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brothers and sisters,
husbands and wives, she
said.
Yet she stressed that the
drive to save Ethiopia's Jews
is not complete. "We still
have 2,000 Ethiopian Jews
behind enemy lines in Con-
dor," Mrs. Eisenberg said.
"Now it's our priority to get
them out. We're not finished
until we've gotten all those
left behind."
To assist with resettling
the new o/im, the Michigan
Association for Ethiopian
Jewry is about to begin an
extensive fund-raising cam-
paign, Mrs. Eisenberg said.
Money, clothing and
blankets will be needed.
Funds will be used not
only for housing and food but
to help acculturate the Ethi-
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said.
Unlike Soviet immigrants,
Ethiopian Jews rarely know
Hebrew and are unfamiliar
with Western culture. It will
take a great deal of work to
make them comfortable in
the totally new society they
will find in Israel, Mrs.
Eisenberg said.

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"The greatest problem (for
the new immigrants) is cul-
ture shock," Mr. Lessanework
added. It's especially difficult
for elderly Ethiopians, who
may have difficulty with the
new language and rarely ven-
ture out of their homes.
The Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration of Metropolitan
Detroit, following guidelines
established by the United
Jewish Appeal, does not plan
a separate campaign to
assist the Ethiopian Jews,
according to Federation Ex-
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nors did vote this week to
advance by June 1 $1.3 mill-
ion of its $40 UJA pledge,
which includes the regular
campaign and Operation
Exodus, the special drive to
resettle Soviet Jews. The
advanced monies from the
Detroit Federation, and from
federations nationwide, will
be used to help the Ethiopi-
an Jews.
To meet the demands of
the $1.3 million advance, the
Federation is asking those
who made pledges to the two
campaigns to turn in their
donations.
Mr. Aronson said he does
not expect the drive to reset-
t 1 e Ethiopian Jews to
become a separate cam-
paign, but rather to be built
into Operation Exodus. The
national goal for next year is
expected to be $600 million.
Israeli officials set the cost
of Operation Solomon at
between $135 and $150 mill-
ion.
Mr. Lessanework cited the
need both for cash donations
and volunteers who speak
Amharic and Hebrew. He
plans to go to Israel in the
next few weeks, he said.
A frequent visitor to
Israel, Mr. Lessanework met
with Prime Minister Yit-
zhak Shamir and Deputy
Foreign Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu during a
February mission sponsored
by the American Jewish
Committee. Then, and in a
subsequent visit last April,
he "pleaded with them to
give us assurance" that the
Ethiopian Jews would not be
forgotten. Their response
was a commitment to do so,
he said. "They kept their
promise." 0

ehovot, Israel — I had
to pull my car over to
the side of the road
when I tuned into the news
broadcast about Operation
Solomon, for it left me chok-
ed with emotion, on the
verge of tears. Only a few
moments later, when I had
regained my composure, did
I continue my journey.
That reaction was not
unusual. Indeed, it was
typical of most people here.
In ordinary circumstances,
they are full of complaints

Nechemia Meyers writes from
Rehovot, Israel.

about everything from the
economic situation and
government incompetence to
the boorishness of their
fellow citizens. But an event
like Operation Solomon
suddenly restores their pride
in being Israelis. On such oc-
casions it becomes crystal
clear to them: only Israel
really cares what happens to
Jews; only Israel will take
risks to save Jews when they
are in mortal danger.
In recent days I have fre-
quently heard speculation
about what might have
happened to European
Jewry had the Jewish state
been established several
decades earlier, if there had
been an El Al and an Israeli