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Giles and Naftaly also serve on the board because of their committee chairmanships. 855-1400 Jerry Fenby Fenby-Carr Shelby Lee Eric Freudigman Carl Ryding George Brooks Contrast II Sheldon Yellen DJ Caricaturists The Ritz Tim Hewitt & Feelings Wilmot Tom Ploeger C & 0 Crossing Classic Touch Jay Valle Johnny Griffith Jyl Jackson DJ Eric Harris DJ Red Garter Band Rendezvous Perfect Blend Johnny Chase A Touch of Elegance That's Right Soiree Harry Teichert Strings Raymon Carboni Mariachi Band Associates in Sound Our Be8t Designer group Now at PurtherRgcluctions Troy, Troy Commons 16 Mile (Big Beaver) at Rochester, 2 miles east of Somerset off 1-75 • 689-4860 Oak Park Lincoln Center, Greenfield at. 10V 2 Mile 968-2060 West Bloomfield Orchard Mall, Orchard Lake at Maple (15 Mile) 855-9955 Hours: Mon. -Sat. 10-8; Sun. 12-5 Visa & MasterCard Welcome Liberal Return Policy U.S. Jewry And Politics Thursday's morning sessions were devoted to American Jews and politics, with a major ple- nary and ten concurrent ses- sions. Theodore Mann, president of the American Jewish Con- - gress, admonished his audience that "Jews who vote Republican are closer to Jewish Democrats than they are to other Republi- cans." He said that American Jews must vote for a "Jewish program," and not just Demo- cratic or Republican programs. "Jews believe that government must use the revenues it collects to help those who need help," he said. Mann said Jews express themselves politically through friends, Jewish organizations and political action committees. He suggested that joining Jewish organizations strengthens all Jews' political power. "But we must be careful when we exercise our power as single-issue constituents," he admonished. "We should not support ome Senator who op- poses us on every other issue, but backs us on Israel." Peggy Tishman, president- elect of New York's Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, told a later session that 50 percent of all Jews under the age of 35 are not registered to vote. Hyman Bookbinder of the American Jewish Committee told the same session that American Jewish political power has grown immensely in the last 40 years, and "if we had had that power at the time of tte Holocaust, we could have saved more of the Six Million." Book- binder, like Mann, argued for a network of Jewish groups and agencies to make the pro-Israel effort effective.. While welcoming the increasing strength of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, Jewish political action commit- tees and the National Jewish Coalition, he said we can't just credit one group. "Israel gets support from the United States," he said, "not be- cause 21/2 percent of the Ameri- can public are Jews, but because 60 to 70 percent of Americans support Israel. We have to con- tinue working for that broad base." Marshall Breger, former Re- agan Administration liaison to the Jewish community who was recently named chairman of the U.S. Administrative Conference, argued against "guilt-free" poli- tics. Breger said Jews "can't di- minish our leaverage by seeking guilt-free, clean politics. Both single-issue and multi-issue people are both right and wrong. "Split your money. Leaverage your clout," he said. "Give through several • different groups. Don't spend two weeks trying to explain all the nuances. Don't use the same de- cibel level for every issue." He said this resulted in politicians receiving false signals from the Jewish community and misin- terpretation of Jewish voters' priorities. Breger argued that Jewish voters must work with other groups, including Southwest oil invests and evangelical Chris- tians. "This doesn't mean you're giving up in areas of disagree- ment. It means getting together in areas where you agree." Bookbinder and Breger had a friendly exchange over use of the term guilt-free and how to build coalitions. Breger argued that "you can't cut and run when someone comes to you with their agenda. You don't have to sell the house, but you do have to be flexible." He said holding sustained dialogues with evangelicals and conserva- tives might lead to some shift- ing of attitudes. "You won't con- vert them," he argued, "but you may be able to open some eyes." Other sessions at the same time covered Canadian politics, federation roles in developing Public policy, church-state is- sues, coalition building, anti- Zionism and anti-Semitism, black-Jewish relations, college activism, demographic changes affecting Jewish political power and decentralization. , Temple Stirs Emotions BY CHANI LEVENE With the crystals of the 31/2 ton chandelier catching the light; the ark incorporating the symbols of the altar and the cherubs; the 1700 red plush and oak seats; the song of the choir resonanting from the specially- designed sunken well; and the company of fellow Worshippers from all over the world praying - attending services at the Great Synagogue of Jerusalem is quite an experience, and a credit to those who conceived the idea of building such an edifice. The idea for one large central synagogue in new Jerusalem was born when Jews began to move beyond the old city walls in the middle of the 19th cen- tury. New neighborhoods, each with one or more small synagogues, grew up. Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner (1920-25) felt that such a synagogue should be the first project undertaken by the public to unite Jerusalem. Fifty years before the Jerusalem Great Synagogue was dedicated to the then Chief Rabbis of Palestine, Rabbis A.I. Kook and J. Meir signed a pamphlet ask-