More than one-fourth of Israel's workforce are ORT graduates. As the flagship of ORT's global program, ORT Israel serves nearly 100,000 students annually in 138 schools, colleges and special programs. This network includes high-tech colleges granting Bachelor of Science degrees, apprenticeship programs for high school dropouts, continuing education courses for business executives and teaching centers developing new curricula, teaching aids, textbooks and computer software. Special ORT programs serve the needs of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Ethiopia.
"Last Chance" Schools
ORT Israel's five "Last Chance" Schools, the focus of a major Women's American ORT campaign, are internationally recognized havens for troubled teenagers. These students, ages 14-18, require extra help financially, educationally and emotionally to complete their education. Many are poor. Some have police records. Others come from dysfunctional families. Some were expelled from other schools and became street kids. Through strong teacher-student relationships and a solid, practical curriculum, students can build new lives. ORT's "Last Chance" Schools do not give up on any young Israeli. The "last chance" schools -- ORT Ramat Yosef, ORT Akko, ORT Geula Street in Tel Aviv, ORT Oleiski in Jerusalem and ORT Kfar Saba -- teach marketable skills for meaningful employment. With that, come self-reliance and self-respect.
ORT Braude International College of Technology, Karmiel
Overlooking the spectacular cliffs of the Beit Hakerem Valley, the 150-acre ORT Braude International College of Technology houses spacious classrooms and lecture halls, well-equipped labs, and a library. Other facilities include a synagogue, recreational and sports facilities and comfortable dormitories.
ORT Braude International College of Technology, founded in 1988 with major support from Women's American ORT, offers four-year engineering degrees in electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial and management engineering, biotechnology engineering and software engineering.
ORT Braude also has a two-year practical engineering program. Courses in engineering and business-related field are geared to marketplace demands for high level operational and management personnel. Rounding out the College is an active continuing education department, which supports enrichment programs for professionals, retraining courses for new immigrants, a special "second chance" program for Ethiopian students, and seminars and conferences for industrial and public sector professions.
Graduates of ORT Braude are in demand. An on-campus placement bureau helps students turn their academic training into meaningful employment, the cornerstone of the ORT program.
The Campaign for ORT Braude is successfully raising funds to complete Women's American ORT's $10 million leadership pledge. On track to exceed our $3 million goal, the Campaign offers many meaningful funding options, including the Mezuzah Campaign. For a minimum gift of $5,000, contributors are recognized for their generosity with a mezuzah and small plaque, bearing their names or that of loved ones, on the doorpost of a classroom, office, dormitory room or other college facility. In the first year of the campaign, contributors had the satisfaction of placing more than 100 mezuzot on doorposts at ORT Braude.
With a student body of over 2,500 -- more than three times the number originally anticipated -- ORT Braude is preparing a generation of skilled Israelis to compete in today's high-tech, global marketplace. Join us in celebrating ORT Braude's 10th anniversary with a gift to this campaign!
The Joseph Harmatz ORT School of Engineering, Jerusalem
The Joseph Harmatz ORT School of Engineering is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Since the academic college joined the ORT network in 1968, the school has grown to include a junior high school, science and technological high schools and an academic college training teachers in technological education. The more than 2,000 students enrolled on campus can major in electronics, computer science and mechanical engineering. The curriculum is designed to meet national and industrial needs.
The Deitch Synagogue, on campus, is used for daily worship by students and faculty throughout the school year. Established through a gift from a devoted ORTist, the late Dr. Yetta Novotny of Philadelphia, the Deitch Synagogue is a place in Israel where members and friends of Women's American ORT may memorialize loved ones. On the Jewish calendar anniversary date of a loved one's death, a memorial light is lit in the Synagogue and Yarzeit is recited by a religious student or teacher. The names of loved ones are honored in a Memorial Book, Memorial Wall or Named Pew.
The John F. Kennedy ORT Center, Jerusalem
The ORT Kennedy Apprenticeship Center, located in an industrial section of Jerusalem, opened in 1967 with seed money from WAO. The Center provides training in industrial skills, such as mechanics and electronics. Following a one-year workshop-based course, students are placed in work-study programs, the hallmark of these apprenticeship centers. The Helen Rosenberg Memorial Garden at ORT Kennedy is named for a past national president of WAO.
ORT Beverly Minkoff Junior High School, Jerusalem
In September 1995, the ORT Beverly Minkoff Junior High School welcomed 700 seventh, eighth and ninth graders to its new building in the Malcha quarter of Jerusalem. Named in memory of a beloved national president of Women's American ORT, the school relocated to this thriving section of the city, filled with young families. Because of its special program combining academic studies with technological training, ORT Minkoff graduates are prepared to continue their studies at the Joseph Harmatz ORT School of Engineering and other high schools of their choice.
Women's American ORT undertook a special $500,000 capital campaign from 1995-97 to equip and furnish the new school. The campaign far exceeded its goal and cemented the special relationship between WAO and ORT Minkoff.
ORT Syngalowski Campus, Tel Aviv
ORT Syngalowski is one of the most prestigious schools in the ORT network. Built in 1959 with seed money from Women's American ORT, ORT Syngalowski, in the Yad Eliahu neighborhood of Tel Aviv, offers a technical curriculum keeping pace with industry and technology. The campus has grown to meet demand and now includes a Junior High School, a Science and Technology Senior High School and a Junior College. The ORT Moshinsky Pedagogical Center is renowned for its research and development of teaching materials, teacher training, library and publishing house. The ORT Pollak Adult Education Center for Management and Marketing, also located on the Syngalowski campus, provides training and retraining for immigrants, those retiring from the army and individuals in outmoded professions. The Center develops courses tailored to individual industry needs and gives courses for ORT's own workers.
Hermelin ORT Academic College, Netanya
The newest ORT college, the ORT Hermelin College, dedicated in 1997, is named in honor of David and Doreen Hermelin. Doreen is a longtime member and supporter of WAO and David, now U.S. Ambassador to Norway, is a past president of American ORT and the World ORT Union. The College's goal is to provide a skilled work force for Israel's growing high-tech industries. In collaboration with Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, the College has developed a concentration in telecommunications technologies. One of the campus buildings will be named in honor of Women's American ORT, in recognition for our financial commitment to the College.
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