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.
Colombia
Colegio Colombo Hebreo School in Bogotá is one of Colombia’s top-ranked schools and is regularly well placed in national rankings.
Cuba
ORT Cuba previously hosted a range of programs benefiting the country’s Jewish and non-Jewish citizens.
Mexico
Colegio Olamí ORT was founded in 2022 from the merger of two leading schools within Mexico’s Jewish educational network: Colegio CIM-ORT and Colegio Hebreo Sefaradí, together contributing more than 180 years of educational excellence.