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on Maple Rd. W. of Haggerty
American-born Herman "Hy"
Schechter, a resident for over nine
years, said some complaints aren't 100
percent fair, because everyone has his
or her own "slant," but calls "out- •
landish" the differences in medical
benefits and the cost of optional week-
end meals.
Optional weekend meals cost $3
each for some, including most of the
Old Americans, and $1 for others,
including virtually all of the "new"
ones. The apartment board of direc-
tors set the meal subsidies, basing
them on residents' income levels.
"None of us are loaded, that's why
we live here. It's a subsidized govern-
ment building," Schechter said. "I was
born and raised here. Give me a little
break on a few things, too. If you live
on Social Security alone, I hate to be so
blunt, but they got you by the tuches."
It's not just the money question,
said Sophie Leemon. "If these people
were a little more gracious and nicer,
maybe we'd all get along better."
Language and cultural differences
have been evident since 1990 when
Russian immigrants, escaping a crum-
bling Soviet Union and rising anti-
Semitism, began arriving at Teitel.
Twenty New Americans came in the
first group, growing to 100, which
now outnumbers Teitel's 73 American-
born residents.
Although some Russian-born resi-
dents communicate with their Old
American neighbors in Yiddish; the
groups usually do not sit together in
the cafeteria or seek out each others'
company.
The New Americans say they get
along well with their native-born neigh-
bors and do not see any hostility
between the groups. They see any fric-
tion as being more of a family squabble.
Liza (Lilia) Gesina, 73, who works as
a clerk at Teitel's Beitel, the apartment's
convenience store, said she knows
everyone, speaks Yiddish to the Old
Americans and considers them "family."
Elena Lubenskaya was one of the
first New Americans to move to Teitel
in 1990. Before becoming a citizen in
1996, she attended ESL classes regu-
larly. Although she tries to speak with
the Americans as much as possible,
"the language is difficult." She is not
aware of problems, and said that the
relationship between the groups is