Increasing the productivity of immigrants to Israel must receive top priority lest Israel’s economic problems become more urgent than they are now, Prof. William Haber, president of the Central Board of the World ORT Union, reported here today to a meeting of the ORT Union’s executive committee. Representatives of 28 nations heard Prof. Haber’s report on his recent tour of ORT installations in Israel, Iran and Poland.
In Poland, he told the meeting, ORT is serving more than 2,000 Jews repatriated from the USSR, while in Israel the organization is providing vocational training for 34 percent of all students in vocational high school courses. A budget increase of $200,000 is anticipated this year to a total for 1958 of $5,000,000.
The “Dubinsky Class” at the ORT school in Paris was graduated this week-end in a ceremony which also marked the tenth anniversary of the school, which is located at Montreuil, on the outskirts of Paris. The school was established with $100,000 from the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, of which David Dubinsky is president. The school, recognized as one of the finest trade schools in France, has an enrollment of 900 young students in eight trades. In addition, the institution offers 23 different courses for adults.
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