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ROMAN INSTime<br />
I During the first semester, I had a<br />
special opportunity to be an<br />
intern/research assistant at the<br />
Truman Institute for the<br />
Advancement of World Peace. I<br />
worked for Dr. Edy Kaufman,<br />
the executive director, on a<br />
project dealing w ith the Jewish<br />
“desaparecidos” or missing<br />
persons, victimized during the<br />
| m ilitary regime in Argentina<br />
from 1976-1983.<br />
I must say that the internship,<br />
! along w ith 24 hours of regular<br />
classes, made my schedule quite<br />
busy but I got a great deal out of<br />
it. Working w ith Dr. Kaufm an<br />
was a delight.<br />
He’s a very interesting m an w ith many contacts<br />
worldwide. On one occasion, I walked into his room<br />
and, in Hebrew, asked a man w aiting inside where Dr,<br />
Kaufm an was. All Dan Rather could say in Hebrew<br />
was “Lo”. On another occasion I met Jimmy Carter<br />
on his way to a meeting at the Truman Institute. He<br />
stopped and asked me if I wanted to take his picture.<br />
His bodyguards, Israeli and American, were shocked<br />
and thought we knew each other! It was an exciting<br />
moment. Overall, the internship was extremely<br />
worthwhile and stimulating.<br />
CHUG<br />
mmu<br />
A liyah was our common interest and what<br />
brought us together every week. Our chug was<br />
made up of twenty people who wanted to find<br />
out and be exposed to as much as possible<br />
about Aliyah; the bureaucracy involved, the<br />
psychological ups and downs, the rules, the<br />
process, job opportunities and most<br />
important... o u r rig h ts! We had some great<br />
lecturers from places like the AACI<br />
(Americans and Canadians in Israel) - an<br />
institute which is heaven to an Oleh Chadash.<br />
Speaking to a group of arm y officers was also<br />
an experience th at was unique to us all.<br />
i by Bonnie Wasserman<br />
Having an opportunity to exchange our<br />
thoughts about Israel and her society, to<br />
discuss our future plans and reasons why we<br />
w ant to be here “Bichlal” was, in my opinion,<br />
the best part of the chug. Personally, it gave<br />
me a lot to think about and brought to mind<br />
many questions that will remain w ith me from<br />
now, as a member of Chug Aliyah until....I, one<br />
day, am an olah chadasha, a member of the<br />
Israeli society.<br />
by Naomi Levin
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