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The law, he said, has worked to govern and regulate not only a person's relationship to mod d but also to his fellow man, be- cause, "Judaism believes that humans are created in the image of God." In contrast, Levin stated how ancient Egypt, in its time the epitome of civilization, had no laws and workshipped a god- king. "Some 2,500 years after Moses," said Levin, "and after much interpretation of'the law which he brought to us, we got the great commentators and codification of Rabbi Moses Ben-Maimon, also known as Maimonides, whose work was considered so great that it is said that 'from Moses to MoSes, there was no one like Moses'." The four walls of the chanber of the. United States House of Represntatives are covered with marble relief portraits of the great lawmakers of our time, said Levin. And here too, both Moses are represented. "We've really made it as Jews in America," he said. "There are 30 Jews in the House of Repre- sentatives, and eight in the U.S. Senate. That's three percent of the population, but eight per- cent of what's been called 'the World's Most Exclusive Club.' I think that's probably"more than we've got in thd DAC." Levin asked why Jews were so well represented in Congress, and then asnwered that it was because Jews love America and want to give back a part of what they have received here. "There is a basic similarity," he said, "between Jewish and American law." The law must be sensitive to the times and to the people in both systems, he said. , "The job of all of us is Tikun Olam — completion of the uni- verse. Levin quoted' Professor Twerski of Harvard University, who said that "God has abdi- cated part of the function of the Divine — in order to enable us to continue and extend crea- tion." Levin added that "social justice elevates men's lives from brutishness to sensitivity, and extracates us from chaotic, vac- uous, biological existence." Twerski, said Levin, also con- cluded that "one cannot claim to be a God-intoxicated being without having an unquencha- ble thirst for social justice." In Israel, man's thirst is obvi- ously not yet quenched, Levin said, because even in the midst of war the army's actions are judged. The principle of Talmudic Law, said Levin, is "a way of exploring completely and crea- tively, with due regard for pre- cedent, the fine points of legisla- tion for their problem solving potential." Last fall, in the Senate, Levin tried to apply this principle with an amendment on immigration policy.'The ammendment, which didn't pass, would have allowed employers to hire illegal- immig- rants caught in the middle of the bill's amnesty period. "I feel this represented, the kind of creativity," Levin said, "that our rabbis, throughout centuries, applied to the law --- holding tight to' fundamental principles, but understanding specific needs of the people in their own generation?! Levin concluded his speech by saluting "the rabbis of today who carry forward this great tradition of law, with a fierce pursuit of jw3tice, and who have blended tenacious constancy that is the• light unto \ the na- tions, in the reflective glow of which you have honored me here tonight." - Sen. Levin wad presented a mid-15th Century Ashkenazi. Haggadah by Rabbi Chaskel Grubner of the Council of Or- thodox Rabbis, as a tribute "to' his efforts for peace and freedom for all people — including Jews. The Haggadah was chosen as an