Family Of Orphans
Migrates To Israel

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parents would not make their
absorption easy," Ms. Lipson
said.
The neighborhood has a 'cer-
tain level of unemployment,
crime and drug abuse," Ms. Lip-
son conceded, but, "the kids are
very resilient and there's an im-
mense willingness on everyone's
part to help them and look after
them."
The JDC's social worker from

The Israeli media
reported that
neighbors around
the housing complex
expressed
reservations in
anticipation of the
youngsters' arrival.

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Jerusalem (JTA) — Six orphaned
brothers and sisters from India
have arrived in Israel to begin an
Unusual absorption process that
will enable them to remain to-
gether.
The Malvankar youngsters,
ages 10 to 19, are members of
Bene Israel, or Indian Jews, who
lost both parents within two
months in 1990. They had lived
in the village of Pali, five hours
from Bombay, where their fam-
ily had owned a vegetable store.
They were cared for by two un-
cles and a representative of the
American Jewish Joint Distrib-
ution Committee, which provid-
ed them a monthly stipend.
After moving to Bombay a year
ago, the family became more in-
volved in organized Jewish life
and decided to come to Israel,
which -has 50,000 Bene Israel
members, according to Deborah
Lipson, JDC public relations di-
rector.
With the help of the Jewish
Agency, they immigrated to Is
rael last week.
But their absorption "posed a
unique challenge," according to
Ms. Lipson, who said most young
immigrants are sent to boarding
schools and are thereby separat-
ed from their families.
To avoid separating the Indi-
an youngsters, a committee of
representatives from the JDC,
the Jewish Agency and several
government ministries worked
together to find a way for them
to stay together and manage
without an adult family member
in a completely unfamiliar soci-
ety, Lipson said.
The children have two aunts
in Israel, but neither of them can
provide homes for the children,
she said.
"There was a special degree of
cooperation among all the enti-
ties to fmd a solution," Ms. Lip-
son said. "Everyone went above
and beyond to meet the chal-
lenge."
The children were given an
apartment in a public housing
complex in Ashkelon and will be
provided a "care-giver" eight
hours each day as well as a social
worker. A legal guardian will also
be appointed for them.
The Israeli media reported
that neighbors around the hous-
ing complex expressed reserva-
tions in anticipation of the
youngsters' arrival.
But Ms. Lipson said this was
no reflection on the way the chil-
dren were or would continue to
be received. "The apartment is
not in the best area of Ashkelon"
and the neighbors expressed the
fear "that bringing young kids to
live in this environment without

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Bombay recently immigrated to
Israel and lives in Ashkelon, she
added.
Meanwhile, the school-age
Malvankar children were set to
begin school this week, while the
19-year-old will soon start inten-
sive Hebrew at an Ulpan.

Clock Change
Revives Debate

Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israelis set
their clocks back one hour at mid-
night last weekend, reverting to
Standard Time while the coun-
try was still sweltering under un-
usually warm days and nights.
The timing of the change from
summer to winter time at a point
when the country would normally
expect at least a month more of
summer weather has once again
heightened tension between the
secular majority and the Ortho-
dox minority.
The Orthodox, who represent
an estimated 10 percent of the
population, demanded the early
changeover to facilitate the recita-
tion of pre-Rosh Hashanah seli-
chot prayers before dawn each
day.
A large majority of Israeli
Jews, as illustrated by person-in-
the-street interviews in the me-
dia, prefer the continuation of
summer time for at least anoth-
er month, to coincide with the
United States and most of the
rest of the world, and to provide
for reduced electricity costs and
more daylight hours for sport an'
recreation.

