Eight Jewish schools in the former Soviet Union are being equipped with technology centers that will help teach Jewish studies using computers. All eight of the centers, which are being established by the ORT network with $1.6 million in funding from U.S. philanthropists, will be operating within the next year, according to Gideon Meyer, deputy director general of the World ORT Union.
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