THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 Friday, September 21, 1979 Detroit Employers Task Force Strives to Integrate Russian Emigres Through Job Providing Campaign . Ton EWELS Highest dollars paid for your diamonds, gold, or antique jewelry!!! CALL FOR APPOINTMENT -851-7333 Lisc. by State of Mich. T.H. rant, moi0 8 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- tive, Scott announced that JVS had formed a special FULL TIME PROTECTION FROM MARV CHECK • Burglary • Vandalism • Fire • Personal Attack MARV ROSEN M A Price You Can Afford N O IFONE Automatically Notifies within seconds Police Dept. a Fire Dept. Central Office Hidden Wire Installatio. You Won't Know We've Been There emergency reporting system with 24 hr. protection AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ALARM INC. 8384008 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, Mf eW ear May the coming year be filled for the entire community fI by .• Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Glassman & Family and the entire staff of t , • 4 4. LS • • OLDSMOBILE INC. 28000 Telegraph Road at Tel Twelve Mall • 354-3300 • Sales • Service • Collision service on all makes. 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." Archeologists Complete Dig Near Jerusalem with health, happiness peace & prosperity 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- g•V 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 JEWISH NATIONAL FUND s '27308 SOUTHFIELD SOUTHFIELD, MI 48076 SAY IT WITH TREES Phone: 557-6644 Monday thru Thursday 91h1 to 5 PM — Friday 9 AM to 4 PM — Sunday 10 AM to] PM