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Yordim Report
Released
New York (JTA) — A new
report•by the Israeli Ministry
of Labor puts the number of
Israeli yordim (emigrants) in
the United States and
Canada at about 480,000 the
highest ever official Israeli
estimate.
The report, recently sub-
mitted to Labor and Welfare
Minister Moshe Katzav by
Consul Amos Haddad, head
of the labor ministry delega-
tion in the United States,
characterized the new esti-
mate as "astonishing." It said
that the number was derived
from information supplied by
the United States Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Serv-
ice (INS) authorities and files
from the Israeli consulates in
the United States and
Canada.
According to the report, in
December 1986 alone about
70,000 Israelis were regis-
tered at INS, awaiting the
immigrant status that in-
cludes the coveted "Green
Card" that will allow them to
work. The report noted that
INS data show that from
1966-1979, 96,000 Israelis re-
ceived the status of immig-
rants, while 30,000 more
were granted the same status
between 1980-1986.
The new estimate of
480,000 yordim includes the
American-born children of
the Israeli immigrants and
Israelis who immigrated to
the United States and
Canada after living for many
years in other countries,
former Israeli students and
academicians who came to
study here and then re-
mained, and "many Israelis
who live in the United States
illegally," the report said.
The report claimed that
about 50,000 Israeli immig-
rants are living in Canada in
addition to "many" illegal Is-
raelis.
Son Dramatizes
Parents' Plight
Washington — The
Interreligious Task
Force on Soviet Jewry has
lauhthed a nationwide cam-
paign of fasting in support of
Soviet refusenik Vladimir
Slepak. Slepak and his wife, •
Maria, have been denied exit
visas by Soviet authorities for
17 years. Their son Alexan-
der, a medical student in
Philadelphia, began a 17-day
fast on' March 27 to
dramatize their plight. The
fast will extend until Mon-
day, the day 17 years ago
when the Slepaks first
applied to emigrate from the
USSR
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