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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1990
Moscow (JTA) — This year,
Israeli. consular officials
here expect to issue more
than 300,000 entry visas to
Soviet Jews wishing to make
aliyah.
But only about half of
them will make it to the
Promised Land before the
year's end.
That's still an enormous
number, compared to past
years, when the vast
majority of Jews leaving the
Soviet Union chose destina-
tions other than Israel as
their new homes. But it is
significantly less than the
total potential aliyah.
The reason for the gap
essentially boils down to this
new reality: while it is easier
than ever before to obtain
permission to emigrate, it is
harder than ever to leave the
country.
It is difficult, if not im-
possible, to get a visa to
come to the United States as
a refugee any time in the
near future, unless one has
immediate family already
living in America.
Officials at the American
Embassy here estimate they
have distributed half-a-
million applications to
Soviet citizens since Oct. 1,
200,000 of which have been
returned to the embassy and
forwarded to Washington for
processing.
But since the current
quota on refugees from the
Soviet Union stands at
50,000 per year, most of
these applicants face a long
wait.
They could come to the
United States as "parolees."
But most Soviet Jews reject
this option, since it means
foregoing U.S. financial as-
sistance and the right to
become an American citizen.
Some bills now in Congress
may permit citizenship for
parolees in the future.
Most Jews eager to leave
the Soviet Union understan-
dably have chosen to make
aliyah. But while they will
not encounter any Israeli
quota, they can expect long
delays in leaving the coun-
try.
The first step in the pro-
cess is to apply for an official
invitation from Israel. To do
that, one must go to the old
Israeli Embassy building,
where Israeli consular offi-
cials, operating under the
auspices of the Dutch Em-
bassy,assist with the
paperwork.
A stunning 2,500 to 3,000
Soviet Jews are visiting the
Israeli mission each day to
apply for invitations or to
pick up entry visas once they
have received permission to
emigrate.
Currently, it takes four to
six weeks from the time of
application to receive an in-
vitation from Israel. Then,
Soviet Jews must apply at
OVER, the Soviet emigration
agency, for permission to
leave the country.
That process may take as
little as a month or more
than six months.
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New York (JTA) — A group
of New York Jews, despair-
ing over Israel's increasing-
ly negative image, have
gone to Madison Avenue in
search of correctives, accor-
ding to a report in The Jew-
ish Voice and Opinion, a
monthly published in
Englewood, N.J. A new
organization called Coali-
tion for Israel Inc. plans to
mount an intensive media
campaign to present Israel's
case forcefully, according to
its chairman, Rabbi David
Algaze.
Algaze, rabbi of Congrega-
tion Havurat Israel of Forest
Hills, N.Y., believes that
while Israel has won all of
its wars with the Arabs, it is
losing the public relations
battle "for which she is not
prepared."
To accomplish its goals,
the coalition has mobilized
sympathizers in the adver-
tising community.
Dr. Kenneth Kelner, na-
tional vice president of the
Zionist Organization of
America, said that when co-
alition leaders went to enlist
some of the top talent on
Madison Avenue, "We were
surprised by the level of
support we are getting from
the creative advertising
community."
Jonathan Tobin, an adver-
tising professional who
serves on the coalition's ex-
ecutive board, agreed.
"We really do have some of
the brightest advertising
talent in the country work-
ing on the project," he said.
"Their time alone is worth
tens of thousands."
LJ