Soviet Jews Are Troubled by Job, Housing Gaps Series: THE NEW ISRAELIS: Soviet Jewish Immigrants. Part 2 of a 5-Part Series. Part 1 Appeared July 25. Parts 3, 4, and 5 Will Appear July 29 and 30 and Aug. 1

Peter Ford, writer of The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor

SITTING on the bed in a grubby hotel room that is now her only home, Galina Levin hugs her husband and baby daughter to her and tries bravely to keep a smile on her face.

"Before we came, we knew it would be difficult here," she says. "But not this difficult."

Glad though they are to be out of the Soviet Union, the Levins' outlook, two months after their arrival in Israel, is distressing. Unable to find an affordable apartment, they are paying 750 shekels ($320) a month - more than half their government living allowance - to stay in the hotel.

Galina, a third-year medical student now in a country where doctors are sweeping the streets because they cannot …

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Publication information: Article title: Soviet Jews Are Troubled by Job, Housing Gaps Series: THE NEW ISRAELIS: Soviet Jewish Immigrants. Part 2 of a 5-Part Series. Part 1 Appeared July 25. Parts 3, 4, and 5 Will Appear July 29 and 30 and Aug. 1. Contributors: Peter Ford, writer of The Christian Science Monitor - Author. Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor. Publication date: July 26, 1991. Page number: 7. © 2009 The Christian Science Publishing Society. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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