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He warned that they, together with the indigenous Arab population of the country, would form the majority within a decade or so and Israel would cease being a Jewish state. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Sephardic chief rabbi and now spiritual leader of Shas, told a scholarly au- dience in Jerusalem that marriage registrars must exercise special care in deal- ing with Soviet immigrants, and should demand verifica- tion of their Jewishness. In cases of doubt, the olim should be required to undergo conversion — and this, Rabbi Yosef stressed, meant "kabbalat kol mitz- vot," the acceptance of the yoke of the commandments. He suggested, for example, that a would-be convert be required to attend Shabbat services in synagogue for a year prior to his conversion — as a token of his sincere intent to accept the yoke of the Commandments. Similar concern over the demographic and halachic importance of the Soviet aliyah has been expressed by former Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren, and by other leading rabbis here. Virtually all the newcomers receive Israeli identity cards on arrival, on the basis of any prima facie proof of their Jewishness. Halachic problems are likely to arise at a later stage, when they or their children seek to marry. According to two land- mark judgments by the High Court of Justice last year, the Interior Ministry, which issues the identification cards, is not permitted to ex- amine minutely the validity of prima facie evidence. of Jewishness — such as a con- version certificate from any Jewish community abroad — but should accept it at face value. The marriage registrars, however, who are all Or- thodox rabbis working under the aegis of the Chief Rab- binate, are entitled to con- duct meticulous examina- tions, and to insist that mar- riages be held only in strict accordance with halachah, or Jewish law. Regarding those Jewish couples where one of the spouses chooses to leave the Soviet Union and settle in Israel, Rabbi Yosef said their civil marriage in the Soviet Union is not valid under halachah. He thereby appeared to open the way to such olim remarrying in Israel without difficulty. Rabbi Schach spoke at the opening of his yeshiva's an- nual "Yarchei Kallah," its three-week summer study program for laymen. His 45- minute address, mostly in Yiddish, was relayed by closed-circuit television to various sites in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem. Bush Promises To Aid Ethiopian Jews' Exodus New York (JTA) — Presi- dent Bush has pledged to assist Ethiopian Jews wishing to emigrate to Israel, Seymour Reich, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organiza- tions, disclosed last week. "I've asked the NSC (Na- tional Security Council) to check to see how we can help," Mr. Bush said in a handwritten note to Mr. Reich. "We must find a way for these people to go to their chosen land." Mr. Bush's July 30 note was in response to a July 23 letter from Mr. Reich, outlining the urgency of the plight of Ethiopian Jews currently stranded in Addis Ababa, and asking for Mr. Bush's assistance. Mr. Reich said in an inter- view that he believed that the administration has al- ready been instrumental in maintaining the emigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, and that he believed the rate of emigration would soon be increased. "We understand that the administration has advised