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ORT Returns to Ukraine City of Chernivtsi (5/18/2010) The ORT network has regained a foothold in the western Ukraine city of Chernivtsi with the acceptance of the city's first Jewish school into the fold. ORT's Partnership with Oldest Jewish School in Mexico City Officially Begins (31/2010) Today the historic partnership between ORT and Mexico's oldest Jewish school, Colegio Israelita de Mexico (CIM), began with a ceremony in Mexico City. An Introduction to Kadima Mada (9/2009) "Science and Technology together form the foundation stone of the Israeli system of education," said World ORT President Sir Maurice Hatter. Training for Vulnerable Women in Moldova (8/2009) World ORT has formally launched a training programme for single mothers and other vulnerable women in Moldova... Mexican School Affiliates with World ORT (6/2009) Mexico's oldest Jewish school has affiliated with World ORT - the first of the community's 16 schools to do so. All Roads Lead from Rome (5/2009) A whirlwind tour of the Baltic States by a group of 20 teenagers from Rome is the first of what is hoped to be an annual trip to forge links between the ORT school in the Italian capital and ORT schools across Europe. Prime Minister Olmert Visits Science Journey School in Beer Sheba (6/2008) On a visit this week to Beer Sheba's Makif Aleph High School, a school in World ORT's Science Journey program, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert praised World ORT's investment in high-tech equipment and concepts in Israeli schools saying it was increasing the effectiveness of teaching. Descendant of ORT Founder Named World ORT President (6/2008) London-based scientist and businessman Dr. Jean de Gunzbourg was the unanimous choice to succeeed Sir Maurice Hatter as president of World ORT. Victory for Both Sides in Haifa Court Decision (4/2008) Case between World ORT and ORT Israel enables World ORT to use its name and expand work in Israel. Science Lab in Panama School (2/2008) ORT Mexico to Host Groundbreaking Education Congress (2/2008) Teachers Learn to Teach Green Technologies (2/2008) Music During the Holocaust - Groundbreaking Website Now Online (9/2007) World ORT has launched the single most extensive on-line resource for researching music during, and associated with, the Holocaust, Music During the Holocaust... ORT FSU Students Win Contest for Knowledge of Israel (8/2007) ORT students from the former Soviet Union won a 10-day tour of Israel after winning a competition... ORT America Inaugural Convention 2007 (4/24/2007) Complete coverage of the ORT America Inaugural Convention... Help for Latin America (2/5/2007) A $9 million campaign is underway to support Latin America's struggling smaller Jewish communities... ORT Israel Boarding Schools Reopened to House Families Under Siege (7/19/2006) ORT Israel has reopened two boarding schools, which were closed for summer break, to shelter families that live in the North as well as provide a safe summer camp for their children... ORT to Implement Post-Tsunami Training Programs in India and Sri Lanka (1/19/2006) ORT is working to implement post-tsunami training programs and trauma counseling to devastated areas of India and Sri Lanka... American ORT and Women's American ORT to Consolidate (1/09/2006) The leadership of both American ORT and Women's American ORT has agreed to consolidate its two organizations into one more efficient and united entity... Guy Seniak, National Director of ORT France, Honored (2/4/2004) Guy Seniak, National Director of ORT France, has been awarded the Edmond Tenoudji Prize for Jewish Education... ORT Renzo Levi Inaugurated (1/30/2004) The ORT Renzo Levi High School in Rome was in augurated on Monday, January 26, 2004 in a new building. The school opened in September 2003 near the city's main Synagogue... State of the Art Media Suite Opens at Jewish School in Moscow (1/13/2004) A fully functional state-of-the-art media suite has opened at the ORT Technology Centre in Jewish School 1311 (widely known as the Lipman School) in Moscow... ORT Israel Vows to Heighten Security After Bombing Attempt Thwarted (12/5/2003) According to Zvi Peleg, Director General of ORT Israel, since the start of the Intifada, the State of Israel has not faced a terrorist attack the magnitude of the one planned for ORT Alon Junior High School... ORT Technology College Students Graduate at Ceremony in Renowned Moscow Fashion House (07/17/2003) ORT's Technology College in Moscow marked 10 years since the establishment of its design diploma with a graduation ceremony at a top Moscow Fashion House... World ORT, the JDC, and the AJC Cooperate in Kosovo (07/10/2003) World ORT, the American Joint Distribution Committee, and the American Jewish Committee have completed an important educational project for deprived ethnic Albanian communities in Kosovo... ORT Braude College Honoured by Council for a Beautiful Israel (07/03/2003) ORT Braude College of Engineering has been honored with the Magshim Award by the Council for a Beautiful Israel... World ORT Times (Winter, 2003) Click here to read the Winter 2003 edition of the World ORT Times. This is a PDF file, which you can open with the free Acrobat Reader. ORT Students Killed in Haifa Bombing (03/06/2003) World ORT deeply mourns the loss of the students graduates ORT Hanna Szenesh, in Haifa and ORT Everett in Hatzor Haglillit... Tragedy Hits ORT Israel and the World (02/01/2003) On the morning of February 1st, the world awoke to the news that the U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia had ripped apart over Texas... SVORT Website featured (08/23/02) The svort.org website is featured in the August 23, 2002, Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, along with local area leaders, Mara Kahn and Hayley Green Smith. First Israeli Astronaut to Conduct Experiment Prepared by ORT Students (07/18/2002) Colonel Ilan Ramon to fly on mission STS-107 on Space Shuttle Columbia... ORT Sunflowers Project Volunteers Receive Award (07/18/2002) Volunteers from the ORT Sunflowers Project, which runs summer camp for children with cancer... The Ahava Project- Promoting Women's Participation in High-Tech Professions (07/18/2002) First Computer Engineering study track for female high school graduates from the Druze and Ethiopian sectors... ORT Spanian High School (06/19/2002) The June 18, 2002 bombing was outside the ORT Spanian High School... ORT Israel Hope Campaign (05/27/2002) Our ORT Israel family is suffering. With more than 100,000 students, 8,000 teachers and staff, and 140 schools, the escalating violence in Israel is having a demoralizing and terrorizing effect on our students, their families and their communities... Argentine Reversal of Fortune Creating a Test for U.S. Charity (03/22/2002) Forward article about ORT and the Argentine Jewish community. ORT Hanna Senesh - The Matriculation for Slow Learners Project (03/17/2002) Imagine life for a 15-year-old who immigrates to Israel from a small city in Ukraine. Compounding the difficulties of learning a new language and finding her place in this foreign environment are the pressures of living in a family struggling to survive... ORT Israel Student Killed in Jerusalem Bombing (03/09/2002) Saturday night, March 9, 2002, was one of the worst. In two separate attacks one in Jerusalem, the other in Natanya, thirteen people were killed... ORT Israel Graduates Victims of Terror (02/21/2002) It is with great sorrow that World ORT reports that two ORT Israel graduates were killed on the night of 19 February by terrorists... Former President Clinton Addresses ORT Montreal (02/21/2002) Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was guest speaker to a sold out crowd of 2,600 at Place des Arts in Montreal on Monday 18 February... World ORT hosts Conference of Presidents (02/17/2002) World ORT hosted the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at ORT House in London on Sunday 17 February... Bramson ORT College to Offer Twin Towers Scholarships (12/15/2001) Sofia Yegorova, an immigrant from Moscow, arrived in New York last October with big dreams for her life in America. She quickly found a good job as a clerk at the Marriott World Trade Center Hotel... Three ORT Students Killed in Jerusalem Bombing (12/01/2001) ORT Israel flags fly at half mast in memory of three ORT students killed Saturday night, December 1, 2001, in Jerusalem by a series of terrorist attacks including two suicide bombings and one car bomb. ORT Birthplace Defaced (11/13/2001) Anti-Semitic graffiti appeared last week under the memorial plaque that marks the building in St. Petersburg, where in 1880, ORT was founded. Two ORT Israel Graduates Killed (8/27/2001) Over the past 24 hours, ORT Israel lost two of its graduates to the battle in the Middle East. ORT Israel Student Wounded Near Nablus (6/20/2001) An ORT Israel student was wounded by terrorist gunfire from a passing automobile. ORT Students Die in Tel Aviv Blast (6/01/2001) Two ORT Levovitch students were among the victims of the recent suicide bombing at a popular night club in Tel Aviv. Bomb explodes in Netanya; six lightly injured (5/30/2001) A booby-trapped car exploded Wednesday afternoon opposite the ORT School in the old industrial zone of the coastal city of Netanya. WAO on the Air (5/22/01) Pepi Dunay, WAO’s National President, is scheduled to be on New York News Talk Radio, 1050 a.m., this Wednesday, May 23, from 7:00–7:30 a.m. EST. Reach Out to Israel (5/21/01) In conjunction with Jerusalem Day, Women’s American ORT will launch the “REACH OUT TO ISRAEL” Campaign. The goal of the campaign is to have our members write letters to ORT students in Israel to show support for them during this time of conflict and uncertainty. Notes from Israel (4/22/2001) Randi Brenowitz, Silicon Valley ORT member and a WAO National vice president, is currently on the Solidarity Mission to Israel... ORT Argentina Graduation Class Sent into the World with Skills & Confidence (12/15/2000) More than 9,000 people filled the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires to watch as 1,400 ORT students received their diplomas on November 29, 2000. Voicing our Support for Israel (12/12/2000) A message from the Executive Director A Personal Update on ORT Israel in the Midst of Violence (10/26/2000) With the riots and uprisings that are going on in Israel today, many members of our ORT family are greatly and genuinely concerned about our welfare and security. |
