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Jerusalem (JTA) — Im-
migration to Israel, which
has been declining steadily
in recent months, hit its
lowest point in nearly three
years last month, confirming
that the aliyah wave which
began in 1989 is losing
momentum.
According to the Jewish
Agency, a total of 4,142 im-
migrants arrived here in
May, a 26 percent decrease
from the month before and
only a quarter of the number
who came in May 1991.
The biggest factor was the
drop in immigration from
the republics of the former
Soviet Union, which totaled
3,361 last month, down from
4,696 in April.
In fact, for the first time
since the fall of 1989, more
Jews from those republics
arrived in the United States
than in Israel last month.
In New York, the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society re-
ported that 3,608 Jews from
the Soviet successor states
arrived in the United States
in May under the govern-
ment's refugee program, a
slight increase that brought
the total for the year to
18,207.
By comparison a total of
23,439 Jews from the former
Soviet republics have im-
migrated to Israel so far this
calendar year, significantly
fewer than the 76,221 who
came in the first five months
of 1991, according to the Na-
tional Conference on Soviet
Jewry.
But officials are quick to
point out that the two pools
of immigrants are unrelated,
since those coming to the
United States are mainly
people who have long waited
to reunite with family mem-
bers already in America.
Israeli officials appear to
be resigned to the fact that
the huge flood of immigrants
is slowing down.
"The wave of aliyah is los-
ing momentum, and there
are growing signs that this
sluggishness is not tern-
porary but, rather, an in-
dication of a global erosion
in aliyah," said Simcha
Dinitz, chairman of the Jew-
ish Agency Executive.
He warned that "if the
outlook for jobs for immi-
grants does not improve
substantially, we may even-
tually lose the chance to br-
ing Jews to Israel."
The Soviet Jewry Zionist
Forum, an advocacy group
for new immigrants, agrees
that the high rate of

unemployment among olim
—between 30 and 40 percent
—is primarily responsible•
for the slowdown in aliyah.
According to the group's
spokeswoman, Debra Lip-
son, "the low numbers are 7
continuing reflection of the
serious unemployment the
immigrants are facing.
Those who are already living
here send letters back to •
their relatives and friends
advising them to delay their
departure whenever possi-
ble."
Of the 1.2 million people in
the republics who have re-
quested and received invita- .
tions to join their families in
Israel, about 100,000 posse
visas, she said.
"Despite the high prices
and problems over there,
these Jews feel that they-
should stay put temporarily,
that it's better to come later
rather than sooner."
At the moment, she added,
"we don't see the light at the
end of the tunnel. The
government has not dealt
with the problem of immi-
grant absorption as a na-
tional priority. The numbers
speak for themselves."

Israel Displays
Russian Jewels

Tel Aviv (JTA) — The Rus-
sian Parliament has decreed
that Israel will be the first
foreign country to display
the crown jewels of the czar
and other priceless Romanov
gems, which will be ex
hibited worldwide for the
first time, starting here in
December.
The announcement was
made by Moshe Schnitzer,
chairman of the Israel Dia-
mond Institute, who just
returned from a visit to
Russia.
Mr. Schnitzer, who is pres-
ident of the Israel Diamond=
Exchange, said Israel was
chosen as a gesture of good
will and because Russia is
determined to forge good
trade and economic relations
with the Jewish state.
The Romanov jewels werc-
property of the Soviet state
since the Bolsheviks ex-
ecuted the czar and his fami-
ly after the 1917 revolution. '-
They were never displayed
outside the Soviet Union.
But that will change when
the entire array, including a
162- carat diamond, goes on
exhibition for eight weeks at
the Israel Diamond Ex-
change.

