By COLlive reporter
Bramson ORT College, an undergraduate New York City college located in Forest Hills, Queens, has announced the relaunch of its Jewish Technical Vocational School – JTVS program.
It offers frum young men to earn smicha in the morning while studying towards a GED and associates degree in the afternoon. The 2-year program allows students to earn their GED through college course work rather than having to take the GED exam.
The young men develop valuable career skills while earning an Associates degree in one of Bramson ORT’s 19 cutting edge degree programs. Enrollees will join the thousands of successful ORT graduates.
The college and yeshiva provide dedicated support and free tutoring throughout their studies in order to ensure student success.
“We have seen so many of our graduates achieve great success upon completion of our program,” said Rabbi Levi Kaplan of Crown Heights, head of the Jewish Technical Vocational School who oversees the yeshiva component.
“Many have gone on to very lucrative positions and have become stellar members of our community. Some have already started families which they are supporting and are fully integrated into the community.”
Kaplan noted that the salutatorian at Bramson ORT College’s recent graduation was a JTVS student. “His heart warming speech to the graduates was an amazing Kiddush Hashem,” he added.
Yair Rosenrauch, Director of Bramson ORT’s Brooklyn extension center where the program takes place, said: “Some of our most successful and impressive graduates have come from this program. Our teachers love working with these highly motivated students.”
Financial aid and scholarships are available to qualified students. The College is accredited by the Board of Regents of The University of the State of New York.
For more information and to register, contact Rabbi Levi Kaplan at 718-877-3528 or via email at [email protected]
For those who would be going to college, and instead enroll here, it’s such an incredible z’chus, both for the applicator and the heads of this thing!!
Moshiach now! 🙂
Great idea! The best of both worlds. Make a good kli and good things will happen!
this is a good start.
maybe this is the first step of a long process for crown heightsers to finally getting their act together.
Finally!!!
Thank you, Rabbi Kaplan, and whoever else was involved in making this happen. I only wish it was around a few years ago when I was doing smicha….
Better late than never.
Now it’s time to fix a bachelors in there, you can’t do much of an associates. Maybe start this process a drop earlier!
But bh, this is a start for our young men to have a kli be able to have a skill and work to support thier themselves and eventually their families, being responsible husbands and fathers!