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influx of Soviet emigres to the
Jewish state. Virtually everyone
expects at least 100,000 to arrive
this year, even though the gov-
Wave of Aliyah Spurs Euphoria
But Could It Mean Disaster?
JERUSALEM: Vladimir Vitman is
fidgety. His hands are in per-
petual motion as he shifts to the
edge of his chair and sputters in
While emigre success stories
are cited again and again by gov-
ernment officials, the emigres
themselves are quick to cite an
equal number of cases marred by
bureaucratic entanglement.
Current government policy of-
fers the refugees two options: six
months' free shelter in a center
while they gain language skills
needed to find a job and tackle a
new culture, or a lump sum al-
lotment under a "direct absorp-
Russian about his aliyah.
"The problem is that at the air-
port we are given a choice with-
out really knowing what it means,"
however.
Vitman not only is disappoint-
ed by the meager funds and ser-
vices provided, he is nervously
watching the calendar. The time
is rapidly approaching when the
dole will end.
Ira, his 28-year-old wife, sits
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Northern California lewish Bulletin
(Copyright 1990, jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
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the 33-year-old immigrant says tion" method.
with undisguised anger, his re- The former, the Vitmans'choice,
ceding hairline beaded with has been picked by only ten per-
sweat. cent of the immigrants; the latter
. Vitman has been in Israel only can mean an allotment of $11,000
three months. He feels isolated, for a family of three - and depen-
despite his wife and seven-year- dence on family already here for
old son being with him. He is job- a place to live.
less and lives in an absorption After comparing notes with
center outside Jerusalem; he friends who chose differently,
speaks neither Hebrew nor Vitman has decided he's made a
English. huge mistake. The government
The Vitmans are part of a mass won’t permit a change of mind,
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