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One is the belief that the whole world is against Israel. "It is not." Another is the notion that Israeli diplomacy can produce a kind of "messianic era" of peace. "This will not happen," he warned. "There are no Hollywood endings in international diplo- macy." It is unrealistic, he said, to be- lieve that the way to peace is through unilateral concessions. "For the weak, alliances are dif- ficult to come by. Strength is viewed as an asset. We will not purchase alliances with weak- ness." Netanyahu emphasized that Arab oil power has declined, and as a result, so has Arab financial leverage. The fall of the PLO has made a crucial difference. As a re- sult of Israel's action in Lebanon, the PLO's territorial base was shattered, and its leadership has been scattered. All of Israel's civi- lian borders, for the first time in its history, said Netanyahu, are safe from terrorist attack. The exposure of the U.S. to Arab terrorism, said the MIT- educated diplomat, has intro- duced America first-hand to the realities of the Arab world. "The alliance between Israel and the United States has been strengthened. America will not find a more willing or competent ally." On the same program, AIPAC's Thomas Dine assessed the results of the recent national elections as they relate to Israel. Dine said that the White House is pro-Israel and that the Con- gress — both houses — is more pro-Israel than it was before the election. "Reagan feels instinctively," said Dine, "that Israel is part of Western civilization, and Secre- tary of State George Shultz be- lieves he can rely on Israel, not the Arabs." Together they form a base for the reinvigoration of U.S.-Israeli relations. Washington, Dine reported, is filled with gossip that Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger will quit if he doesn't get Shultz's job. Of the 43 new congressmen, Dine said, 12 are clearly on record as pro-Israel. He urged increased CJF President-elect Shoshana Cardin of Baltimore and President Martin Citrin ofDetroit were confronted by pro-Falasha demonstrators and ultimately cancelled the opening plenary of the Toronto meeting. contact with them, as well as sup- port and involvement. Israel did not lose support in the House Foreign Affairs Commit- tee, and all of the prime suppor- ters of Israel in the Senate were reelected, said Dine. (Mideast ob- servers noted that Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) does indeed want to be chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a potential problem for Israel though the majority of the com- mittee strongly supports Israel.) As for the Jewish vote, Dine said that it was only relevant in a close election. He exhorted the Jewish federation delegates to "reach out to Administration fig- ures as never before. We need con- tacts in the White House as well as on Capitol Hill." The victory of Paul Simon over Charles Percy in Illinois, Dine said, "had defined Jewish power for the rest of the century. That win will reverberate. You have to be humble in victory and I think we should try. But after 2,000 years we can enjoy it a little." Mandell Berman of Detroit, who was elected a CJF vice president, chaired a session on "Preparing for the 90s: Major So- cial Trends and Their Impact on North America's Jewish Commu- nity." The program featured two of the leading Jewish demog- raphers, Dr. Steven M. Cohen of Queens College in New York and Dr. Gary Tobin of Brandeis Uni- versity. Cohen said that Jews have now "made it" in the U.S., and backed his assertion with statistics on the number of Jews in college (eight percent of all students), the number of Jewish millionaires (20 percent) and self-made. mil- lionaires (40 percent). He said that Jews are now shifting their emphasis from group integration in American life to group survi- val. "Young people today do fewer `Jewish' things than older Jews (i.e. Shabbat candles, synagogue services)," Cohen said, "but there are hardly any differences in Jewish observance and affiliation once they are married and have children. The big question is if they will marry and have kids." Cohen contends that Jews are still having babies, but having tkem later in life, and that most cEildren of mixed marriages are being brought up Jewish. "If there is no real population threat, then trying to bring Jews up to a minimum level of Judaism is mis-directed," he said. Tobin disagreed. He said the struggle to maintain separate- ness versus the desire to integrate still exists for Jews. But, he added, Jews are following the general population trends.: "Jews have become service con- sumers. If it (Jewish organiza- tions) fits their immediate needs, they will use it — but it doesn't reflect a commitment." Dr. Tobin said that this trend poses a danger to the survival of Jewish institutions. Turning to intermarriage and Jewish education, Tobin said that experts can only guess at the ac- tual percentage of Jewish inter- marriage (14-33 percent), but that it involves "a serious, large com- ponent of Jewish life." He added that "huge proportions" of the Jewish community are not in- volved in Jewish education, or "move in and out" of Jewish edu- cation as the mood suits them. "An abysmally low percentage of Jews (20 percent) spend any time at all as volunteers - for Jewish organizations. They have become so integrated that they have become removed from in- stitutional support," Tobin said. In terms of fundraising, he said a large percentage of Jews (70 percent) give nothing to Jewish causes, and many give less than they can. Many are involved in non-Jewish charities. He took issue with Cohen's con- tention that "Jewish have made it." "In comparison to other groups, Jews are wealthy. But 10-15 percent of Jews in the U.S. are poor and hampered in par- ticipating in Jewish life." Dr. Donald Feldstein of the CJF concluded the session with com- ments about the declining Jewish Continued on Page 66