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Ethiopian Jews Need
Help, Expert Says

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Wilstein study, the Jewish
leadership has little doubt
about how Israel should
react.
Other highlights from the
study:
• Ninety-seven perecent of
the respondents disagree
with Prime Minister
Shamir's contention that
Israel should not give up one
inch of 'disputed territory.
• Ninety-seven percent
agree that the PLO would
destroy Israel if it had the
chance.
• The respondents were
almost evenly split on
whether American Jews
should publicly criticize
Israeli policies.
What is the real meaning
behind the numbers?
"I have the sense that
there is a very strong feeling
that the current peace pro-
cess -represents a genuine
opportunity," said the Wils-
tein Institute's David Gor-
dis. "The people we surveyed
do not want to see that op-
portunity lost."
There is a strong streak of
pragmatism among the Jew-
ish leaders; without trusting
any of the Arab participants
in the peace talks, a majority
still feel that negotiations
are essential to Israel's
security.
"Some have suggested
that American Jews are
moving more to the right,"
he said. "These figures do
not back up that argument."
More of the Jewish leader-
ship, Mr. Gordis said, are
becoming "security con-
scious doves." ❑

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threatens to make Israel less
democratic, less Jewish, or
both."
A narrower majority — 59
percent — agreed that the
growth of settlements in the
West Bank will make a
peace settlement more
difficult.
Paradoxically, 72 percent
of the Jewish leaders an-
swering the telephone
survey agreed that "civilian
settlements in the West
Bank enhance Israel's
security."
Like most Jews, the
leadership of the community
sees few ideal solutions
when it comes to controver-
sial questions like set-
tlements; their answers
reflected the fact that
whatever course Israel
chooses, it will face risks and
costs.
There was a consensus
that a settlements freeze by
the Israelis might be a polit-
ical plus, if not a moral ne-
cessity.
Sixty-six percent said that
Israel should agree to a set-
tlements freeze in return for
an end to the Arab - boycott
and an end to the violence of
the Palestinian uprising.
But a significantly higher
proportion — 78 percent
—agreed that Israel should
freeze settlement growth in
order to get the $10 billion in
loan guarantees requested
by the Jerusalem govern-
ment — if Washington forces
that choice on the Israeli
leadership.
The Bush administration
continues to signal that kind
of linkage; according to the

M

onths after the dra-
matic airlift of
thousands of Ethio-
pian Jews to Israel, the pro-
cess of resettlement has
slugglishly begun.
While building homes for
the new immigrants is a
priority for the Israeli
government, the process has
been woefully slow. Most of
those who arrived in March
are still quartered in 45 ho-
tels throughout the country,
said Michael Strum, a board
member of the North Ameri-
can Conference On Ethiopi-
an Jewry (NACOEJ).
In the meantime, Mr.
Strum said the Ethiopian

Jews are getting used to a
culture much different from
their own.
"They need help," he said.
Mr. Strum was in Detroit
this past week to update the
community on NACOEJ's
work.
While health care, lodging
and education are being pro-
vided to the immigrants,
they are, nevertheless,
struggling to get used to
Israeli ways, he said.
At the very basic level, E-
thiopian Jews practice a re-
ligion that has many at-
tributes foreign to
Ashkenazi or Sephardi rites.
With their close-knit
families, they are also re-
ceiving financial help from
NACOEJ to go to school. ❑

