Some of the Jews repatriated from the Soviet Union to Poland “sit around with their bags packed, “hoping soon to be able to go to Israel, according to a report in Die Folkshtimme, Yiddish-language daily newspaper published in Warsaw. The report deals with an analysis of the situation among 30 repatriated Jewish families in the Polish city of Czenstochov, Poland. In addition to the 30 repatriated families, there are also 400 other Jews in the city.
The question to whether to remain in Poland or to emigrate to Israel is constantly debated among the repatriates, according to Die Folkshtimme report. Some of the Jews who had been returned from Russia are criticized in the report because they even refuse to send their children to Polish schools. Unlike other Polish-Jewish communities in Poland, Czenstochov does not have a government-subsidized Yiddish school. Nevertheless, some of the repatriates organized a small Yiddish school of their own about three months ago. The school has an enrollment of only 14 children, however.
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