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Friday, November 1, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
POLITICS
Jewish Community Council
Battle
MIDDLE EAST TERRORISM:
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election, and little enthusiasm
was shown. Tuesday should
I-lave a slightly better turnout if
normal voting patterns prevail.
The Changing Balance of Power
and Israel's Security
Should Jewish residents vote
for Goldbaum just because she's
a Jew, and therefore "one of our
own?" It's important to re-
member we are living in a secu-
lar city needing its resources
DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
Keynote Speaker:
Professor Yosef Olmert
Director, Syria/Lebanon Desk
MOSHE DAYAN CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN AND AFRICAN STUDIES
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
and services. A mayor has to be
able to deal with all groups in
the city, from residents to busi-
ness people. Does the Jewish
voter need anything different
from his mayor than does his
non-Jewish neighbor? The indi-
vidual candidates' qualifications,
experience, personality and
commitment are the issues on
Nov. 5.
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Farmington Incumbent
Has Challenge For Jews
BY HOWARD LOVY
Staff Writer
Thursday, November 7, 1985
8:00 P.M.
UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS
21550 W. Twelve Mile Rd.
Southfield
Leon S. Cohan, presiding
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Ben Marks: Seeking Jewish Involvement.
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Farmington Hills City Council
incumbent Ben Marks, a Jew
who has been active in city poli-
tics for 18 years, has issued a
challenge to his fellow Jews.
"I challenge my Jewish
brother to get involved," he said.-
According to Marks, the
Jewish community at the local
governmental level is not con-
tributing as much as it should.
"We Jews are involved in
every other facet of life: the
arts, the theater, the schools,
the state government, the
county government, the national
government," he said. "But
when it comes to (local) gov-
ernment, where it all begins,
the involvement is not there,
and I wonder why."
Marks sees this problem of
non-involvement, however, as
"across the board." He said that
municipal elections have not
historically drawn a lot of
people, Jews or non-Jews. He
believes, though, that Jews, as a
minority, have an obligation to
contribute more than they have.
"I think it is a parochial prob-
lem because I'm proud of my
people," he said. "It probably is
unfair to say they don't care.
But I'm not afraid to say they
don't care enough to get in-
volved."
Marks said that when he ran