THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

6 Friday, September 21, 1979

Detroit Employers Task Force Strives to Integrate
Russian Emigres Through Job Providing Campaign

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Announcing the inaugu-
ration of an intensive cam-
paign to find jobs for Rus-
sian emigres, Julian H.
Scott, president of the
Jewish Vocational Service
and Community Workshop
(JVS-CW), stated that it is
the 12-month objective of
his agency to place at least
500 Russian emigres in
gainful employment within
90 days of their arrival in
the U.S.
In order to assist the JVS
staff in achieving this objec-
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Employers Task Force,
headed by Stephen Brom-
berg and composed of busi-
ness leaders of the Jewish
community, which will con-
tact potential employers.
Scores of Russian emigres
have already been placed
directly as a result of the
task force's efforts since its
inception late in July. It is
necessary to launch this ex-
traordinary effort because
the number of Russians set-
tling in Detroit has in-
creased from just a handful
several years ago to more
than 750 expected in 1980,
Scott explained. The JVS ef-
fort is part of a
community-wide effort to
assist these individuals.
JVS has encountered
problems finding jobs for
Russians that are differ-
ent from those of Ameri-
cans. The former Soviet
citizen has grown up in
an economy where jobs
are assigned by govern-
ment agencies, Scott said.
They find it difficult to
understand that U.S. job
placements are voluntar-
ily conferred by private
employers.
Russians live in an
economy where one has dif-
ficulty changing jobs once
one accepts a job. It is dif-
ficult for them to believe
that mobility is possible,
and that the first job they
obtain is not a life-time
position, and that Ameri-
cans frequently change jobs
to improve their oppor-
tunities.
Although this is a highly
educated group, with 60
percent of them having
post-high school education,

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Heart Disease
Tied to Genetics?

BEERSHEBA — Dr.
Manning Feinleib, associ-
ate director for epidemiol-
ogy and biometry at the
U.S. National Institute of
Health's Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute has found
that even after age, systolic
blood pressure, serum
cholesterol, cigarette smok-
ing, glucose intolerance and
history of angina pectoris
have been equalized,
Ashkenazi men in Israel are
still 13 to 15 percent more
prone to developing heart
disease_ than Sephardi men.
Sephardi, and especially
Yemeni, Jews, by contrast,
run a risk 28 percent lower
than average.
Dr. Feinleib, who is in
Beersheba for a two-month
stint as the Harry T. Dozor
Visiting. Professor at Ben-
Gurion University, sur-
mises that the differences
are either genetic or that
"there is some unknown fac-
tor at work which we are
simply unaware of."

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language problems compli-
cate their finding profes-
sional jobs. It is a paradoxi-
cal fact, Scott said, that the
higher the occupational
level, the more demand
there is for the knowledge of
English. Hence, the Rus-
sian professional who
speaks little English may be
more difficult to place than
unskilled workers with a
similar knowledge of
English.
Among the Russians who
rapidly and successfully
found work is a young
meteorologist from Odessa,
who specializes in air pollu-
tion research. Through con-
tacts of the Jewish Voca-
tional Service, the young
meteorologist met Univer-

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JERUSALEM — The ar-
cheological expedition .to
the "City of David," biblical
Jerusalem, recently com-
pleted its second season of
excavations.
The excavations, situated
to the south of the Old City
walls, near the Gihon
Spring, are being conducted
by the City of David Society
for the Excavation, Restora-
tion and Preservation of the
City of David, Jerusalem,
which was founded by the
Institute of Archeology at
the Hebrew University, the
Isarel Exploration Society
and the Jerusalem Founda-
tion. Teddy Kollek, mayor
of Jerusalem, was ap-
pointed head of the society.
Major financial assistance
was given by the Nadiv
(Rothschild) Fund.

sity of Michigan staff who
felt that his training qual-
ified him for work in the
Space Research Depart-
ment at the University of
Michigan. Today, this
emigre is entirely self-
sufficient and enjoying a
satisfactory career.
Not all Russian emigres
have such academic cre-
dentials, but they do get
placed. Not long ago, JVS
was asked to find a job
for a recent arrival from
Odessa. JVS staff soon
learned that this former
Odessa resident was a
skilled plumber. Today,
he is employed by a De-
troit company converting
old plumbing systems in
Detroit to modern sys-
tems.

Although there is a de-
clining labor market in the
Detroit area, the rate of
placement of the Russians
has not diminished. Albert
I. Ascher, JVS executive di-
rector, attributed this to the
growing support and assis-
tance which the leaders of
the Jewish community are
providing in locating and
securing suitable positions.
Ascher noted that .e
agency is to continut, its
current, successful rate of
placement for the projected
20 percent increase in. Rus-
sians who must be served
next year, help from every
segment of the Jewish
community is vital to en-
able a continuing, smooth
adjustment to occur for the
Russian emigres.

Skilled Jobs Are Sought

The Jewish Vocational
Service staff is trying to find
skilled jobs for the following
Russian immigrants. Per-
sons who know of employ-
ment possibilities should
call Barbara Feldman,
Kalman Tillem, Ilene Ab-
sramson or Claudia Sol-
ovich at the JVS, 967-0500.
Immigrants seeking skil-
led work are:
Alexander A. — Com-
puter programmer. Experi-
enced in Fortran and Algol.
—
Vladimir A.
Physiologist specializing in
ultrasonic methods to de-
termine position. of fetus
during pregnancy.
Antoly B. — Electronic
technician. Repaired miniti
computers, calculators, add-
ing machines.
Avram G. — Experi-
enced sewing machine re-
pairman:
Boris K. — Clock repair.
Eiperienced in antique
clocks.
Yuri K. — Jewelry
maker. Designed and made
jewelry. Has had some art
training.
Roman L. — electrical
communications engineer.
Designed and repaired
apparatus of automatic
telephone stations. Also ex-
perienced in composing
programs for computers in
electrical communications
laboratory.
Ella L. — Electronics
engineer. Specialized in
communications systems.
Involved in all phases of
production of quartz
generators, resonators and
filters.
Semyon L. — Electronics
engineer. Designed and de-
veloped TV studio equip-
ment. Experienced in
automatic control systems
for radio transmitter com-
plexes.
Ella M. — Computer pro-
grammer. Experienced in
Cobol.
Roman M.—Mechanical

engineer. Designed and re-
searched wood drying
equipment. Can draft. Also
designing in induction heat-
ing field.
Yakov S. — Mechanical
engineer. Designed and -
worked on eliminating de-
fects in parts of agricultural
machines and tractors.
Leonid S. — Electronics
repairman. Repaired digital
electronics.
Eduard S. — Electronics
technician. Assembled ands
installed radio electronics
equipment. Also worked as
a physics teacher.
Roman Y. — Electrician.
15 years experience. Also
can do electrical welding.
David Z. — Glazier. Did
fitting, cutting and installa-
tion of glass panels.
The JVS is also seeking
positions for six persons
with manual labor or fac-
tory experience, 23 experi-
enced in light assembly, 13
who have experience in res-
taurants, hotels, nursing
homes or other service in-
dustries, as well as five
seamstresses.

Group Aims at
Intermarried
Jewish Leaders

NEW YORK — An ad hoc
committee has been or-
ganized to expose and oust
Jewish public figures who
are married to non-Jews.
The group, known as the
Committee to Eradicate In-
termarriage from Je,
Public Life, will gath,. _-
formation on intermarried
Jewish leaders, then pub-
licly expose them and lobby
for their ouster from Jewish
communal affairs.

What most persons
consider as virtue, after the
age of 40 is simply a loss of
energy.
—Voltaire

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