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Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York, has become the home for an estimated 60,000 Russians, most of them Jewish, beginning with the arrival of the first Jewish immigrants in the early 1970s. Earliest immigrants were usually escapees from the anti-Semitic Soviet regime in the Ukraine. Current arrivals come to the United States to escape persecution from fellow Russians; many arrive with money, unlike their predecessors who tended to bring high academic qualifications only. Law enforcement officials state that the Russians are also bringing organized crime.

There has been a drop in Jewish emigration from the former Soviet Union to the United States. Immigration is down from 36,000 per year in the early 1990s to 21,000 for the past two years. The flow to Israel has remained at 65,000 per year since 1992. Jewish immigration sources with ties to the former soviet Union, state that the main reason for the drop is a concern among possible emigres over employment and welfare in the United States. A further drop is predicted after the adoption of a new welfare bill which limits benefits. Martin Wenick, executive vice president of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society states that

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he relationship between the public and voluntary sectors regarding refugee resettlement services has been studied. Results show that the voluntary sector lays a catalyst role in responding to refugee resettlement, however it fails to respond to the increasing magnitude of the problem and this results in government intervention. The voluntary sector brings the problem to the public's attention. The Council of Foundations produced a survey of philanthropic activity by nonparish religious organizations. Results showed annual religious contribution to social services and social advocacy to be around $8 billion; this amount exceeds the combined giving or private foundations and corporations. The two most frequent activities identified in the United States was emergency food and refugee assistance. Local congregations and organizations tend to deal with immediate emergency needs and national religious grantmaking committees provide funding for long range organizing strategies. California's Merced County Human Services Agency has made changes with the help of a distributed environment and expert system. After an extended pilot and approval process, MAGIC (Merced Automated Global Information Control) was introduced. With thi
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