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| | Ulpan Akiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30) |
 | | The Russians treat Ulpan Akiva like a commuter school -they come for their five hours a day, six days a week, and hurry back to boyfriends or husbands, children, jobs, or the search for work. |
 | | Unlike the Russians who flocked to Israel in the 1970s or early 1980s to escape political or religious persecution or to affirm their Jewishness, the current tide of immigrants is here for economic gain. |
 | | But for the foreseeable future, the reality at Ulpan Akiva is going to be more of the same: fewer visitors from abroad, and classrooms crowded with Larissa and llana, Paulina and Valentin. |
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