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Israel, the people here have
already chosen to go to
America." He said it would be
more productive to try to in-
doctrinate Jews still in the
Soviet Union about the
benefits of life in Israel, but
"it's useless to try to change
our minds here."
His words echoed those of a
young woman we had met
earlier in the day who had ex-
plained that for her, and all of
the emigrants, having lived
in a totalitarian state, the
choice of where to emigrate
was the first real free decision
of consequence in their lives.
And right or wrong, they were
committed to sticking with it.
Ben-Tzion ended the session
by telling the group that this
was the first time he had ever
spoken out publicly ad-
vocating aliyah. "Maybe
when you've lived in
America, you'll come to ap-
preciate the meaning of
Israel," he said. "Maybe you'll
still visit Israel or at least
send your children there."
In private conversations,
several of the transmigrants
discussed the dilemma. Ilya
Shostakovsky, who had been
a refusenik for 15 years in
Leningrad, believes that the
American Jewish community
is too liberal in its approach
to the Soviet Jews. "If they
really prefer for us to go to
Israel, they should give us
fewer options," he said, ad-
ding that if the choice was life
in the USSR or Israel, most
Jews would stay in the Soviet
Union but "there would be a
steady stream of people going
to Israel."
_Shostakovsky said his ra-
tionale for going to Atlanta is
a practical one. "Choosing the
United States gives me two
options instead of one," he
reasoned. "I-can always go to
Israel if things do not work
out in America," but it
wouldn't work the other way
around.
As we were leaving, a young
man in jeans with bright red
hair approached Penny
Blumenstein, a member of
our group and said, "the main
thing we sometimes forget to
mention, and most important
of all, is that we are out of the
Soviet Union. Thank you for
our freedom;' he said.
"And thank you for our
future," she replied.
"The more one tells about
the Exodus, the more he is
praiseworthy."
The Haggadah
Whether or not the Jews
now leaving the Soviet Union
in record numbers will be
part of the future of the
Jewish people is largely in
our hands now.
Much depends on where
they go and how they are ac-
culturated into society. To
date, the American Jewish
community has done an ad-
mirable job providing for the
practical needs of Soviet
Jewish emigrants, helping
them with language, housing,
employment and other needs.
But in terms of Jewish educa-
tion and continuity, we have
failed.
With notable exceptions,
the majority of Soviet Jews do
not affiliate with the Jewish
community and are difficult
to find within a few years of
their arrival. "We lose track
This Passover
there will be more
than 9,000 Soviet
Jews here, in
limbo in
Ladispoli. They
are part of an
historic tale of
Jewish history
whose chapter is
yet unfinished.
of them quickly unless they
come to us with economic pro-
blems," said a Jewish social
service worker.
What can be done?
There are many layers to
the overall problem, and each
must be addressed. The im-
mediate crisis involves pro-
viding more visas for the
thousands of Soviet Jews
stranded in Italy. Jewish
organizations are lobbying
hard in Washington, pleading
that the current crisis stage
could worsen dramatically.
Mark Talisman, director of
the Washington office of
Council of Jewish Federa-
tions, testified last week
before a House committee on
immigration that "this is not
a political issue, but a human
rights issue." He said that if
the United States does not act
quickly "to remedy this situa-
tion, it will continue to suffer
a major international embar-
rassment and also betray the
thousands of Soviets who
depended on our pledge of a
place of real refuge."
As for encouraging more
emigrants to settle in Israel,
the Jewish Agency and the
government of Israel must
bring new energy and com-
mitment to the cause.
Outreach efforts to the
emigrants in Ladispoli should
be stepped up, even though
for many it will be a case of
too little, too late.