Dr. David Lvovitch, vice-president of the World ORT Union, has returned from Europe, where he has been since September, arranging for the expansion of ORT activities on the Continent and inspecting existing ORT schools, farms, cooperatives and workshops, it was announced today.
“The work of ORT in the camps for displaced Jews is progressing very satisfactorily and has been greatly praised by UNRRA officials in Germany,” Dr. Lvovitch said. “This work of ORT is especially valuable not only because it aids the displaced Jews to become self-supporting, but because it also helps to alleviate the detrimental influence of enforced idleness.
“I also was happy to see the splendid work ORT is doing in Switzerland where the ORT institutions for refugees, which are the best I have ever seen, are greatly appreciated by the government. In France, ORT is also doing extensive and varied work, with more than three thousand Jewish man, women and children benefiting from ORT training. ORT work has been resumed on a large scale in Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Belgium. As early as a year ago, ORT sent machines and tools to Poland. Now an ORT Committee has been established there which reflects all shades of Jewish life. This wide activity of ORT in liberated Europe, of course, will require a great deal of funds. I am sure that American Jewry will do their utmost to provide the necessary means to carry this through.”
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