You are cordially invited
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41st ANNUAL DINNER

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DETROIT CHAPTER
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY

Thursday, October 12, 1989

themselves refugees?'
Many Israelis also deeply
resent what they see as in-
gratitude on the part of those
Russians who do come. "Rus-
sian Jews who go to the
United States say, 'Thank you
for taking me in, says Yossi
Kucik, former Director-
General of the Ministry of Ab-
sorption. "The ones who come
here say, 'You should thank
me for coming!"

Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt
Farmington Hills

Despite the economic dif-
ficulties and widespread
anger, however, Israel is oblig-
ed, both by its Law of Return
and its own ideology, to take
in the Russian Jews who ar-
rive. "Aliyah is the lifeblood
of this country," says Uri
Gordon. "It's what this Israel
is all about. Besides, if the
Jews come here, they will re-
main Jewish. In America,
they will assimilate?'

Officials also argue that,
whatever immediate difficul-
ties a wave of immigration
might present, in the long
run it will have a salutory ef-
fect on the country. "In the
past, whenever we have had
a large aliyah, it has brought
prosperity," says Yossi Kucik.
"It forces us to build homes
and infrastructure, provide
jobs, and all that activity
stimulates the _economy.
Believe me, aliyah is the best
thing that could happen to
us!"
Kucik bases this judgment
on past experience. Between
1970 and 1980, approxi-
mately 100,000 Russian Jews
came to Israel. "We didn't
know what we were going to
do with them then, either, but
it worked out very well," he
said. "Russian Jews can be
tough to deal with, but they
are very productive. In the
long run, they will make a
major contribution to science,
industry and the arts.

Most experts agree that the
Russian aliyah of the 1970s
has been a success story. Ful-
ly 96 percent of the olim who
arrived during those years
have remained — compared to
less than 50 percent of
American Jews who came on
aliyah during the same
period. Moreover, many of
these Russian Jews have
already assumed important
roles in medical research, the
defense industry and educa-
tion.

Guest Speaker

Senator William S. Cohen

(R-Maine)

Cocktails: 6:15 P.M.
Dinner: 7:15 P.M.

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