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University Daily Kansan, March 29.1985
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Silhouetted against Potter Lake, a line of cattails sways in the breeze. Though slightly cooler today, yesterday's near perfect weather is forecast to continue through today.
Ethiopians' adaptation studied
By JOHN RODRIGUEZ Staff Reporter
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Sharon Lowenstein had heard a lot about the troubles facing Ethiopian Jews who had been transported to the country but she wanted to find out for herself.
So in January, Lowenstein, the program associate for the Center of Humanistic Studies, traveled to Israel to observe resettled Ethiopians in their attempt to adapt to a new life in Israel.
Lowenstein, who served as a visiting professor of history last year, talked to government officials, social workers, doctors and Israeli volunteers during a four-day visit. Lowenstein will be among the Jewish Federation of Kansas City, Mo. The six financed the trin themselves.
Lowenstein said 7,000 Ethiopian Jews had been airlifted and resettled in Israel between Thanksgiving of last year and January 5, 1865, when the airlifts were stopped by the Ethiopian government.
LAST WEEK, THE U.S. government completed a secret airlift that transported the 800 Ethiopian Jews remaining in the Sudan to Israel.
Lowenstein said many of the
Ethiopian Jews were afraid to talk about how they were transported to Israel because they feared for the safety of family members still in Ethiopia.
She said the resettled Ethiopian Jews had experienced culture shock resulting from the move from a patriarchal and non-technological society to an egalitarian and highly technological society.
But sometimes the media overemphasized the inability of the Ethiopian Jews to use such modern conventions as toiletts and forks, she said. Lowenstein said the unfamiliar conventions did not indicate a lack of ability to learn how to live well in a modern society.
"THEY ARE VERY intelligent and quick to adapt," she said.
She said they showed a great interest in learning about mathematics, engineering and nursing. She talked to children were fascinated by computers.
Eighty percent of the resettled Eighy people were from rural areas and were illiterate, but 20 percent were able to read and write English.
sixty- six of the resettled Ethiopian Jews were attending colleges, and another 30 will enroll in the fall, Lowerstein said. One hundred more
will enroll after the fall semester
Health problems, such as a high incidence of parasitic diseases, afflict the Ethiopian Jews much more than the Israelis, but they respond well to antibiotics, she said. Because they have little sugar in their diet, they have few dental problems.
The Israeli government, experienced in helping refugees adjust to the country, have operated absorption centers to help Ethiopians gain the skills necessary to live on their own. After leaving the centers, officials help refugees locate jobs and apartments, she said
Lowerstein said Ethiopian Jews had been moving to Israel in increasing numbers since 1880. Because the Ethiopians were from such a different culture, they spent more time in the absorption centers than other newcomers to Israel, she said. They often stayed a year or more in the centers, compared with about six months for other refugees.
Since coming back from Israel, Lowenstein has given informal talks to various groups within the Jewish community. She said the information she had learned on the trip also would help her teach courses about Jewish history.
Cultures mingle at language day
By PATRICIA SKALLA Staff Reporter
"The Soy Sauce Incident" may never win an award in daytime drama in the United States. But yesterday, some Kansas high school students could judge whether the Chinese soap opera had enough glamour to replace their favorite soaps.
The soap opera was just one program 550 high school students could attend yesterday as part of the University Day at the University of Kansas.
Carol Leffler, assistant to the director of University Relations and coordinator of the event, said Wednesday she hoped that the students not only received more exposure to foreign languages and cultures, but also learned more about what the University had to offer.
"Kids have no idea of the things that happen at the University," she said. "We want to broaden their horizons and introduce them to new cultures." She said that something in another culture and language, I think we've succeeded."
SOME STUDENTS HAVEN'T had the opportunity to examine a foreign culture, she said. The day allowed them to become more aware of differences and the ways they could use their knowledge of a foreign language.
Florie Anne Woods, a teacher at Campus High School in Wichita, said, "The experience is important because students have an opportunity to meet other cultures and other who are studying foreign language.
Throughout the day, students were able to learn more about foreign languages they already knew and also learn about languages and cultures they may never have heard of. Leffler said.
Students attended an hourlong
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--class in the language they studied in high school. They then either went to a class to learn something about another language or culture, or watched and listened to video tape recordings of cassettes in the language laboratory.
MARK SAWDERS, A freshman at Horton High School in Horton, said, likeked the Russian class. It's a tough offer to that we don't buy in nir校.
Ermal Garinger, director of the language lab, said he thought students enjoyed the "Dial-a-Language" program, in which they read in languages or watch television programs and movies from other countries.
operas as well as movies, such as the Spanish version of the "Lone Ranger," he said. Students can listen to videos and songs, including Swahili and Urdu.
Monica McCloud, a Campus High School freshman, said she enjoyed seeing a soap opera in Spanish, which she now is studying. Although she didn't understand everything, she could tell that the plot was as steamy as soap operas in the United States.
Garinger said he hoped the programs not only interested the students, but also promoted foreign language in the high schools.
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Leffler said, "It's a way of bringing the world a little closer."
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