6 Friday, August 26, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Aliya Increase Generates Housing Problem Diamonds Cost Less Here Period! By CINDY KAYE REMEMBER, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NEW DIAMOND AND A USED DIAMOND IS THE PRICE. \if( , 1 Am( )\.1) f ),A\ NfiRl )KE R JERUSALEM (JTA) — The difficulty in housing some 7,000 new immigrants who came here over the last six months is one of the problems brought on by the recent surge in aliya. According to Ilan Rubin, deputy director general of the Jewish Agency's aliya department, aliya to Israel f 1 , 414 FEDERAL COLLATERAL SOCIETY, INC. Washington BI‘d at Mic higan A\ e 961-4361 Mon -Fri 9-5 Sat 10-4 NOW SHOWING Porky's The Beast Master Liar's Moon The Final Countdown Six Weeks Independence Day VIDEO PLUS VIDEO PLUS AUDIO 19739 W. 12 MILE RD. at EVERGREEN SOUTHFIELD, MI 569-2330 6641 ORCHARD LAKE RD. (Old Orchard Mall) WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 855-4070 CENTRAL '48 GRADUATES. 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"The absorption centers are practically full, taking into account the re- served places slated to be fil- led during the very near fu- ture by expected olim (new immigrants)," Rubin said. The housing problem is a recent one. It is a combina- tion of the dramatic turn around in aliya during the first half of this year — aliya was up 50 percent from the West but the drop in the number of olim from the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc countries has tended to bring down the significance in the overall rise in the number of olim — and the fact that approx- imately 20 absorption cen- ters were closed for the last three years because there was no need for such facilities while relatively few immigrants arrived here. other transition institu- tions, Kotlowitz noted that because of pressure on aliya offices overseas, potential immigrants sometimes must wait up to two weeks before they can be seen by aliya officials. According to Kotlowitz, the breakdown in immigra- tion from the West this year will be: North America, JEWELRY APPRAISALS AT VERY REASONABLE RATES CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT LAWRENCE M. ALLAN President GEMOLOGIST/DIAMONTOLOGIST Rafael Kotlowitz, head of the WZO immigration and absorption depart- ment, predicted that some 13,000 immigrants from the West are ex- pected to arrive in Israel by the end of the year, the highest total since 1974. But he warned that with- out proper housing, im- migration might once again decline. In addition to the over- crowded conditions in the absorption centers and Enthusiasm is grave, in- ward, self-controlled; mere excitement is outward, fan- tastic, hysterical and pass- ing in a moment from tears to laughter. —J. Sterling 30400 Telegraph Road Suites 104,134 Birmingham, Mi. 48010 (313) 642-5575 AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GM IN GRADING & EVALUATION Presently, the average stay in an absorption center is one year. A small percentage of olim have even stayed as long as two years. In addition to the shortage of hous- ing, some olim remain because it is so inexpen- sive to live in any of the immigrant housing cen- ters. A family of four, in a three-room apartment in an absorption center pays close to nothing, "a mere token," as Rubin put it. After that, if no member of the family has found work during the next six months rent amounts to $30 a month. If one family member has found work, rent increases to $100 a month or 25 percent of the incoming salary, depending on which is lower. Temporary hostels, which are absorption centers which do not include He- brew courses for their oc- cupants, are slightly more expensive. Rent starts at the beginning of the immig- rant's stay. After three months in a hostel, em- ployed occupants are obli- gated to pay 25 percent of their salaries toward rent. Permanent residences for olim also exist. 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