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| GERMAN CULTURE MINISTER WITNESSES The initiative was launched after a tumultuous summer
EMPOWERMENT OF HAREDI WOMEN AT JCT of violence last year, when interreligious conflict deeply
affected Lod’s residents.
Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Culture and the
Media, Claudia Roth, visited JCT’s Lustig Campus for
women in May to explore JCT’s implementation of
integrating various populations into the workforce - one
of her policy priorities.
JCT management visiting students in Lod
During her visit, Minister Roth met with students, rabbis, “The violent events that took place last summer revealed
and faculty, learning about the Haredi way of life in Israel the need to support efforts promoting Jewish life in the
and the College’s priorities vis-a-vis its Haredi students. center of the country,” JCT President Prof. Chaim Sukenik
said. “This will only be brought to fruition by helping the
“I was exposed to a world I’ve never encountered before next generation of young people who are dedicated to
that is very different from my own,” Minister Roth said. “It living in Lod and keeping its Jewish life alive.”
was a pleasure to learn about the Haredi world, steeped
in such a rich tradition, and its talented women entering Noam Dreyfus, CEO of Kehilod, said, “JCT is the only
the labor market. The knowledge they’re acquiring at institution of higher education that believes in the
Lustig will enable them to earn a respectable salary and importance of supporting young Jewish communities.
be a part of the innovative world of high-tech, while also We are grateful for the College’s friendship and for the
maintaining their identity.” decision to partner with us.”
| JCT AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FROM LOD, | C OUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION APPROVES NEW
COUNTERING INTERRELIGIOUS CONFLICT MASTERS COURSES
JCT and the local grassroots organization Kehilod, an JCT announced that the Israeli Council for Higher
organization that aims to boost religious Jewish life in Lod’s Education has approved the College’s plan to open Israel’s
old neighborhoods, have awarded scholarships to young first English-language Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
religious students who live in the central Israeli city of Lod, degree, which will expand upon the success of JCT’s top-
in a measure to help reinforce the city’s religious character ranked Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
and incentivize more young people to move there. Israel’s government is supporting JCT’s initiative with the
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