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made quite clear to the Ad-
ministration, the UN and
everyone else.
Kirkpatrick, by the way,
was understandably disap-
pointed when she was twice
bypassed by the President
in making critical foreign
policy appointments. She, of
course, would have liked to
replace Alexander Haig as
Secretary of State in June
1982. But the President
went to George Shultz at
that time. Last year, she
made it clear to the White
House that she was very

Blitzer is Washington
correspondent of the
Jerusalem Post.
anxious to succeed Judge
William Clark as the Na-
tional Security Adviser
when he was moved to the
Interior Department. But
again, Reagan looked
elsewhere — this time to
Robert McFarlane. There
was talk then in the press
that Kirkpatrick might re-
sign, but it now appears
likely that she will remain
at the UN at least until the
end of Reagan's first term of
office.
What happens if Reagan
is re-elected? No one, of
course, knows for certain.
There has been speculation
that Shultz might leave the
State Department, having
been frustrated by the re-
cent setbacks in Lebanon
and elsewhere.
In a second Reagan Ad-
ministration, Kirkpatrick
understandably would like
to be Secretary of State — if
Shultz should resign. But
that, according to White
House insiders, is by no
means certain. Reagan per-
sonally has a lot of admira-
tion for the former
Georgetown University pro-
fessor, but others in the
Administration would
strongly resist her ap-
pointment — as they did in
the past.
If Shultz should leave
office and Kirkpatrick is
once again rejected, she can
be expected to leave the
Administration. "Three
strikes and you're out," one
informed observer com-
mented.
That would be a severe
blow for Israel.
Kirkpatrick was honored
by the Jewish Institute for
National Security Affairs in
Washington on March 4 for
her "outstanding defense of
freedom and democracy." At
the dinner, she was very
warmly received by local
and national Jewish lead-
ers.
JINSA's dual purpose is
to generate U.S. support for
Israel as a strategic ally as
well as to educate the

American Jewish commu-
nity about the need for a
stronger U.S. defense pro-
gram. At the dinner, there
were several senior White
House, Pentagon and State
Department representa-
tives. A U.S. Navy band
played the Star Spangled
Banner.
In her address, Kirkpat-
rick said she was sick and
tired of American commen-
tators, Congressmen and
others singling out the U.S.
for the failures in Lebanon.
"It is the Syrians who were
responsible for what hap-
pened there," she said. The
Syrians, she added, con-
tinue to maintain more
than:50,000 troops in Leba-
non, backed by Palestinian
and Iranian irregulars. In
addition, she said, the Sy-
rians have heavily armed
Lebanese Druze and Shiite
elements.
In contrast to her com-
ments about Syria, she had
nothing but praise for
Israel. She noted that "tens
of thousands" of Lebanese
were seeking "refuge" in
south Lebanon, behind Is-
raeli lines.
She demonstrated that
night — as well as On
numerous other occasions
since taking the UN as-
signment — that she can
differentiate between
America's friends and its
adversaries — something
other U.S. officials often
have a hard time doing.

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Chaplain's role

New York (JTA) — A
clinical psychologist told a
gathering of Jewish mili-
tary and Veterans Hospital
chaplains recently that the
rabbi/chaplain's role as a
"symbolic examplar" can be
a blessing, as well as a bur-
den, because "it gives rabbis
the power to get things
done." -
Dr. Jack Bloom spoke at a
three-day professional
training conference for such
chaplains, one part of the
training services and pro-
grams the JWB provides to
lay persons and profession-
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Friday, March 23, 1984

the author of Exodus

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HUC student
in pilot project

Los Angeles (JTA) — A
third-year student at the
school of education of the
Hebrew Union College
(HUC) campus in Los
Angeles, Cindy Reich, is
teaching in two local
Catholic high schools as
part of a pilot project to de-
velop units for teaching
about Judaism in the cur-
ricula of 64 Catholic schools
in the Los Angeles Archio-
cese, according to HUC offi-
cials.

Dedication

Buffalo (JTA) — Dedica-
tion ceremonies for the new
Holocaust Resource Center
here were held March 18 at
the Buffalo Jewish Com-
munity Center. The
Holocaust Center has been
in operation informally for
more than a year.

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