American ORT chapter leaders meet for briefing by world ORT leader. (Transcripts).A group of 25 American ORT chapter leaders from the New York Metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. met on March 8 for a special, in-depth briefing given by world ORT World ORT is a non-governmental organization whose mission is the advancement of Jewish people through training and education, with past and present activities in over 100 countries. World ORT is the coordinating body of separate ORT National Organisations in 58 countries. director general Robert Singer Robert Singer (born October 29, 1947) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1993, where he represents the 30th Legislative District, a district in the middle of the state. and American ORT executive director Paid B. Firstenberg. Representatives from the accounting, banking, jewelry, law, real estate, and construction businesses heard Firstenberg introduce American ORT's new "ORT Argentina Schools Emergency Fund." ORT Argentina has a budgetary shortfall of $6 million and urgently needs $1.5 million just to run its schools on a bare-bones basis in 2002. "ORT Argentina's school year begins. March 11, and the country's deep recession, a 40% devaluation devaluation, decreasing the value of one nation's currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. It is usually undertaken as a means of correcting a deficit in the balance of payments. of the peso, the collapse of two prominent Jewish banks, and climbing unemployment, which has pushed 25% of the Jewish community below the poverty line, prompted this new initiative by American ORT," noted Firstenberg. He said that in 2001, ORT Argentina awarded nearly $5 million in scholarships. Demands for financial assistance are even greater this year and ORT's two primary sources of funding in the past, the Argentine government and the Jewish community, are unable to provide anything this year. World ORT director general Robert Singer told the group that ORT Argentina is addressing the needs of its students and families by providing hot meals, medical checkups, and counseling to its student body. Singer also provided a timely update on ORT's programs and activities worldwide. More than 300,000 students are now enrolled in ORT programs around the world and many new programs are being initiated. However, ORT also has to respond to many emergencies. Singer announced that more than 20 ORT Israel students and graduates have been killed and many wounded since the start of the current "holy war." "Imagine how students feel when they come into school and find their friend's desk sitting empty," he noted. Schools are not only being reinforced with additional security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security , such as closed circuit television cameras, new fences, and gates, but special counseling, and grief therapy Grief therapy is a kind of psychotherapy used to treat severe or complicated traumatic grief reactions,[1], usually due to the loss of a close person, by separation or death, sometimes associated with community disaster. programs have also been put in place to help the students. In addition, Singer added, due to cuts by Israel's Ministry of Education that were necessitated by increased security and defense needs, ORT Israel is seeking donors to help recover lost teaching hours and reinstate To restore to a condition that has terminated or been lost; to reestablish. To reinstate a case, for example, means to restore it to the same position it had before dismissal. extracurricular programs. |
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