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88 FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992
Washington (JTA) — As
the National Conference on
Soviet Jewry marks its 20th
anniversary, the organiza-
tion is being urged not to let
down its guard now that
thousands of Jews are
streaming into Israel from
the former Soviet Union.
"We must not let these
figures lull us into a sense of
false security," Sen. Paul
Sarbanes, D-Md., who was
one of the founders of the
Congressional Coalition for
Soviet Jews, said this week.
Mr. Sarbanes warned that
because of the economic and
political situation, things
can change quickly and
dramatically. "Soviet Jews
could once again become the
most vulnerable of
minorities," he said.
Mr. Sarbanes spoke at a
Capitol Hill ceremony mark-
ing the 20th anniversary of
the National Conference at
which its chairman,
Shoshana Cardin, expressed
thanks to Congress and the
American people for support
of the Soviet Jewry move-
ment.
Marvin Lender, national
chairman of the United Jew-
ish Appeal, said that Ameri-
can Jews were "incredibly
successful" in providing the
funds to help 400,000 people
immigrate to Israel from the
Soviet Union.
But he stressed that "these
are not numbers, they are
people," each with their own
story to tell.
Mr. Lender introduced two
new immigrants to Israel,
Ella Tsveyev, who was from
Leningrad, now St.
Petersburg, and Aleli
Adamsu, from Ethiopia. The
two expressed their ap-
preciation for the help they
received from the American
people.
They are part of a group of
40 Soviet and Ethiopian
immigrants who will be
traveling around the United
States to express appreciation
for U.S. help in bringing them
to Israel, Mr. Lender said.
Jack Kemp, U.S. secretary
of housing and urban devel-
opment, told the audience,
which included many from
the House and Senate, that
the United States has a
"moral obligation" to help
Israel provide housing and
jobs for the new immigrants.
He repeated remarks made
to a Jewish group in Chicago
recently that it is not a polit-
ical issue but a human-
itarian one.
Mr. Kemp was clearly re-
ferring to Israel's request
that the United States
underwrite $10 billions in
commercial loans, to be used
for immigrant absorption.
Mr. Sarbanes and Mr.
Kemp, who, as a Republican
representative from New
York, was co-chair of the
Congressional Coalition for
Soviet Jews, received cer-
tificates of appreciation from
the National Conference for
their advocacy.
Also receiving certificates
of appreciation were Sens.
Wyche Fowler, D-Ga.,
.ruchard Lugar, R-Ind., and
Dennis DeConcini, D- Ariz.,
and Reps. Louis Stokes, D-
Ohio, Steny Hoyer, D-Md.,
Dante Fascell, D-Fla., and
Constance Morella, R-Md.
Certificates for their
leadership in the Congres-
sional Wives for Soviet Jews
went to Delores Beilenson,
Teresa Heinz, Joanne Kemp
and Shirley Metzenbaum.
Also participating in the
ceremony was Morris
Abram, former chairman of
the National Conference and
now U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations in Geneva,
who pointed out that the
Soviet Jewry movement led
to the worldwide drive for
human rights.
Olim Directed
To Many Cities
Jerusalem (JTA) — A
ranking official of the Jew-
ish Agency for Israel accused
the government of having no
plan for the absorption of
thousands of immigrants
from the former Soviet
Union.
Attempts to regulate ab-
sorption along the lines of
supply and demand have
proven futile, declared Uri
Gordon, head of the agency's
Immigration and Absorption
Department. It is high time
the government got in-
volved, he said.
"Unfortunately, at this
stage, the government has
no national program to ab-
sorb aliyah, and as a direct
result, Jews from the former
Soviet Union hesitate to
come to Israel and the
number of immigrants is
low," Uri Gordon said.
He estimated a monthly
immigration rate of not
more than 8,000 over the
next few months.
Mr. Gordon said the
government should direct
olim to three major areas —
Galilee, Jerusalem and the
Negev.