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Jerusalem council member, who
was among the group of wor-
shipers attacked this week, said
board's and other objects were
hurled over the partition separat-
ing the men's and women's prayer
areas at the Western Wall Plaza.
Police arrived and requested
that the women leave the area and
conclude their service in the pub-
lic parking area outside the plaza.
"We came in good faith," Ms.
Hoffman -told Israel Radio, "and as
a result, we were the ones taken
out of the Wall area."
The court, she said, referring to
last month's ruling, "has had it
with the government dragging its
feet for 8112 years and not coming
up with a solution."
"The court has recognized that
we have a right to pray in the Ko-
tel area," and that a way to im-
plement this must be found that
"would least hurt the feelings of
others. We agreed with that."

ter Polish anti-Semites killed a
number of returning Holocaust
survivors. Another 20,000 Jews
left Poland in the wake of an anti-
Semitic campaign by the Com-
munist regime in 1978.

IDF Criticizes
Lack Of Morale

Jerusalem (JTA) — The head of
the Israel Defense Force person-
nel branch has criticized the late
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and
former Prime Minister Shimon
Peres for contributing to the lack
of motivation in the army.
In an appearance before the
Knesset Education Committee,
Maj. Gen. Gideon Sheffer said,
among other things, that the pre-
vious government had given ex-
emptions from service too easily. C
Maj. gen. Sheffer also criticized
Mr. Rabin for having close ties
with singer Aviv Gefen, who has
been criticized in Israel for not
serving in the Israel Defense Force
and for calling on others to do the
same.
Deputy Education Minister
Rome (JTA) —A Jewish telephone
hot line set up in Poland this fall Moshe Peled told the committee
to provide information confiden- that his ministry was dealing with
tially on Judaism and Jewish is- the issue of declining morale. c
sues has been ringing incessantly.
"The hot line has been an un-
believable success," Stanislaw Kra-
jewski, a Polish Jewish leader and
the Warsaw consultant of the
American Jewish Committee, said
Jerusalem (JTA) — Prime Minis-
in an interview from Warsaw.
The phone has been "ringing ter Benjamin Netanyahu has
non-stop during our hours of op- instructed the Ministerial Com
eration, Thursday evening from mittee on Foreign Workers to step
5:30 to 8 p.m.," he said. "Nineteen up efforts to locate people working
people called and 14 called the next illegally in Israel and begin the
week. How many people didn't process of deporting them.
Addressing the issue during a
manage to get through is hard to
say. Probably several times more." Cabinet meeting, Mr. Netanyahu
Until the fall of communism, it also directed Finance Ministe
was believed that only a few thou- Dan Meridor to make available all
resources needed to facilitate the
sand Jews still lived in Poland.
But during the past decade, an deportations.
According to labor officials,
increasing number of people have
rediscovered their Jewish roots about 250,000 foreign workers
in Israel illegally.
and identity.
Minister of Labor and Socia
For many, finding out that they
Affairs Eli Yishai and Public S
were Jewish was a shock.
Mr. Krajewski, who has been curity Minister Avigdor Kahal
involved in Jewish revival in briefed the Cabinet on the situa
Poland for two decades, is chair- tion and requested additiona
man of the Jewish Forum in funds to carry out the deporta
Poland, an organization of busi- tions.
Two weeks ago, the governmen
nesspeople and professionals
aimed at creating greater Jewish allocated more than $5 million fo
the deportation of 500 illegal fo
awareness.
The hot line, which operates as eign workers each month.
The money was allocated t
an anonymous service, was initi-
ated as a Jewish Forum outreach house temporarily the workers
project to serve as a source of in- tent camps before their deporta
formation for people who recently tion.
But Mr. Yishai said the minis
learned that they are Jews, who
are unsure about their Jewish terial committee dealing with th
identity or who want to find out issue of foreign workers was w
of housing them in tent camps
more about Judaism.
Nearly 3.5 million Jews lived in cause it might cause public pro
Mr. Yishai said that in prin
Poland before the Holocaust.
All but about 300,000 were ple, 1,000 to 2,000 illegal forei
workers could be deported eac
killed.
Tens of thousands left Poland month, but that would require
larger budget.

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