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Israel's Emigres
Become Teachers

Jerusalem — Immigrants
from the Soviet Union are fac-
ing severe problems in fin-
ding work in the fields for
which they were educated
and trained. At the same
time, Israel is facing a serious
shortage of qualified teachers
of mathematics and science.
In an effort to take a prac-
tical step toward solving both
problems with a single ap-
proach, the Hebrew Universi-
ty of Jerusalem, has been of-
fering a course since last fall
to train highly qualified
Soviet scientists as high
school teachers of math,
physics and chemistry.
The course, which will con-
tinue in the fall with a second
group, is the first of its kind
in the country. It was
developed by the university's
Rothberg School for Overseas
Students, School of Education
and Center for Science
leaching, with the backing of
the Rothschild Foundation
and the endorsement of
government ministries. It in-
corporates the study of
Hebrew, Israeli history,
government and society, Jew-
ish history, Hebrew scientific
terminology, student psychol-
logy, teaching methodology
and practice teaching.
Among those taking part in
the program are those who
have had some experience in
teaching on a university
level, such as Meir Lelchuk,
formerly of Magilow in
Byelorussia.
But as for teaching math to
Israeli high school students
and in a language that he has
had to learn intensively in a
year, he can only observe that
"we'll have to wait and see
how it goes." Then he adds in
halting Hebrew with a smile,
"What do they say here:
`yih'ye toy' (it will be good)."
Meir will be teaching at a
new high school in a northern
neighborhood of Jerusalem.

As for Anna Palchik,
another of the participants in
the program this year, the
change in occupation will be
even more abrupt, since she
has had no prior experience
in teaching and worked
previously as an electrical
engineer near Leningrad.
Anna, a young woman who
came to Israel with her
mother and grandmother last
year, said she had wanted to
come to Israel for many years.
Upon finishing her ulpan
Hebrew language program,
she decided that it would be
easier to find work as a
teacher than in her previous
field and that she could be
suitable for such work.

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