Soviet Jews Find
Work At NIH
The National Institutes of
Health are well known as
leading research institutions.
But the huge government
facility has also become a
haven for highly trained
Soviet Jews.
Currently, at least a half-
dozen Soviet Jews are working
at NIH under a visiting
fellows program.
"Basically, these are people
who were medical doctors in
the Soviet Union," said
Carolyn W. Sanger, a
Washington Soviet Jewry ac-
tivist. "But they are at an age
where they felt they could not
be retrained for the certifica-
tion that would be required.
So they are working as scien-
tists."
According to biochemist
Nina Raben, work at the
Rockville facility has provided
her and her Soviet colleagues
"a kind of support group."
Raben ,came to NIH three
years ago as a volunteer. "I
started here two weeks after I
arrived in this country," she
said. "I had heard about NIH
for years, and I was thrilled to
work for such a great institu-
tion."
Although their tenure at
NIH is limited, Raben sug-
gested that she and her Soviet
colleagues are not concerned
about the uncertainty of their
futures.
"Living in refusal for ten
years, I got used to not think-
ing about the future," she said.
"I'm very happy to be here. I
still have a year and a half.
But like Scarlett O'Hara, I
decide to worry about it
tomorrow."
Saudi Exhibit Draws
Washington Crowds
Washington may be a pret-
ty dull place in August, but
things are lively at the city's
cavernous Convention Center.
In recent days, more than a
quarter-million Washingto-
nians have filed through the
facility, transported by
technology and a lavish use of
money by the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. But the exhibit,
intended to coincide with the
now-postponed Washington
visit of King Fand, con-
spicuously ignores several
aspects of contemporary Saudi
culture — including the grow-
ing power of Moslem ex-
tremists in that country and
the voracious military needs
of the desert kingdom.
"Saudi Arabia, Yesterday
and Today," a multi-million
dollar extravaganza
highlighting the cultural and
the economy of Saudi Arabia,
features Bedouin encamp-
ments complete with
simulated desert scenery, a
laser and multi-media show
and the giant gold and silver
doors from the Kaabah in
Makkah's Holy Mosque.
But the exhibition also has
a heavy emphasis on U.S.-
Saudi business ties. The ex-
hibition, which is free to the
public, has attracted a large
number of foreign policy pro-
fessionals, defense contractors;
congressional staffers,
diplomatic personnel and
curious tourists.
A spokesman for the Saudi
government said that more
than a half-million visitors are
expected before the exhibi-
tion's Aug. 20 closing.
Jewish Groups Oppose
U.S. Visa For Arafat
U.S policy-makers continue
to debate how to respond to an
expected request by Palestine
Liberation Organization
leader Yassir Arafat for a visa
to address the United Nations
General Assembly next
month.
And pro-Israel groups here
are quietly working to thwart
that visit — or at least to
guarantee that Arafat does
not meet with high-level U.S.
officials during his stay in this
country.
"There is no question that
the administration is sending
signals that they are leaning
toward granting a visa for a
UN appearance," said the
Washington director of a ma-
jor Jewish organization.
"Practically speaking, the real
discussion is how to limit the
damage; we've made our con-
cerns very plain to the ad-
ministration, and I think
they're sensitive to our desire
not to allow this to turn into
a public relations windfall for
the PLO."
Other sources suggest that
Israel's supporters here are
wary of appearing to under-
mine the U.S.-PLO dialogue.
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