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The conflict appears to be more
about the eligibility of the Falash
Mura than the costs of their
absorption. Unlike the 14,000
Ethiopian Jews who were brought
to Israel in the early 1990s under
Operation Solomon, no consensus
has been reached on the status of
the Falash Mura.
Israel does not recognize the
Falash Muras' claims to Judaism,
but instead is determining their eli-
gibility case-by-case under the Law
of Return. That law allows immigra-
tion for anyone with at least one
Jewish grandparent, along with his
or her spouse, children, grandchil-
dren and their spouses.
Fewer than 200 Falash Mura
have been brought to Israel since
the beginning of the year.
Federations around North
America have raised the possibility
of providing direct funding to
address the humanitarian needs of
those in Ethiopia.
But now, Israel is directly asking
American Jewry to help absorb the
costs of resettling those who do
qualify for entry.
At a meeting last week with the

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"I don't see many anti-peace peo-
ple in Israel," Zevadia said. "If by the
end of the peace process, the
Palestinians have a state, some will
object, but not the majority."
She was disappointed in the collapse
of the peace talks with Syrian President
Hafez Assad and U.S. President Bill
Clinton. She said the collapse was caused
by Syria coming to the table with new
proposals, among them, demands for the
northern part of the Galilee.
Zevadia's appearance at Shir
Tikvah was tied in with a middle
school curriculum on diversity in the
Jewish community.

Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations —
one week after the umbrella group
held a closed-door session on the
issue with Israel's consul general in
New York and its former ambas-
sador to Ethiopia — Tamir, Israel's
minister of absorption, told
American Jewish leaders that the
government is divided over how to
handle the matter.
She told the Conference of
Presidents that without funding
commitments from American Jewry,
she is reluctant to press her govern-
ment colleagues — preoccupied with
the peace process — to expedite the
processing of the Falash Mura.
"Unless there's a substantial com-
mitment from abroad, I honestly
don't know where to put" the new
immigrants, she said.
"If I bring them to Israel, I bring
them to caravan [mobile home] sites
and doom them to misery," said
Tamir. "Caravan sites are better than
conditions in Addis Ababa and
Gondar, but not much."
Jewish organizational officials,
however, returned the ball to Israel's
court, saying that while Israel
should not be burdened with all the
costs of absorption, until Israel
expedites the process and decides
whom it will allow to immigrate,
American Jews cannot mobilize a
fund-raising campaign.
"I think American Jews would feel
pride to help, but it has to come
from Israel," said Lawrence Rubin,
executive vice chairman of the Jewish
Council for Public Affairs. "The per-
ception is that there are those in
Israel saying, 'No, put this aside.'" ❑

— Julie Wiener
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

"The big purpose was to help
bring about a change in attitude,
given that this congregation, in spe-
cific, is very diverse," said congregant
Geralda Miller of Ferndale.
"A lot of the children who live in
communities like ours in Rochester
Hills are very aware of their own minor-
ity status," said Shir Tikvah member
Marla Scafe. "It's important for all of us
to learn there are other minorities."
Bob Zucker of Farmington Hills
said Zevadia had fielded some diffi-
cult questions.
In my Jewish upbringing, we never
talked about any of this stuff," said
congregant Karen Melaas of Oxford. E