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Russian nationalism assoc-
iated with Mr. Yeltsin and
others to his political left is
not threatening to Jews.
"If the new commonwealth
cannot address the country's
economic and unemploy-
ment problems, and the peo-
ple get the feeling that
nothing is happening, then
we can expect to hear cries
for order and scapegoats,"
Dr. Zimmerman said. "Then
the peoples' cries for nation-
alism will be based on eth-
nicity — not citizenship --
and that can't be good for the
Jews."
Dr. Zimmerman said co-
operation between Russia
and Ukraine is a hopeful
sign. "I believe the joint
powers will be the best hope
the country has to avoid a
civil war like the one in
Yugoslavia," he said. "Peo-
ple may cope with the
changes this year, but they
won't stand for it much
longer than next winter."
The Ukraine, with 52 mill-
ion people producing a
quarter of the country's in-
dustrial and agricultural
might, is considered to be
the.most self-sufficient of 14
republics.
But Lydia Kuniaysky,
resettlement coordinator for
the Resettlement Service in
Detroit, is worried over the
implications of three unified
Slavic republics. "They have
unified according to Slavic
ethnic principles which are
pregnant with anti-
Semitism," she said.
Mrs. Kuniaysky, who left
Leningrad 17 years ago,
suspects the demise of the
Soviet Union was another
plot to oust Mr. Gorbachev.
"I don't think Gorbachev
will fade away," she said.
"He will try to get his foot
back in, and then what
happens I don't know."
In the meantime, she said,
most emigration channels
are open. Since June, 374
Soviet Jews have arrived in
Detroit. About 90 arrived in
October, 45 arrived in
November, and Mrs.
Kuniaysky expects another
85 this month.
Mrs. Kuniaysky said she
heard departments of visas
and registration, known by
the Russian acronym OVIR,
are closed in the. Ukrainian
cities of Kiev, Odessa,
Kharkov and Zhitomir. She
said a Soviet Jewish family
in Detroit is waiting for
word from relatives who
cannot get exit visas because
there is no one to issue them.
"We don't know if it's a
bureaucratic issue or a na-
tionalistic one," Mrs.
Kuniaysky said.

Dail Stolow, acting ex-
ecutive director for the Heb-
rew Immigrant Aid Society
(HIAS), in New York, could
not confirm OVER closings
but said she hasn't heard of
any flight cancellations, nor
does she expect any. "We
have flights coming in every
day," Mrs. Stolow said. "But

"I'm afraid
republics will turn
against the people,
not their
nationality."

Moisey Grinshpun

we're watching events
carefully."
Detroiter Anna Taradash,
who left Kharkov two years
ago, was not surprised.
Letters received Dec. 10
from relatives told of starv-
ing conditions. "There is not
even electricity on the
streets, relatives write,"
said Mrs. Taradash. "They
can get no food in stores, find
no clothes in shops. They
said hospitals are using
candles to operate in when
there is no electricity." El

HMC Grant

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with the legacy of the Holo-
caust every day, and they
don't need to be educated
and 92 percent of the visitors
are not Jewish."
In October, Gov. John
Engler vetoed many discre-
tionary grants for museums,
including a compromise
amount of $87,000 to the
Holocaust Memorial Center.
The veto followed Gov.
Engler's call in March to
slash the state's $110,000
annual contribution to the
HMC, which has attracted
over 700,000 visitors — the
majority students — since it
opened in 1984.
After the October veto,
legislators mustered forces
to gather votes that would
provide $50,000 for the mu-
seum.
"I am very happy that we
were able to correct an in-
justice done by the guber-
natorial veto," said Rep.
Maxine Berman, D-
Southfield.. "We are hoping
the governor this time will
allow money to go for a truly
excellent cultural program."
"It looks promising," said
Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig,
the HMC's executive direc-
tor. "I hope we -don't have
any more problems.
"This still is 60 percent
less than we received the
year before," Rabbi Rosenz-
veig said. "We hope they will
re-evaluate the whole pro-
cess." ❑