THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
18 October 11, 1980
Sens. Boschwitz and Levin
to Address CJF Assembly
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Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and
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Jewish federation leader-
ship on results of the
Presidential and Congres-
sional elections and impli-
cations for North American
Jewry at the Council of
Jewish Federations' Gen-
eral Assembly Nov. 15 at
the Detroit Plaza Hotel.
The 49th annual assem-
bly, to be held Nov. 12-16 in
Detroit, will bring together
2,000 leaders of North
American Jewish federa-
tions to exchange views on
the major responsibilities
and issues facing the or-
ganized Jewish community
in the coming year.
The two U.S. Senators
join a roster of noted speak-
ers that includes Israel
Prime Minister Menahem
Begin, who will address the
plenary session Nov. 13.
CJF President Morton L.
Mandel of Cleveland will be
the main speaker at the first
plenary session Nov. 12.
This session also will in-
clude a dramatic reading by
stage, screen and television
performer Joseph Wiseman.
Four forums will
explore major issues con-
fronting the Jewish
community in '1981.
Forum 1, "Strengthening
the Jewish Family," Nov.
13, begins with a keynote
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address by Prof. Gerald
Bubis, director of the
School of Jewish Com-
munal Service, Hebrew
Union College, Los
Angeles, and a commen-
tary by Rabbi Raymond
A. Zwerin of Temple
Sinai, Denver. These pre-
sentations will be fol-
lowed by five concurrent
workshops.
Other forums scheduled
include: "The Struggle for
Soviet Jewry — A Program
for Action by Local Com-
munities," Nov. 13; "Com-
munity Relations Priorities
in the '80s: Israel and the
Middle East, Urban Affairs,
Inter-Religious Activities,"
Nov. 14; "Serving the Aging
— Public-Voluntary Col-
laboration," Nov. 14.
Sephardic life and culture
will be discussed by Prof.
Jose Faur of the Jewish
Theological Seminary at
the Nov. 14 oneg Shabat.
Shabat services Nov. 15
will feature a sermon deliv-
ered by Herschel W. Blum-
berg, national chairman of
United Jewish Appeal.
The 1980 General As-
sembly will close Nov. 16,
with an address by Dr.
David Sidorsky of Columbia
University.
Meanwhile, the CJF is
launching a two-year
project aimed at assisting
federations in developing
a community support
system to strengthen the
Jewish family. The pro-
gram will officially begin
with a major forum at the
CJF General Assembly
on Nov. 13.
The CJF program —
under the leadership of the
Community Planning
Committee — is designed to
aid federations in develop-
ing their role as the focal
point of a systematic, corn-
munity approach to the
Jewish family at every
stage in the life-cycle.
As part of the two-year
project, planning commit-
tees in target federations
will be requested to submit
model programs or program
concepts designed to serve
families in a designated
life-cycle stage.
These program models,
along with a theoretical
background and bibliog-
raphy, will be published by
CJF and made available to
all federations, to aid them
in the development of a local
support system most appro-
priate to their communities.
Boris Smolar's
`Between You
. . . and Me'
Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
ELECTION MOODS: The closer the day of the
Presidential elections approaches the more confused are
many Jewish voters, including some Jewish leaders. Quite
a number of them have yet to make up their minds for
whom to vote on Nov. 4.
Among the many Jews who traditionally vote for the
Democratic ticket there is a substantial proportion hesitat-
ing to vote for Carter. There is also no special enthusiasm
for Gov. Reagan, the Republican candidate. The third
Presidential candidate, John Anderson, an independent
candidate, is little known among Jews.
Those dissatisfied with Carter cannot forget that the
American delegate to the United Nations voted last March
at the UN Security Council for an anti-Israel resolution.
The resolution censored Israel for settlements in the "occu-
pied territories, including Jerusalem." They also refuse to
forget that the American delegate at the UN Security
Council abstained from voting on a number of other anti-
Israel resolutions, instead of voting against them. This, and
the tilt during the last years of the Carter Administration
toward the Arab side, implanted doubt in the minds of
many Jewish voters as to whether Carter will keep his
present election promises for the forthcoming four years, if
he is elected.
In the last Presidential elections, four years ago, Car-
ter drew over 70 percent of the Jewish votes. But in the New
York Presidential primary elections last May — shortly
after the U.S. representative to the United Nations voted
for the anti-Israel resolution — Jewish voters supported
Sen. Edward Kennedy over President Carter by a ratio of 4
to 1. A Harris Poll in August elicited replies from 55 per-
cent of the Jews polled that they would vote for Anderson if
they thought that he had a chance to win. Only 22 percent
said they will vote for Carter, and 20 percent said they
would vote for Reagan.
Carter will obviously get a dot more than 22 percent of
the Jewish votes on Election Day, but whether he will
receive the 70 percent he received in the 1976 election is
very questionable. As far as a majority of the Jewish voters
is concerned, - he did not fulfill his promises on reducing
inflation — a matter which affects many poor and middle-
class Jewish voters — and he did not pay in full his "promis-
sory note" with regard to American-Israel relations.
THE "JEWISH VOTE": All three candidates are
now courting intensively the "Jewish vote," ignoring the
fact that the leading Jewish organizations claim that there
is no such a thing as a Jewish vote." The Presidential
candidates appear before Jewish organizations and meet
with their leaders to seek support.
The argument that there is no such a thing as a Jewish
vote, and that each Jew votes individually as an American
citizen according to his own conscience, is not taken seri-
ously by any of the candidates. Nor is it taken seriously by
many Jews or by non-Jews. The candidates know that in a
tight race, it is possible that Jewish voters could swing the
electoral balance; they total almost 25 percent of all voters
in New York, whose 41 electoral votes are considered cru-
cial to any candidate. They also constitute 12 percent in
New Jersey and a substantial percentage of the voters in
Florida, Pennsylvania, California and Illinois.
A recent study concludes that Jewish voters are more
united than any other group on many issues in American
life, like civil rights, civil liberties, aid for poor and aged,
health programs, and that they close their ranks when they
believe that Israel's security is threatened. It is established
that in a general election 80 percent of the Jewish voters
turn out at the polling booths.
Leaders of Jewish organizations, sticking to the theory
that Jews vote as individuals and that there is no organized
"Jewish vote," abstain from giving guidance to Jewish vot-
ers for whom to vote.
Rising Prices
A COURAGEOUS MOVE: Breaking this "non
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — A Guidance" policy, the Jewish Daily Forward, the influen-
Yediot Ahronot article says tial Yiddish newspaper, issued a policy statement advising
bread is 100 times more ex- Jewish voters to vote for Carter. The decision on the part of
pensive now than when Is- the Forward Association was taken following serious de-
rael became a state in 1948.
bates inside the Association. It was courageous because of
Apartments are up by a the knowledge that Carter is not as popular now among
factor of 400 and the price of Jews as he was.
gold is up by a factor of
The newspaper, which has many thousands of follow-
1,900.
ers all over the United States, has often criticized Carter's
However, wages are up by policies very severely. This was pointed out in its statement
a factor of 308, and a loaf of calling for his support. Weighty arguments against Carter
bread which cost the aver- were given and no attempt was made to justify his defects,
age worker five minutes of especially on the issues of inflation and the Arab-Israel
labor in 1948 now costs the conflict.
average worker two min-
But the statement also emphasized Carter's achieve-
utes of labor.
ment in bringing Egypt and Israel together at Camp David.
The Forward stand amounted to the old saying, "Don't rock
Thought and theory must the boat when in troubled waters."
precede all salutary action.