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he oldest profession in
the world is rapidly
being taken up by the
newest immigrants to Israel,
according to newspaper
reports.
In recent weeks, Israel's
leading papers have
published several articles on
the growing phenomenon of
young Soviet women turning
to prostitution in order to
earn a living for their chil-
dren and sometimes, even,
for their husbands.
While no official report has
been issued on this very
unofficial subject, one owner
of a large Tel Aviv escort
service estimates that Soviet
women constitute some 10 to
15 percent of the total
number of women in Israel
working in the sex industry,
be it in massage parlors,
escort services or street pros-
titution.
"In Tel Aviv, there are a
total of 100 to 150 women
working at escort services,
200 to 250 masseuses and
some 500 whores," said the
owner of V.I.P. Claiming he
is "no expert," he added that
he does not think the percen-
tage of Soviet women in the
trade is that high.
His view was echoed by
Yuli Kosharovsky, a well-
known former prisoner of
Zion who now lives in the re-
ligious kibbutz Alon Shvut
in the Etzion Bloc, southeast
of Jerusalem.
"A whole people is im-
migrating to Israel, so what
can you expect? All of them
would be musicians, pro-
fessors and 'good Jews'?" he
asked the daily Ma'ariv.
He was echoing the oft-
remembered observation of
the renowned Hebrew poet,
Haim Nahman Bialik, born
in Russia in the 19th cen-
tury, who once said that the
Jewish people would achieve
normalcy in their own state
only when they have their
own murderers, prostitutes
and thieves.
Mr. Kosharovsky pointed
out what many before him
have said: "One thing is for
sure. Hardship or no hard-
ship, a decent girl would not
take up that profession."
While the phenomenon is
already quite common in the
center of the country and in
the North, the southern
parts of Israel still lag
behind. The reasons for this
are many, among them that
in general, the population in

the South has less money to
spend on recreation.
However, one escort ser-
vice office in Beersheba was
found to have a Russian
woman working for them.
Patricia is a 27-year-old
childless divorcee who arriv-
ed in the country only three
months ago.
The owner of the business,
who claims to have Soviet
women coming to him daily
for jobs, told one of the pa-
pers that he "saw immedi-
ately that she has a lot of
class, and is suitable for the
job."
According to him, "She
wants to make enough

"In addition, we
also pay, and pay
well, usually better
than the Israeli
Jewish men."

Arab contractor

money to buy an apartment
and has already managed to
save up a couple of
thousands of shekels."
Although Patricia's story
may seem somewhat happy,
there are other women who
haven't fared so well. In
Carmiel, near Haifa, which
has one of the highest
percentages of new immi-
grants from the Soviet
Union, there are several
stories circulating about
Soviet prostitutes who have
been severely beaten up by
men trying to be their
pimps.

According to reports, the
clients of these Soviet prosti-
tutes in the North seem to be
mostly Arabs, something
lAthich police consider to be a
security risk.
One such client, a con-
struction contractor, told
Ma'ariv that "there are a lot
of common factors that draw
the Soviet prostitutes
together with the Arab
men."

Apart from the feeling of
being somewhat outsiders in
Israeli society, there is an
attraction of opposites, he
pointed out. "Physically and
mentally, these women are
the exact opposites of the
women in our villages. And
we, as dark men, are found
attractive by the women.
"In addition, we also pay,
and pay well, usually better
than the Israeli Jewish
men," he said.

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