars chool often L. Harrison, who initiated the project for these times, exemplifying the ethos e to build and are heading it as co-chairmen. and values of Jewishness." who thinks They have fielded a slate of officers is finished who include Stanley Samuels, secre- Gov't Assignment for Miller here. tary; Allan Shure, treasurer; Mr. Sam- )cod reputa- els and Harris Karlin, membership Chaim Miller, president of Gar- ical, respon- co-chairmen; Stanley Furman, infor- ment Employers Men's ORT, was only corn- mation chairman; and Dr. David designated by the U.S. Department of id, it is still Weinstein and Dr. Robert Rubin, Labor as employer representative to publicity co-chairmen. the Industry Committee conference Paul Bernick, American ORT Executive 1 of help. Director, receives the certificate of com- at Santurce, Puerto Rico in June. The mendation of the State Department's Ad- Southern Conference in Atlanta appointment, his second, to a com- visory Committee on Voluntary Foreign mittee that advises on wages and Aid, with which American ORT is regis- IS What promises to be the largest tered, at ceremonies commemorating the RSE) hours standards in the Common- Committee's 25th anniversary held in and most representative assembly on wealth, "indicates a high degree of Washington last June, from Charles P. 71 men's ORT in the south is scheduled responsibility and expertness in a Taft, Chairman; Howard Kresge, the Com- mittee's Associate Director, center. for Atlanta on October 31st. David complex area." Alterman and Dr. Marvin Goldstein are co-chairing the Southern Men's "Rollie" at the Reins ORT Conference, which expects more A VeteranisHonored than 150 people from communities in A graduate of the UJA Young Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Leadership School, a community Samuel Milman, who has been the Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, leader whose entire adult life has Executive Secretary of American Washington, D.C. and other areas. been committed to Israel, an effective Labor ORT for three decades, was and highly reputed physician, Dr. honored at the anniversary of his 50 Haber at the Knesset Roland Moskowitz once again leads years ORT service at ceremonies held Cleveland Men's ORT. "Rollie" was In an address at the dinner for re- at the executive committee meeting keynoter at the National Conference cipients of Honorary Degrees from of the World ORT Union in Geneva E OF in January and will also perform this the Hebrew University, of which Dr. on June 27th. task at the Atlanta Southern Men's Haber was one, held in the Knesset ORT Conference. Mr. Milman became associated with in Jerusalem on July 4th, Dr. Haber ORT in 1921, in his native city of noted: Joseph Spivack, founder and past- Lodz, Poland. It was the time of the "The Founders chose to call it The president of the chapter and first Na- "cold pogrom" against Jews, and title tional Membership Chairman, heads tor Hebrew University, and not the Uni- ORT developed then as the great arm the executive board. :tag. of Jewish economic self-defense. They are seconded by an excep- Historic Figure lianua tionally able team of Robert Sill, Dr. BernardHorn Marian I. Levy, Dr. Erwin Weiss and Mr. Milman played a historic role C. Philip Cristal, vice presidents; in the struggle for Jewish economic survival and civil rights against viru- 'IES OF We mourn the tragic loss of Dr. Robert Deitz and Ivan Gelfand, secre- NEAR- Bernard Horn. He had received the taries; Dr. Lyle Moses, treasurer. lent anti-Semitism, not alone in ORT, 00 1971 National Merit at the American but in the Jewish Labor Bund and ORT Federation conference earlier Charleston Elects the trade union movement of the this year. time. Practically every volume that is II appearing on Jewish life in Poland .00 He was heart and soul in ORT. He Charles Moskowitz is the new presi- was ambitious for his chapter and dent of Charleston Men's ORT, suc- between the wars notes his significant 50 worked ardently for its success. He ceeding Maurice Fox, who takes over role during those years. was personally generous with his as Chairman of the Executive Board. Upon coming to the U.S. in 1940, 50 funds, his time, his energy and his The chapter, in a mere three years he threw himself into communal work

50 thoughts. Much that was done by of existence, has become a dynamo for here. In addition to his American 00 Chicago Men's ORT rested on his expansion to other southern communi- Labor ORT work, he has been the ef- •shoulders. The chapter and the entire ties, and a model of chapter organiza- fective ORT representative to Mexico, ORT family has suffered a great loss. tion and activities. Argentina, Norway and Denmark. for hundreds of students, male and the school there is a large one show- Hastening female, from provincial cities and ing the Shah of Iran presenting a villages. medal to an ORT student. His name The End We visited the ORT center when is Moussa Cohen-Khadouch they were erecting another build- Cohen-Khadouch is the fourth ORT ing which will be a dormitory for student to win first place in the an- Of a girls. The architect presented himself nual admissions contest to the Uni- proudly. He had studied his profes- versity. His specialty is refrigeration sion at this ORT School, and this kind engineering. This is a new profession Ghetto of human identification with an in- for Jews in Iran and ORT introduced stitution, rare as it is refreshing, is it. VOLU. by Benjamin Fenster usual here. Many categories of trade and pro- Moussa of Yazdi The ORT School in Teheran was fessional education are taught here. He is a son of poor parents, one of closed during the summer, but we saw The class for executive secretaries is eight children. His home is in the the buildings, classrooms, laboratories the first of its kind in Iran. There little town of Yazdi, in the desert be- and were very impressed with their is a Center of Basic Education for the low Shiraz. When Cohen-Khadouch, size and sophistication. This whole "problem children" of the Mahalleh, at 14 years of age, arrived in Teheran, Ant program, with its industrial and tech- those who were rejected by every he came to apply for admission to the nological education for the children other educational institutions. ORT School. Five years later, the of a ghetto that can only be described It S Gov't Recognition King personally presented him with as medieval, originated at a time the highest scholastic award. 1972 when Iran was resolutely turning to The government recognizes the role The impression of a New York Jew- was or , modern industrialization, and this co- of ORT and encourages its new edu- ish journalist is that the greatest clysmic incidence in time has served the com- cational methods and experiments. achievement of ORT in Teheran is has tit munity as a lever of progress. The official Plan Organization, which the hastening of the end of the world. is responsible for national economic Mahalleh. Dark Ages Vista modernization, sponsors special proj- In P ed as ; The ORT School, located in a ects in the ORT School and gives From the Jewish Daily Forward Jews ( Teheran quarter that resembles a financial support to them. Translated from the Yiddish 1,000 y bazaar of some 15th century town, is a Among the pictures on the walls of by Miriam Gelpar future, modern educational center, a small and clz city of sparkling structures which are Man in sharp contrast with the streets sur- sought rounding ti. To enter these gates is to and er discover a new world. in twc The ORT buildings occupy 12 of the acres. There are benches in the spa- had 13, cious courtyard where students can 1880. meet, read or study. There are two the ar large athletic fields. Adjacent to the tools, school buildings are the dormitories tion, implei econcn YourMembership Th( SpellsOpportunity, suppo A courtyard and recreation area at the Boys school in the ORT Technical Center in Teheran, Iran. and EducationandHope peopl ferent to Morethan ORT BULLETIN day g( 222 Park Avenue South requil 60,000 Youthsin the New York, N. Y., 10003 In to th( ORTSchools. in ov and N tries 1 • SY By day i Renew Now point Israel For 1971 large; the ; 341 creat