Israel:

Israel is central to Jewish life. Women's American ORT's solidarity with Israel and strong desire for her well-being remain unshakeable. As members of Women's American ORT, we fervently wish that a strong, secure, independent Israel will achieve peace with its neighbors.

The ORT Israel program is vital to Israel's strength and prosperity. As one of the largest contributors to World ORT, Women's American ORT reaffirms its commitment to maintain and increase its financial and moral support for the ORT Israel network.

In full recognition of the fact that Israel alone must make the difficult decisions affecting its security, we resolve to support:

• urging all parties, including the United States as a key facilitator, to actively pursue Arab/Israeli reconciliation and to develop regional economic and security arrangements to promote peace.
• reducing economic disparity between Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews.
• reinforcing of the importance of a strong United States-Israel relationship, founded on shared values, and the ongoing United States commitment of foreign aid to Israel.
• advocating for improved ties between the United Nations and Israel.
• combatting terrorism which continues to threaten Israel's physical and economic security.
• calling on lsrael's neighbors to eradicate anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement in the media and in the classroom.
• stressing our consistent support for the transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
• bolstering ORT Israel's leadership initiatives by sharing its educational and technical expertise through joint projects with Israel's peace partners.
• preserving Israel as a safe haven where all Jews are entitled to full civil liberties, regardless of the level of their religious observance or country of origin.
• participating in community campaigns to secure adequate funding for Israel's humanitarian needs.
• urging fair and even-handed portrayal of Israel by the media.
• fostering the sale of Israeli products in the United States and promoting business investment in Israel by the United States and other foreign countries.
• encouraging tourism, a major source of Israel's revenues.
• organizing Women's American ORT missions for members, their families, community leaders and others and promote visits to ORT Israel schools by other tours and missions.
• encouraging Jewish American and other Diaspora youth to visit and/or study in Israel.


World Jewry:

The struggle to combat anti-Semitism is central to ORT's philosophy. ORT has contributed to Jewish communities throughout the world by helping to improve their economic and social fabric, while promoting Jewish continuity. As an important part of this ongoing effort, ORT students must fulfill the Jewish studies requirement within their curriculums. Furthermore, the ORT Resource Centers continually create and update Jewish educational materials for student enrichment and teacher training programs.

Women's American ORT pledges its continued support to the global ORT network and vows to:

• contribute to the strengthening and expansion of the economic infrastructure of various countries by advocating for the establishment of ORT programs where they are most needed.
• intensify efforts to focus the world's attention on the events of the Holocaust to ensure that its lessons are never forgotten.
• encourage worldwide efforts to return all assets that were confiscated from private citizens during the Holocaust era to the rightful owners, and to ensure the dissemination of information to eligible parties on the restitution process.
• advocate the provision of financial assistance to those Holocaust survivors who are living in virtual poverty.
• continue advocating for aid on behalf of endangered Jewish communities throughout the Diaspora.
• Promote increasing the awareness level of global anti-Semitism and encourage appropriate participation in like-minded coalitions.





Additional Women's American ORT Resolutions