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P«g« Sixteen
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Aug. 4, 1972
World Trotter Reports
On*Teheran ORT
Dear Adolph,
There are a couple of events
of Jewish nature which I
thought might be of interest to
readers of The Southern Israe
lite.
In Delhi, India, I decided to
revisit the Jewish Community
Center, which also serves as
synagogue. Had a great deal of
trouble getting the address, as
the Center does not have a
teiephone.
Arrived there in the afternoon
and it was locked up. However,
the caretaker, an Indian Jewish
woman, was there to let me in.
They have an attractive new
small building which looks to
be a couple of years ago. There
were only about 25 chairs, so
they must have a small mem
bership. The caretaker's little
girl took a lot of pride in open
ing the Ark, and showing me
the two Torahs. They spoke no
English or Yiddish, so there was
very little conversation as my
driver was a very poor interp
reter.
Before leaving home, I wrote
a letter to ORT in New York,
advising I planned to travel to
Iran. I received a very nice
response from Rabbi Morris Ta-
lansky, national director, ad
vising Madame Parvine Moa-
tamed in Teheran would be
happy to receive me and be of
any possible assistance.
I finally had the hotel tele
phone operator get the number
at the school Most phones are
answered in Persian or French,
so I was not very successful
in getting calls through. I spoke
to Mr. Gaboy, the headmaster
and he said they would be
happy to see me. I asked him
if they could use some extra
razor blades, shirts and socks
I had with me. He said they
could use anything I had as
most of the students are des
perately poor and need all kinds
of help. I was so moved I also
took with me a couple of
watches and transistor radios I
had bought in Hong Kong for
someone else.
On arriving at the school, 1
was taken to Mr. Gaboy’s of
fice to meet him and Madame
Moatamed.
Mr. Gaboy was born in Gi-
bralter and his family still
lives there. He graduated from
Cambridge and has been in
Teheran about three months. I
asked why he came to ORT in
Teheran. He wants to work with
undrprivileged children and
certainly will meet his chal
lenge here. He looks around SI
years old and is single.
Madame Moatamed is married
to a dentist and both were bom
in Persia. She has been with
ORT for 17 years and is cer
tainly an enthusiastic and ded
icated worker.
There are 900 students
ranging from age 14 to 25.
About 150 are retarded chil
dren, 300 are girls and the bal
ance—boys. They teach Persian,
French, English and Hebrew.
Some of the skills taught are
mechanics, dressmaking, beauti
cian, machinist and they have
a new course in architecture.
The first school building was
built by the students themselves.
The newest, a girls dormitory,
was built by the Swedish gov
ernment.
Their budget is $300,000 a
year, of which $100,000 comes
from American ORT The bal
ance comes from the Iranian
government and rich Iranian
Jews. Every student must pay
something, even if it is only
$1.00.
Unfortunately, the students
are on vacation in July and Au
gust, so I did not get to see
them I was shown through
some of the buildings and was
very impressed with them.
They are well taken care of
and spotless. They need more
books, equipment and facilities.
There are hundreds of desperate
children who would like to help
themselves. But there is no
place to put them
To me, they are doing a won
derful job and American Jew
ish Women of ORT can be
mighty proud of themselves for
their part in this splendid
project. May God give them
strength and good health to
continue helping these deserv
ing children.
Best wishes,
Berry Rittenbaum
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