Israel Study Finds
Absorption Hard 1
for Soviet Jews
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rsEW YORK (JTA) — Israel has
devised special methods for meet-
ing the problems faced by immi-
grants coming into the country
from the Soviet Union, an Ameri-
can Jewish Committee report re-
leased here shows.
The report. compiled by the Is-
rael office of the AJ Committee,
indicates that one of the main
problems stems from the difficulty
Russian Jews have in adjusting
from a totalitarian state to a free
society. Listing the everyday irri-
tations that result from this ad-
justment, the report notes that
problems arise in the social frame-
work, because immigrants from
the Soviet Union have been gener-
ally accustomed to a social life
restricted to the family, while
social life in Israel is broader.
On the other hand, the survey
shows, university-age immigrants
confront the problem of their Is-
raeli peers who have "little time
for socializing, and the newcomer
often finds himself an outsider in-
stead fif part of a warm, embrac-
ing. circle."
The solutions to these prob-
lems come with time, the report
continues. "For the youth, the
problem of integration is re-
solved once he enters the army,
where he finds the comradeship
and sense of belonging he seeks.
For the older immigrant. things
fall into place once he has a job
and is assured of economic liveli-
hood."
Among the special arrangements
made by the Israel government for
handling Soviet immigrants are:
intensive Hebrew instruction for
professionals for five months in
absorption centers: apartments im-
mediately available for nonprofes- t
sionalS, -1-furnished and with the
first month's rent paid: and greater
= financial allowances for Soviet im-
migrants -Than for those coming
froiri' -ihe United States.
David . Levy, newsman for CBS
spent.the past two weeks
grotto of Soviet. Jews who
with
ze to' -Israel, reported on the
New,s,hroa-ticast, The - World
the striking
'--'thing about :the new immigrants to
Israel is their almost -- total lack
of religious background.. or even
conviction: . . . .
(''In fact,- *saddled as they are
with their- . Soviet -uPbringing and
education, - many actually _seem to
'go- out of their way to reassure you
. -- that they.. are atheists." Levy as-
serted that "a majority of them
is definitely far more Soviet than
Jewish. - Despite. this, Levy. added,
"the ex-Soviet Jews are f6r- the
most part intensely loyal to their
-new country.")
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Fatah Reportedly
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The dis-
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