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Cantor Gail Hirschenfang chants as 13 Soviet emigre couples are
married under two chupahs on Sunday at Temple Beth El. Soviet law
prohibited Jewish wedding ceremonies in the Soviet Union.

Soviets in Israel Seek
To Market Expertise

KIMBERLY LIFTON

Staff Writer

tacks of papers con-
tain scientific know-
how brought to Israel
directly from the Soviet
Union. The proposals number
84.
Offered is information to
produce a disposable medical
syringe, a curative pneumo-
mechanical massage device
to be used in eye and ear
disease treatments, or a
multi-frequency radar self-
guidance warhead.
The information is endless.
And much of it is patented in
the Soviet Union, ready for
application. American in-
vestors are welcome. To
date, there are none.
Yet a group of these Israeli
newcomers hopes to change
the status of investors.
Through a newly established
self-help center in Tel
Aviv, the Thousands of
Families Center is designed
to help immigrants find jobs
and housing and to help
them become successfully
integrated into the commun-
ity.
"We want to help
ourselves in Israel," said
Nickolai Soloviov, a recent
Soviet emigre to Israel who
helped found the Thousands
of Families Center in Tel
Aviv last May. At $50 a
family, nearly 3,500 families
(8,000 people) have joined
the center.
The ideas come from engi-
neers, teachers, doctors,
scientists, artists, actors,
musicians, construction
workers and skilled laborers
— all Soviet emigres who
have moved to Israel.
The center, founded last

May by Mr. Soloviov and a
few other Soviet olim, claims
to have placed at least 500
immigrants in the Israeli job
market.
Now its leadership is
marketing its brain power.
Although details have not
been worked out for poten-
tial overseas investors, Mr.
Soloviov said center mem-
bers are flexible, possibly
willing to share their trade
secrets or opt for joint ven-

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On a U.S. and Canadian
tour to promote the center,
Mr. Soloviov spoke at the
Birmingham Temple last
week. He said he hopes the
center will ease the tran-
sition for more recent ar-
rivals and prepare Jews in
the Soviet Union awaiting
exit visas to Israel. The
center has opened branches
in 15 cities in Israel, as well
as in Moscow, Leningrad,
Kiev, Minsk and Kishinev.
"We formed the associ-
ation so that we do not have
to rely on the government,"
Mr. Soloviov said. "We want
to encourage entrepreneur-
ship."
The Birmingham Temple
has formed a support group
for the center.
The center has created a
manual employment data
bank, which provides infor-
mation on product develop-
ment options, and scientific
and technological think
tanks. It also contains sug-
gestions for opening small
businesses and tips for laun-
ching trade and joint ven-
tures with partners in the
Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe.
One project already under
way is a massive housing
undertaking.

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