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Show Suadav , - Page run, THE KERA1D, Prove, April Is. ! B3 They import Russian culture but not hammer and sickle Editor's Sue: TV ideal thty are the bedrock of Amenta: freedom to mandup ithout persecution, the ciutrue fur a letter life, opportunities fur tfieir ctuldren. la greater numbers than eer, Soviet Jews are coming here it a time of convulsive change tn their homeland "If you have Viese changes and people continue la run ay, it's m very bud sign." emigre Stphie Spektor. "It's Ike leaving a unking ship-seek three-bedroo- Part Co Stoly-chna- " By ROBURT UVOKCHAK AP National ttrilrr NEW YORK APi Ten years ago, Kiu'tny Bragarmk gave up on Soviet promises of a worker' para- - de to pursue the American dream. Bragarnik started out as a rab 'if.'. A. ;. . .t .. driver. He Bo owns a restaurant and a house, drives an Audi, has a too u college, jugs 1 five nules a day on a seaMde boardwalk and loves "Three's pany reruns on caLk. He has littk interest in Sov iet American neighborhood, an eiht-piec- e band featuring two KusMan upheaval, even if the cuiunurust monopoly of seven decades is end- singers competes ith the flat muing, Lithuania leads restive repub- sic of video games in the lobby. lics seeking independence, ArmeSupper tables are set with slut nians war with Azertaijams, and glasses for gulping down icy Eastern blue tyrants have tumbled vodka, and patrons are welIke the Berlin W ail comed by a spread worthy of an " I don't think about that governOld World wedding reception: ment. It's past. It's gone," said borscht, shish-kabocabbage-stuffe- d Bragarnik. 'EveryUung I have is piroslJu and pelnuni. a spiover here. My soul is here. Most of cy- ravioli-lik- e dish. the time, I am thinking about this The Unking of East and West occurs throughout Brighton Beach, government .' At braRarruk's Oleosa Kestau-ran- t, a pocket in Brooklyn withnestled amorig the d !is and in commuting distance of the Statue fast food joints typical of any of Ijberty and adjacent to Coney ; . j I LLtnd's roller coaster and parachute jump. The neighborhood, the largest concentration of Sov iets in the I'mt-e- d Slates, is called little Odessa for the Black Sea port in the Ukraine where many of its residents once lived. Brighton Beach's newsstands boast tne Cyrillic headlines of Russian-languag- e daily newspaper in the Western Hemisphere, and newcomers tune in to Kuvian-lanua- e TV and radio shows. The Black Sea Book Store came tht-ofJ- Russian mysteries, novels and science fiction but nut Mikhail Gorbachev's "Perestroika," the Soviet president's plan for overhauling the country. The argot of Odessa, Moscow lerungrad and Kiev can be heard among the clusters of people why visit the boardwalk, wearing fur hats and head st arves called babushkas. Everything, it seems, has a Russian flavor except politics. These latter-dapilgrims are too busv chasing capitalistic prues Lke TVs and cars to worry about riots in Tadzhikistan or long lines for toilet paper. Some people get homesick, but there is a new medicine for people who suffer from nostalgia," said Sophie Spektor, who left Odessa for Brighton Beach 15 years ago. "It's tit? $3,000 ticket. You go back and you become well in a hurry. You won't he nostalgic anymore," Since 1972, when Hichard Nixon's n policies of detente thawed y , i) S u V i re Soviet-America- 7 . relations, about 35,000 mostly Jewish refugees have come to Brighton Beach to flee hatred and bigotry. Most settle in plain brick tenements that look as if they were stamped out by the same cookie cutter. This year, more Soviet Jews than ' ever are coming to America. Gorbachev's reforms made it easier for them to leave, but the open society is a doubled-edgesickle that made the Jews who remain targets of haired and bigotry by some Russian nationalists. "This is the largest wave ever of Soviet Jewish refugees in modern times. They are really running scared. As a group, they are g persecuted minority," said Mark llandelman of the New York Association for New Americans, a resettlement agency that helps pay housing and living expenses. i v. AP LaM-rpbot-o Recent Soviet Immigrant Lazar and Sarah Rudman, both 64, sit on the bed in their bare Brighton Beach apartment in New York. Sarah proudly speaks two words in English: "America good." Spouse abuse brings about slow death Dear Readers: Over the years, I have received thousands of letters from abused women. They all sound as if they were written by the same person. Small wonder. The patterns of abase are similar. The responses are similar. The lies these women tell themselves are similar. Abused women share a paralyzing fear that keeps them locked into these tragic, relationships. Recently I saw a splendid health-oriente- d brochure put out by F'DR Publications. It contains some information tliat I'd like to share with the millions of women who are teing knocked around by their husbands and lovers. Here it is: HE TELLS YOU: "You're not so bad off. We Iiave a good life, , "You are really asking for it Khen you make me crazy like this, I don't get this way with anyone else. It's your fault. "Give me another chance. I'll change. "If you leave, 111 find someone be who is better than you. "I was drunk, I didn't know what I was doing. "If you leave. 1 11 take the children. I might even k.ll you. "You're so al for dumb or uneducated, I'm the only one who would put up with you. You could never get another man." hang on any way he can. Threats and promises are his best weapons. Don't fall for this. A typical abuser tries to separate his victim from outside support -family, friends, people at work. Keeping you isolated is an effective Ann Landers L.A. TIMES ploy. An a baser CREATORS SYNDICATE & YOU TELL YOURSELF: "I can handle this, because a lot of the time he's OK. "He's nice to everyone else. It mast be my fault. If I can learn to do things right, he won't get mad, "He'll change. He means it this time. I'm going to give him another chance. "It's the drink for drugs) that makes him behave this way. "Em so ugly (or stupid no one else could love me. He's the best I can do. Being alone would be worse." TOE TRUTH LS: The way lie treats you is despicable. It is not normal to be abased. He's going to keep beating on you as long as you permit it. He doesn't abuse others, because it isn't safe. Nobody else would put up with it. You are the only one he can knock around. Abase is slow death. You were probably abused when you were young, so his cruelty seems normal. It is not normal. It is a hideous way to live. He will never change until you make it clear that you will no longer put up with his abase. Separating from him may make him get professional help. He hits you, because he is a coward and a bully. If he drinks or uses drugs, that's another problem. It fa not the reason he beats up on There IS help, dear readers. Call the Itfnestic Violence Hotline at (7233). 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"There's an ancient history of It's in the mother's milk of every Russian," said Pauline Bilus, director of Action for Russian Immigrants, a service agency based in Brighton Beach. "People are voting with their feet. They're breaking the doors down to get out of there. There's a palpable fear. Vou can touch it, taste it," she said. 1 mm dm d o eck Ut Out iiiJi.iMii;"JVfl'::in SIHGER SFRGFR em 049 Lit 1 mi " eo No Good Selection AII4CS CLASSES U43 MEDICAL CENTER Last year, 36,147 Soviet Jews were admitted to the United States, and 40,000 are expected this year, according to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. That's up from 10,576 kt 1988 and only 570 in 1985, Gorbachev's first year in power. About half the new arrivals stay in the New York area. The 1.4 million Jews living in the Soviet Union fear pogrotris, or organized racial attacks. Jews say biases prohibit them from holding government jobs, getting promotions or gaining admission to uni Vmyi Skill, 1 i. '" tmi iuu -- ljM-rpti- l Bt-at- h Betowttot UT ON MANY ITEMS 379-725- 0. The Depression Center UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL t I Alina Radinovsky, 3, U held by her grandmotht-- r while shopping n Ave. in New York last month. Born in Odessa, in Brighton the Ukraine, Alina has been in the U-- S. since last May. Fbrtc stock RIBBING-KNIT- AJ m STOCK PATTERNS: 4 urJ Alt FABRICS Hi 20 A ; OFF JAMS-THREA- (located on south side of hospital) Learn how we use relationships, substances, habits and other coping methods to reduce discomfort and stress in waysthatactually increaseand worsen the stress. Michael E, Berrett, Ph.D., a psychologist in the Department of Behavioral Medicine's Eating Disorder Program will present ideas on how to control and reduce stress. Refreshments will be served. For more information call All T51 ill' W ' r eou K You will be put in touch with a inciter in your area. Lfl Tuesday, April 17, 7 p.m. I nP Iff impaired can call you. When lo sQ .'to self-estee- V "Stress Producers Disguised As Stress Reducers" , x tries to destroy the woman's and make her believe she can't live without him. Counseling at a women's center can help you understand this. The most loving thing you can do is make your abuser responsible for his behavior. Separation is the only way to demonstrate that you will no longer put up with it. As long as you stay with an abuser, he will continue to dish it out, and this will go on until you are a total wreck -or dead. iM 321-607- 6 CcMorvood 321-612- Ogden 778-208- 8 Une" 227-306- 6 So'Jtri rwe 321 4 816 |
