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Serving Columbus andthe Central Ohio
Jewish Community since 1922
VOLUME 70
NUMBER 27
July 2,1992
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DEVOTED TO AMERICAN AND JEWISH IDEALS
Yitzchak Rabin outlines
priorities, strategies
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World of Difference'
hosts interfaith lunch
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'Heritage in Bloom9
to be held at WHH
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The forgotten singles —
Divorced Jewish
fyomen over 40
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ISRAEL FEATURE
End of Cold War opens door for Israeli love story
By Simon Griver
UJA Press Sendee
BET SHEAN VALLEY, IS-
AREL — The courtship and
marriage of Yulia Kotzik, a
29-year-old Soviet immigrant,
and American-born Steve
Charter moved as rapidly as
the recent events which shook
Eastern Europe. Forever, their
romance will be linked to the
events which rocked the Soviet Union as well as the heady
excitement of building new
lives in Israel.
Yulia, formerly an editor of
.a Moscow newspaper, visited
Israel last year under the auspices of a Jewish Agency-
sponsored course for Soviet
Jewish instructors of Hebrew.
Recently divorced and the
' mother of a 5-year-old, she'd
decided to explore her Jewish
roots. She says, "I simply fell
in love with Israel on that
trip."
But the return to Russia was
grimmer than expected. Yulia
explains, "I panicked. I was
afraid that the doors would
shut for good." Not taking any
chances, Yulia, and her daughter, Yelena, returned to Israel
immediately.
In the meantime Steve, a
former businessman from Randolph, Massachussets, ws well
settled at Sde Eliahu, a kibbutz in the Bet Shean Valley.
Two years ago Steve joined a
Jewish Agency-funded program to explore Judaism. Like
Yulia, his stay in Israel convinced him to immigrate.
When Yulia and her daughter landed in Israel, they headed directly for kibbutz Sde
Eliahu. Yulia's former Hebrew teacher from Moscow
had become a member of Sde
Eliahu. She was now Yulia's
link between the old and new
worlds.
Steve was an unexpected
part of the chain. They met,
but Yulia's only thought was,
"I could never imagine marrying an American." Fortunately for the couple, Steve's reaction was more romantic. He
says, "I was in love at first
sight."
It didn't take long for Yulia
to change her opinion about
Americans. Within two months
they were making wedding
plans.   Last  February  they
proudly held their Ketubah
during the wedding festivities.
It was like an Israeli post
Cold War marriage celebration. The entire kibbutz was
joined by Yulia's family, who
had just immigrated two weeks
before, and Steve's family
from the United States. Undoubtedly, with the huge influx of Soviet Jews to Israel,
there are going to be many
unions where East meets West.