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Congregation
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Biiai Moshe
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ing what they consider the
"inferior education" provid-
ed by Israeli schools — they
will have a better future
here than in the country
they left.
"It's too early to draw con-
clusions about the success
or impact of this aliyah,"
said journalist Edith Coron,
author of The Last Exodus,
a study of the Russian
immigration recently pub-
lished in France. "Many ele-
ments go into the psycholog-
ical dynamic: the tendency
of Russians to define them-
selves by their professional
status (which has been
undermined here); the fact
that earlier waves of well-
educated immigrants
(Germans, Americans) were
able to fill in certain blanks,
while the Russians set down
in a more firmly established
society; the fact that most of
the immigrants lack a sense
of Jewish identity, and as
long as they don't feel dis-
tinctly Jewish, they won't
feel themselves to be
Israelis."
Moreover, it's no secret
that most of the Russian
immigrants would have pre-
ferred to go to the United
States or Europe.
"They didn't expect to get
red-carpet treatment there,"
Ms. Coron added. "But they
believe that Israel owes
them more (especially after
it pressured the United
States to impose quotas),
while Israelis — so many of
whom are former immi-
grants themselves — tend
to say: 'We've all been
through this (some of us
under far more harrowing
conditions), so stop moaning
and get down to the busi-
ness of coping, like everyone
else.' "
The notion that the influx
from Russia would solve
Israel's most irksome
predicament — the
Palestinian problem — by
radically changing the
demographic balance in the
territories has proved to be
no more than gross political
hype. The same is true of
the belief that the Russians
would revolutionize the
work ethic and transform
the country into the Japan
Inc. of the Middle East, or
that "market forces" would
magically do the job of hous-
ing and employing them
with little or no cost to the
host society.
And then there's the
observation recently made
by Ha'aretz columnist Doron
Rosenbloom that Israel is
actually inhabited simulta-
neously by two peoples.
One is the People of Israel
(Am Yisrael), which lives in
the Jewish state and are
committed to the principle
that the "ingathering of the
exiles" should come before
all other mortal concerns.
The other is made up of
those Israelis who aspire to
the good life (and an even
better one for their children)
and who do not see why the
accommodation of others
who wish to improve their
own lot (as the Russian
immigrants are generally
perceived) should be at their
expense.
Thus it's entirely possible
that in addition to their
objective difficulties, the
newcomers — who have met
both peoples and received
both messages — are suffer-
ing from cognitive disso-
nance at the juncture
between the two. For all the
difficulties and disappoint-
ments, however, tens of
thousands of people contin-
ue to pour into Israel from
the FSU.
They've already proven
their political clout (it was
essentially their vote that
put the Labor Party in
power), which will surely
stand them in good stead as
election time rolls round.
For what the immigrants
want is to have their needs
receive higher priority on
the national agenda.
And that is probably the
strongest sign of all that
they're quickly becoming
Israelis in every way. ❑
kit!
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L.A. Passes
Ordinance
Los Angeles (JTA) — The
Los Angeles City Council
has approved an ordinance
requiring foreign companies
seeking city contracts to cer-
tify that they are not par-
ticipating in the Arab econ-
omic boycott of Israel.
The new law, known as the
Anti-Arab Boycott of Israel
Program, was passed
unanimously by the city
council, according to Coun-
cilman Joel Wachs, chair-
man of the Governmental
Efficiency Committee.
Federal law already pro-
hibits American firms from
participating in the boycott.
According to the Los
Angeles Times, the or-
dinance is not expected to
have an immediate impact
because the 66 foreign com-
panies currently holding city
contracts have not par-
ticipated in the boycott.
Mr. Wachs' office could not
confirm those figures. ❑