Society for the Promotion of Crafts and Agriculture among the Jews of Latvia “ORT”

(Amatniecības un zemkopības darba izplatīšanas biedrība starp ebrejiem Latvijā “Ort”).

Registered on 18 January 1922 (Valdības Vēstnesis, 2 February 1922, No. 26).

By a decision of the Administrative Court of 17 November 1926, the society was re-registered under the new name:

“Society for the Promotion of Crafts and Agricultural Labor ‘ORT’.”

On 5 December 1929, the establishment of a branch in Rēzekne was announced.

In 1939 or 1940, by a decision of the Minister of Public Affairs, the society was re-registered under a new name: “Jewish Aid Society ‘ORT’.”