Absorbing school-age children and university students has posed a particularly daunting task. Competition has intensified for the already limited number of university places. Although there was discussion about creating a Russian language institution of higher learning, this idea was eventually abandoned. High school students have, perhaps, faced the most difficult hurdle in adapting to Israeli curricula. While every attempt has been made to integrate them into the Israeli school system and to prepare them for matriculation, the results have been uneven.
Experiments are also underway combining instruction partly in Russian and partly in Hebrew.
The jury is still out on the efficacy of this system. These problems, however, will eventually dissipate with time. Virtual Communities Inc., 1995-1998. All rights reserved. Virtual Jerusalem Site Terms, Conditions of Use and Warranties.