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Yitzhak on Sunday? Does
she see him on Monday?"
Students must answer in a
complete sentence, "Yes, she
sees Yitzhak on Sunday. She
sees Yitzhak on Monday!'
Students' books are wrap-
ped in the new Israeli
Russian-language daily.
During break, the books
stay put and students ven-
ture downstairs for tea and
coffee.
"They're depressed from
the moment they arrive:'
the teacher says as the
classroom empties. "They
know they won't get work in
their field. Their profession
is all they come with. Our
priority must be to make
jobs for them?'
Downstairs, students sit
around tiny, round tables.
They wear the indelible
marks of Soviet society: col-
orful polyester dresses from
Moscow and Leningrad,
teased hair and pink
lipstick fashionable in the
United States in the 1960s,
high heels and no hose.
They smell of a sweet Soviet
perfume that pervades the
Moscow subway and now the
streets of Israel.
"We came here because
we're Jewish," says Paulina,
who arrived six months ago
from the Ukraine. "We need
to be here so our children
will be Jewish!'

"We were afraid for our
children in Russia;' adds Ta-
tiana, a new immigrant who
is worried she will never
again work in her field. She
was a librarian in Moscow.
"We think in Russia there is
no future for them."
Both Paulina and Tatiana
live with several other
families in a two-bedroom
apartment. They are two of
10,000 Soviet immigrant
families in this suburb;
greater Detroit has several
hundred. They all would
like someday to have their
own place, but the average
home in Jerusalem costs
between $100,000 and
$150,000.
In 1990, the Israeli gov-
ernment twice cut the
amount of money given a
new Soviet immigrant fami-
ly of three. It's now set at
$7,500 — to cover every-
thing from rent to food to
college tuition, which is
$3,000 annually. This places
the family way below the
Israeli poverty line.
Paulina's and Tatiana's

main concern now is that
they will be able to find
work. They're not opti-
mistic.
Newspaper reports con-
firm their fears. Late last
month, Bank of Israel
Governor Michael Bruno
warned that Israel is facing
unemployment of 12-14 per-
cent in the next few years.
And if the state fails to at-
tract new businesses, that
figure is likely to jump to
16-18 percent.
Many Israelis anticipate
the consequence of a lack of
jobs: Soviet immigrants,
much needed to boost the
Jewish population of the
country, will seek a life out-
side Israel. Often, the
Israelis look to the United
States for an answer.
"Stop setting up your
businesses in Hong Kong

Bank of Israel
Governor Michael
Bruno warned that
Israel is facing
unemployment of
12-14 percent.

and bring them to Israel,"
one Israeli woman ad-
monished American Jews.
Among those trying to
find jobs for Soviet im-
migrants is former Detroiter
Michael Neuvirth. His
CUBIT works to link
American firms with Israeli
citizens.
"The name of the game is
to make jobs through pro-
jects created in the United
States that use brainpower
in Israel;' he says.
A former lawyer dealing
in high-tech law patents,
computer software, tech-
nology transfer, commer-
cialization and manage-
ment, Mr. Neuvirth also
worked with the Israeli
Ministry of Finance and pro-
duced The E.A.S.Y. Way To
Do Business with Israel for
the Federation of Israeli
Chambers of Commerce.
Because of Israel's in-
famous red tape, American
companies are hesitant to
just plop a new business
down in the middle of Tel
Aviv, Mr. Neuvirth says. Yet
the Israeli approach con-
tinues to be: "Americans,
bring your factories here
and create 1,000 jobs for our
new immigrants!'
Instead, Mr. Neuvirth has
located Israelis whose skills