A proposal for the erection of a large, “comprehensive,” vocational training center in Tel Aviv was made here tonight before the biennial convention of Women’s American ORT, and was backed strongly by the organization’s leadership. The proposal was part of the report given the 1,000 delegates and alternates who convened here for their four-day meeting by Mrs. Ludwig Kaphan, national president of the organization. The convention will last through Wednesday.
The Tel Aviv project as outlined by Mrs. Kaphan would comprise six new buildings on an eight-acre tract. A four-story main structure would house classrooms, a physics laboratory, and other teaching, administrative and secretariat facilities. A separate, two-story building would house an electrical department and a section for precision mechanics. Four other buildings would contain machine shops, other workshops and ware-house facilities.
Women’s American ORT chapters have increased since 1952 from 150 to 240, Mrs. Kaphan reported, while the individual membership has grown fourfold to 40,000. The organization has aided the World ORT Union’s programs which have included student health work in seven countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe; accelerated apprenticeship programs for destitute youths the opening of a teachers’ training center for girls in Paris; and the equipping of a modern vocational training center in Nathanya, Israel, where latest American and Swiss machinery was installed.
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