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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.