ORT works in Italy with two Jewish schools: ORT Liceo Renzo Levi, founded in Rome by ORT Italy in partnership with the local Jewish community, and the ORT-affiliated Scuola della Comunita Ebraica in Milan, both of which provide excellence in general and Jewish education.
The schools bring together Jewish students and families from across the cultural and religious spectrum and aim to educate young people to be rooted in their Judaism and form a strong link to Israel.
In both schools, scientific education is at the forefront owing to the presence of innovative ORT computer science classes, science laboratories, and digital classrooms. Alongside the traditional school curriculum, ORT in Italy also helps develop personal creativity, entrepreneurship skills, and the development of global citizenship awareness through international projects with other schools from around the ORT network.
Recent Italian national surveys (Eduscopio) on the quality of schools show that the scientific high schools in Milan and Rome are among the top-ranking institutions year after year.
ORT has previously supported Jewish communities in Venice, Genoa and Florence, and has run schools in Rome, Livorno, Turin, Florence, Venice, Trieste, and Cevoli, as well as a training farm in Cevoli San Marco.
ORT activities in Italy began in 1946, providing vocational training to European displaced persons and refugees following the Second World War.
Russia
Russia is the birthplace of ORT. The organization was founded in 1880 in St. Petersburg to provide Russian Jews with employable skills as a way out of poverty.
Estonia
Catering to more than 340 students, the ORT Tallinn Jewish School is the only Jewish school in Estonia and consistently ranks among the top 20 schools nationwide.
Argentina
ORT Argentina has more than 10,000 students from primary school through high school to adult education and teacher training facilities across four campuses around Buenos Aires.