THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Ethnic Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy Defended By DAVID FRIEDMAN suggest that Congress (Copyright 1981, JTA, Inc.) supports Israel for no Every so often someone better reason that fear of feels called upon to issue a the Israel lobby; on the warning on the presumed contrary, I know of few danger that ethnic politics members of either house poses to United States of Congress who do not foreign policy. The latest to believe that support of do so is Sen. Charles Israel is both a moral Mathias, Jr., a member of duty and a national the Senate Foreign Rela- interest of the United tions Committee, in the cur- States. It is rather to rent issue of the quarterly suggest that, as a result of reign Affairs. the activities of the lobby, In the lead article, congressional conviction "Ethnic Groups and Foreign has been measurably Policy," Mathias does a lot reinforced by the knowl- of "on the other hands" in edge that political sanc- which he stresses the tions will be applied to legitimacy of ethnic groups any who fail to deliver." pressing their views, in- But isn't that how the cluding the First Amend- legislative system works in ment right of citizens to pet- a democracy, and especially ition their government. But in Washington? The convic- his basic view is that "the tion of members of Congress diversity that enriches our has always been reinforced domestic life remains a re- by their knowledge of the current cause of difficulties groups and individuals sup- in our foreign relations" be- porting a particular meas- cause it results in "the loss ure whether they are of cohesion in our foreign businessmen or labor lead- policy and the derogation ers, farmers or large city from the national interest." mayors, the various ethnic, Mathias targets four racial groups that make up groups for analysis — our pluralistic society as Irish-Americans, Ameri- well as just simply the legis- cans from countries in East- lator's constituents. Mathias would like to see ern Europe that were taken over by the Soviet Union, the President with his na- Greek-Americans and tional constituency and Jewish-Americans. Of Congressmen and Senators these, he sees the "Jewish with their own constituents lobby" to be first "by any ob- take the lead in promoting a jective measure of power "common American pur- and influence." pose." Leadership from the The Maryland Senator President and Congress is writes that since the crea- always to be welcomed. tion of the Jewish state, But as Mathias admits, Jewish organizations in ethnic influence on foreign the U.S. have been suc- policy goes back to the be- cessful "in maintaining ginning of this country. In a solid congressional sup- democracy all groups have a port for a high level of right to contribute input to military and economic policy both domestic and aid to Israel. This is not to foreign. Jewish-Christian Relations Advanced at Conferences By RABBI MARC TANNENBAUM A Seven Arts Feature NEW YORK — Three conferences dealing with re- lationships between Chris- tians and Jews were held in Europe last month. If their momentum is maintained during the coming months, they promise to advance understanding and solidar- ity between Jews and Chris- tians in many parts of the world. The first conference was that of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Commit- tee on the Church and the -Tcwish People held nearby don, June 22-25. After ys of intensive debate in which this writer freely par- ticipated as an official ob- server, the World Council group adopted a set of Guidelines on Jewish- Christian Relations for World Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Chris- tians. If the guidelines will manage to survive pres- sures from the PLO before the final adoption by the WCC, they promise to be probably one of the best statements on Jewish- Christian relations ever *I formulated. The second major confer- ence was that held between the Lutheran World Feder- ation and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consulta- tions. Held in Copenhagen from July 6 through 8, it was a model of civility and mutual respect. The third conference was that of the International Council of Christians and Jews held in Heppenheim, Germany, the home of Mar- tin Buber, from June 29 through July 1. The latter dealt mainly with progress in religious textbook re- vision. Yiddish Teachers Hold Seminar JERUSALEM (JNI) — Yiddish teachers from Canada, France and South Africa are holding an inter- national seminar this month in Jerusalem. The course is designed to deepen knowledge of the Yiddish language and literature and was organized by the World Yiddish Council. To cry over the past is to offer a vain prayer. Resettlement of Soviet Jews NEW YORK (JTA) — A report on the results of vol- unteer programs in Springfield, Mass., for the resettlement of Soviet Jews has been published by the Council of Jewish Federa- tions (CJF). (The report is available to interested Jewish communities.) Entitled "A Volunteer Project for the Resettlement of Soviet Jews in Springfield," the 1979-1980 demonstration grant proj- ect, sponsored by the Springfield Jewish Federa- tion, describes a newly- designed volunteer pro- gram which can be dupli- cated in communities of all sizes, the CJF said. According to the report, the Springfield Jewish Fed- eration was unable to hire additional staff members to replace those lost by termi- nation of funds from the Comprehensive Employ- ment Training Act (CETA). The federation refined the existing volunteer program, using a task- oriented approach in which each community organization was given a specific assignment. Analysis of this approach found that if added a pro- fessionalism to the opera- tion of the volunteer pro- gram, enabling the vol- unteer to develop an area of expertise, according to the report. 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