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56 June 2 • 2011

aina Dorfman, who immigrat-
ed to Israel from Uzbekistan
hoping that her only child
would have a better life here, walks
along a stretch of beach just south
of a tattered seaside disco called the
Dolphinarium.
Ten years ago, a young Palestinian
detonated a bomb packed with nails
and bullets as he stood amid a crowd
waiting to be let inside for a night of
dancing.
The suicide bomber stole away the
life of Dorfman's 15-year-old daughter,
Yevgenia. (known as Genya), along
with the lives of 20 others, most of
thein teenage immigrants from the
former Soviet Union (FSU).
"Like everyone else, I never thought
this madness would reach me, my
family;' said Dorfman.
The June 1, 2001, attack, which
also wounded more than 100, would
become seared into the Israeli con-
sciousness as one of the most infa-
mous of the second Intifada.
For Russian-speaking immigrants,
the bombing marked an initiation to
the reality of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict that would bring them into the
fold of Israeli society in the most pain-
ful of ways.
"It was seen as sort of a right of pas-
sage as it is described in anthropologi-
cal terms:' said Larissa Remennick,
a professor of sociology at Bar-Ilan

University. "To become one of `us' is to
demonstrate participation in a nation-
al log of losses, that you, too, have paid
a toll."
In the 10 years since, Russian-
speaking immigrants have gone on to
pay a disproportionate toll in terms
of suffering, some experts argue, as
many live in border areas in northern
and southern Israel that have been the
repeated targets of rocket attacks by
terrorists in Gaza and Lebanon.
Ruth Bar-On, founder of SELAH,
an acronym for the Israel Crisis
Management Center, which assists
immigrants affected by sudden trag-
edy, rejects the sentiment described by
Remennick and expressed at the time
of the attack that such suffering is a
way into the Israeli collective.
Instead, Bar-On points to the out-
pouring of compassion and support
by native Israelis seeking to help the
families of those killed or injured fol-
lowing the attack.
Some 600 people volunteered their
services within two days after the
explosion, she said.
"It was a turning point, this wave of
support, compassion and generosity:'
Bar-On said.
"It is something that touched every-
one ... because everyone wants a bet-
ter future for children, and all the par-
ents repeated this description of this
being why they had come here she
said, referring to those who had lost
children in the attack. "It's something
that touched every Israeli.
"And Israelis also simply got to
know these families, whether bereaved

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