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JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT 6600 WEST MAPLE WEST BLOOMFIELD UNITED STATES MACCABI YOUTH GAMES AUGUST 19-26 FREE ADMISSION — ITS A KICKOFF ORIENTATION FOR THE LOCAL TEAM WHICH WILL REPRESENT METROPOLITAN DETROIT IN THE 1984 UNITED STATES MACCABI YOUTH GAMES TO BE HOSTED BY YOUR JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, AUGUST 19-26. — MEET THE ATHLETES AND COACHES WHO WILL REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE GAMES. — SEE FILMED HIGHLIGHTS OF PREVIOUS GAMES. — MEET THE ATHLETES WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PREVIOUS MACCABI GAMES. — FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN BECOME A PART OF THE GAMES AND THE METROPOLITAN DETROIT MACCABI ORGANIZATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 661-1000 EXT. 181 Haifa — Every Russian Jew who comes to Israel can tell a dramatic and often touching story. Irina Bogus- laysky has a tale of her own. She was born in Lenin- grad into a family that was Communistic and had early discarded its Jewishness. Her children bore names like Vladimir and Nina be- cause her family wanted nothing to mark them as Jewish. Yet, as she looks back upon it now, she had felt anti-Semitism ever since her early childhood. Her father, though a loyal Communist, sought to build a protective wall around her, but in vain. She was denied the opportunity to study electronics because she was Jewish, and instead went into the field of naval architecture, which appar- ently did not appeal to other Russians. Her husband was in a related field. She rose rapidly in her profession, but when in 1972 she decided she wanted to go to Israel, her very success stood in her way. She knew too many Soviet naval secrets, it was said, and permission was denied. The request to im- migrate also cost her her job. She worked as an elevator operator and as an apart- ment house handyperson. Being an engineer, she could also repair the elevators when they broke down. Her husband became a postman. In 1977, for one of those inexplicable Russian rea- sons, perhaps a mistake, she was permitted to leave with her family. She had heard of the Technion, but did not realize the great extent of its program, and on arrival in Israel took a job as a la- borer in a factory. It was only later, by chance, that she discovered that the Technion also did work in marine engineer- ing. When she showed up with her diplomas and her doctorate and report of her experience, they leaped. Where had she been? There was urgent need for people like her. During her first labora- tory work in Haifa she made recommendations, and ad- vised what the research re- sults were apt to be. Her col- leagues were skeptical. She had not been permitted to take out of Russia any of her classified research papers, and all her experience was in her head. However, the research was conducted as she advised. Based on their studies and the data which she had reconstructed from memory, the researchers were amazed to find that she was right. From the published document we learned what she did not tell us: that for 17 years she had worked at the highly-mysterious and secret Krylov All-Union Central Scientific Research Institute in Leningrad. Now she is a senior staff member with Technion's' Coastal and • Marine Engineering Research In- stitute and is producing new scientific literature. She is also carrying on a campaign to convince gov- ernment authorities that the Technion has both the staff and the facilities to execute almost any marine or naval research required, thus obviating the need to place orders overseas. Yet, she was told, there is more confidence in the research of a Dutch shipyard. Strange, she mused. In Russia everyone thinks the Jews are awfully smart. Here the Jews seem to think the non-Jews are smarter! Sometimes, economy is made an issue on major con- struction. It is not cheaper in Europe, she insists. In- deed, after you get through paying unemployment compensation to the dis- charged Israel shipyard workers, the cost to Israel is much higher. She recalls one order on research into ship drag which Israel had placed with a Hamburg shipyard because of its reputation, despite her claim that the staff in Haifa could do the--job as well. Dr. Bogus- laysky decided to make this a test case. Technion built a model, according to specifi- cations, only one-tenth the size of that required in Germany, and hence at only one-tenth of the cost. Her system and methods were utilized, and the staff came up with a detailed set of findings. The report from Hamburg, produced at great expense, finally came in — and the results were identical. Had she ever considered going to America? Her reply was swift. She did not leave the Soviet Union to ex- change one Galug for an- other. Some of her friends did go to the U.S., and the correspondence between them has dwindled. "They know how we feel about their being there," she said. "Many of them are not happy, and perhaps ashamed to write. Others have 'succeeded' in the American sense. Perhaps they have a bigger car than I do. What's the point? Is the size of the car a criterion for finding fulfillment in life?" She now has an Israeli sabra grandchild, whose name is Rachel.