THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 29, 1919
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Electoral College: Necessity for Minorities
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The Electoral College
system provides opportu-
nity to diverse groups to be
heard. Small states benefit
because they are over-
represented in comparison_
to their numerical popula-
tions. Large states gain be-
cause under the unit rule all
their electoral votes are cast
for the winner.
Blacks, Jews and other
minorities, do not get lost in
the vast sea of population.
Under the Electoral College
system, they can protect
themselves against de-
magogues, since they have
the potential to swing the
votes of the large states in
which they live.
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populous states, their major
metropolitan areas, and
their large blocs of ethnic
groups, has tended to make
presidential candidates
`liberal' in domestic policy,
sensitive to urban ethnic
group concerns in both
domestic and foreign policy,
and 'internationalists' in
foreign policy — or at least
more so than they otherwise
would be."
Vernon
Jordan
president of the National
Urban League, put it this
way in testifying before
Sen. Bayh on behalf of
more than a dozen black
organizations: "The real
issue is- not only one of
how many black voters
are located in which
states, but where blacks
can reasonably expect to
build coalitions with
other minorities and
whites to achieve true
justice and equality.
"History and experience
tell us that these expecta-
tions are more likely to be
realized in large states,
especially the industrial
states in the North and
West."
Only twice in American
history has the electoral
vote winner lost the popular
election: Hayes over Tilden
in 1876 and Harrison over
Cleveland in 1888. It could,
of course, happen again. But
if it does, the Electoral Col-
lege winner will have re-
ceived support from enough
people in enough states to
deserve to win. He will have
successfully sought votes
from every region, every
race, every religion, every
economic class, every ideol-
ogy_
HILLEL DAY SCHOOL
32200 Middlebelt Rd.,
Farmington Hills, Mich. 48018
Phone 851-2394
Headmaster, Rabbi Robert Abramson
Administrator, June Weinberg
A limited number of
openings still remain
for September for
Kindergarten and 1st grade.
Boris Smolar's
`Between You
. • . and Me'
Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.)
NEW CJF PROFILE: A new and important leaf in
the history of the Jewish federations was opened at the
special general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions, held in Denver. The effects of the decisions adopted at
this special conclave will soon be felt in many areas of
Jewish communal life in this country.
The fact that a special assembly was convened — irres-
pective of the annual CJF General Assembly which is
scheduled to be held in November in Montreal — indicates
in itself the importance of the Denver gathering. The deci-
sions adopted there are a result of a two-year self-
examination of the CJF as the collective instrument of the
dynamically growing federations and their impact on the
American Jewish community. The intensive self-study was
completed for submission to the CJF Special Assembly,
after individual consultations with more than 1,500 com-
munity leaders. It is the first such self-evaluation in the 49
years of the CJF existence.
Under the adopted recommendations, the CJF will in-
tensify its role as the spokesman on various major national
and international issues in the areas of federation respon-
sibility.
NEW CHALLENGES-NEW GOALS: The CJF ex-
- pansion marks the taking on by the CJF an intensive pro-
gram in assuring creative Jewish survival, in setting
priorities, in grappling with the threat of assimilation
through strengthening Jewish education, as well as with
other problems and changes in Jewish life. The CJF gover-
nance will be strengthened by increasing involvement of
federation leaders in the decision-making structure and
procedure. Staff and services will be strengthened for far-
reaching actions to help the federations develop additional
financial resources in the fields of fund-raising,
endowments, and government grants.
CJF leaders feel that the $475 million presently raised
in the annual Federation campaigns can be doubled, if the
giving of half of the communities were raised to the level of
the other half. Similarly, that the endowment funds now
totalling $300 million could reach $1.5 billion if at least 100
more communities — which have the potential — establish
federation endowment funds, in addition to the 60 which
have already developed such funds, most of them with CJF
assistance. In grants, the CJF office in Washington — in
existence only three years — helped federations to obtain
$150 million. Many other communities are eligible but
have not applied as yet for such help.
COMMUNITY CONCERNS: While not arriving at
any unilateral judgment regarding certain organizations,
the Denver assembly recommended the CJF to undertake
discussions with certain organizations on several identified
concerns. It surfaced the concerns of the community federa-
tion leaders regarding community relations issues, espe-
cially on the Middle East.
Comments of a number of community leaders disclosed
confusion between the roles of the CJF and the National
Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council which was
created by the CJF some 35 years ago. It was decided that
the CJF should consult with the NJCRAC to devise appro-
priate procedures for assuring the full input of federation
views in formulating community relations planning and
-
policies.
"WORKING PARTNERSHIP": With two-thirds of
the $475 million raised annually by federations being allo-
cated to the needs of Israel and overseas communities
through the United Jewish Appeal, the Denver assembly
took note of the fact that the federations secure now direct
representation on the UJA board by a process involving the
CJF in the designation of the representatives.
Federation representatives will also serve on UJA key
committees. A number of individual leaders of major feder-
ations have been serving all the time in UJA leadership
positions, however, not as representatives of the federa-
tions. Now a kind of a "working partnership" was estab-
lished between UJA and CJF, with the CJF having its
representatives in the UJA for the first time while the UJA
president and campaign chairman will serve on the CJF
board.
The re-activation of the practice whereby UJA pre-
. -sents its budget to a designated group of federation leaders
for review and advice has also been agreed upon.
With regard to Israel, the Denver conclave decided: To
negotiate that the procedure of selection of officers and
leaders of the Jewish Agency be reviewed to satisfy the
expressed concern of federation leaders; that federation
delegates to the Jewish Agency Assembly be provided bet-
ter opportunities to present their views on Jewish Agency
budgets.
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We invite parents of students entering Kindergar-
ten and 1st grade to visit our school, meet our
teachers and headmaster, and learn about our
exciting program. Please call for an appointment.
Bus transportation is available.
Hillel —where Judaic and General Education walk hand-in-hand into the future.
No child will be denied an education at Hillel because of parents inability to pay the full charges. Tuition allowances will continue to be granted on individual needs.
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit admits Jewish students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin. Its admission and scholarship programs are non discriminatory.