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World ORT holds DC conference
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Published: 05.06.12, 07:10
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1. re. ORT's strange associations
not-pro-ORT   (06.05.12)
Exactly how does ORT, a Jewish organization ostensibly dedicated to benefit Jews justify its assistance to groups/countries whose ideology include the destruction of Israel and the extermination of Jews. I know about that from personal experience in Guinea (West Africa). I met by accident a Geneva-based executive from ORT who was there to extend a training contract between ORT and the Guinean government . This executive first told me to carefully mask my being Jewish because I could easily get assaulted/killed by the rabidly antisemitic Islamic mob that makes up 95% of the population of that country. When I asked him about ORT's involvement in Guinea -of all places-...his reply was...business is business! Methinks something is deeply rotten and quite "tref" within that organization.
2. #1: No, that represents the best of Judaism
5th generation ,   Israel   (06.05.12)
as also exemplified in Jesus. Generating gratitude and economic interdependency is believed to be the road to respect and peace, or at least protection from mutual destruction.
3. ORT
AV ,   London.UK   (06.06.12)
I did benefit from ORT in Morocco and its great ORG and still remember it fifty years later
4. Bigotry
Stefan ,   London, UK   (06.06.12)
World ORT does an amazing job training and educating Jews and non-Jews in Israel and dozens of other countries, giving them access to practical skills that can lift them and their families out of poverty and contribute to the peace and progress of wider communities. Its work in the developing world is, truly, a light unto the nations. See for yourself just how much it has been doing to make the world a better place: http://www.ort.org/operational-countries/ic/
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