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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1990
fter a summer
slowdown, Detroit is
again gearing up for
another influx of Soviet
Jews.
Last fall, the community
began scrambling to find
homes, jobs and English
training for the 800 Soviet
Jews who came to Detroit
over the next six months.
But in early summer, when
U.S. immigration quotas
were filled, the number of
new Americans coming to
Detroit dropped dramati-
cally.
In August, Jewish Reset-
tlement Service welcomed
20 persons while only 11
came in September, said
Sandy Hyman, Resettlement
Service director. That's
down compared to November
1989 when 134 newcomers
arrived here.
However, the numbers are
expected to increase soon.
The United States govern-
ment began a new fiscal year
earlier this week and with it
reopened the immigration
quotas. In the next year,
40,000 Soviet Jews are ex-
pected to arrive in the
United States.
Of those, an estimated 500,
most of whom already have
relatives in Detroit, are ex-
pected to come to the city,
said Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion Executive Vice Presi-
dent Robert Aronson.
No one is quite sure when
the next wave of Soviet im-
migration is going to start.
"That's the $64,000 ques-
tion," Ms. Hyman said. "We
really don't know," but she
expects it will begin in
November or December.
Part of the problem is the
difficulty Soviet Jews have
in getting tickets from
Aeroflot, the Soviet national
airline, Ms. Hyman said.
While other commerical car-
riers fly in and out of the
Soviet Union, Aeroflot is the
only one which accepts pay-
ment in rubles, the Soviet
currency.
There are also a limited
number of flights from
Moscow to New York
available from Aeroflot and
not all seats are sold to
Soviet Jews trying to leave
the country, she said.
"Things change very
rapidly," Ms. Hyman said.
"There seem to be certain
political changes (in the
Soviet Union) that can affect
the way people are getting
out. Planning is difficult be-
cause it changes all the
time."
Despite the uncertainity,
Federation is already ex-
amining the financial
aspects of resettlement. Last
year, the Jewish community
spent more than $1 million
for Soviet Jews, with most of
it going to acculturation
programs.
While Detroit expects to
get 500 new Americans in
the next year, the Jewish
community is financially
responsible, based on a for-
mula established by the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society and the Council of
Jewish Federations, for
1,290 Soviets, Mr. Aronson
In the next year,
40,000 Soviet Jews
are expected to
arrive in the United
States. Of those,
an estimated 500,
most of whom
already have
relatives in Detroit,
are expected to
come to the city.
said. If only 500 Soviets
come to Detroit, the com-
munity is still responsible
for the remaining 800 refu-
gees at the cost of $1,000 a
person.
The money will help other
communities such as New
York and Los Angeles,
which get more than their
share of new Americans, fi-
nance the cost of reset-
tlement.
Coming up with the fi-
nances to pay for the influx
"is going to be a problem. It
depends on how much money
we can raise in the 1991
Campaign," Mr. Aronson
said.
Federation officials are
meeting this week to discuss
budget goals, Mr. Aronson
said. He knows the commun-
ity will have to surpass the
$27.5 million it raised last
year to continue to fund ser-
vices for the new Americans.
Federation needs 5 percent
more just to keep even with
the pace of inflation.
The money helps to pay for
services offered to new
Americans including rent
for apartments, English
lessons, financial help from
Hebrew Free Loan for both