ORT Israel is a non-government organization devoted to education in Israel

Education in Israel

Education in Israel refers to the comprehensive education system of Israel. Expenditure on education accounts for approximately 10% of GDP, and most schools are subsidized by the state.-Educational tracks:...

. ORT Israel operates 190 schools and colleges around the country. ORT Israel is a branch of World ORT

World ORT

World ORT is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is the advancement of Jewish and other people through training and education, with past and present activities in over 100 countries....

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History

ORT was founded in 1949. The first school of ORT Israel was a high school in Jaffa

Jaffa

Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...

 which later moved to Yad Eliyahu

Yad Eliyahu

Yad Eliyahu is a neighborhood in the south-east part of Tel Aviv, Israel. The neighborhood was established in 1945 mainly for british army veterans, especially from the local population...

, becoming ORT Singealovsky. Today ORT is the largest non-state network of schools in Israel, with some 100,000 students. Until a few years ago ORT primarily operated trade and vocational schools. Now the focus is on the advancement of science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 and technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

education.