October 13, 2000

Open U. of Israel Finds Many Students in the States of the Former Soviet Union

By HAIM WATZMAN

The distance-education programs that the Open University of Israel has been offering in the states of the former Soviet Union since 1993 may not be high tech, but they are popular -- they are taught in 280 cities.

Some 7,300 students are enrolled in one or more of the seven university courses, which have been translated into Russian. All seven are in Jewish history, religion, and culture. According to Lueba Gorgodze, director of the Open University's operations in Minsk, Belarus, the

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