No decision on the possibilities of undertaking vocational and agricultural training by the World ORT Organization for the estimated 30,000 Falasha Jews in Ethiopia will be made by the ORT executive before June, it was learned here today.
Two ORT representatives, Robert Gilbert and Herman Guggenheim, who have made a study in Ethiopia among the Falasha Jews, will submit their findings to the executive of the organization in June.” A decision on their recommendations will be made only after the executive committee hears their report,” an announcement issued by the ORT world headquarters here said.
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