LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25, 2007 (CNS) - Two City Council members called for an investigation Tuesday to determine why inspectors from the Department of Building and Safety interrupted a Yom Kippur service at a Jewish school in Hancock Park.

Jewish families were marking the beginning of Yom Kippur Friday evening when two city inspectors arrived at the Yavneh Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school, to determine whether the facility was in violation of its permit, which limits activities after 8 p.m., according to Councilman Jack Weiss.

The visit by inspectors was prompted by a resident's complaint.

"(The inspectors) went there knowing and believing that that was a good night to find a violation," said Weiss, calling the incident a "pre- meditated religious sting operation."

"The inspectors were sending a message that the Jews praying should not be there," he said.

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