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24 Friday, April 11, 1986
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around the world." On a sober-
ing note, the evening also paid
tribute to Prisoners of Zion and
refuseniks in the Soviet Union
who, on the eve of Passover, are
unable to celebrate freedom or
to live as Jews in Israel.
• Federation President Joel D.
Tauber called the Campaign an
expression of support for those
who can't say "this year in
Jerusalem." He said Detroit's
commitment demonstrates to
others the 'strength of Jewish
solidarity.
Despite the success of the
1986 Campaign, Wayne L.
Feinstein, executive vice
president of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, reported that "there
is still work to be done." He said
that although the 1986 Allied
Jewish Campaign has officially
closed, nearly 3,000 previous
contributors remain to be con-
tacted. They represented $2.5
million in 1985.
Frankel and Borman ex-
pressed their gratitude to the
many people responsible for the
outcome of the Campaign, laud-
ing the "team work of the Fed-
eration staff and Campaign vol-
unteers who work beautifully
together."
Stepping down after two years
as Detroit's Campaign Co-
Chairman, Frankel said . it was
his privilege to have been a part
of the team. He lauded the
community's "unlimited
capacity" for helping other Jews,
to accomplish goals, and produce
"overwhelming results.," The two
chairmen were presented with
Paul D. Borman and Stanley
Frankel celebrate.
replicas of anticide tzedaka
boxes as symbolic of their serv-
ice to the Jewish people.
The near-record total for the
Campaign was achieved by the
following divisions as: Industrial
and Automotive Division, Pro-
fessional Service; Real Estate
and Building Trades, Women's
Division, Professional Health,
Mercantile and Food, Young
Adult and Metropolitan Di-
vision. .
Wednesday's celebration was
highlighted with Hebrew and
Yiddish music by the highly
acclaimed duo Gemini. They
performed a number of Israeli
melodies, including original
songs from their latest album.
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Common Cause, or "common
curse" according to some of its
detractors in Washington, has
missed the mark is its recent
report criticizing pro-Israel
political action committees
(PACs).
This so-called "citizens lobby,"
whose objective is to protect the
democratic process from the spe-
cial interests that seek to sub-*
vert it, described the growth of
pro-Israel PACs as a "classic
case study of the PAC problem
in our political system." Given
Common Cause's liberal agenda,
not to mention the strong back-
ing this organization receives
from American Jews, its deci-
sion to single out pro-Israel
PACs for in-depth study is
puzzling.
The y activities of pro-Israel
PACs certainly do not harm the
environment, promote the
spread of nuclear weapons, or
are motivated by a desire to
reap excessive profits or deprive
the poor. Supporters of these
PACs seek only to gain support
from the Congress for Israel as
the only stable democracy in the
Middle. East and America's only
reliable ally there. Americans of
all political stripes agree that a
secure Israel serves U.S. inter-
ests in the region and obviates
the need for greater U.S. in-
volvement. Most would also ac-
knowledge • the shared values
and goals of the two nations. In
this light, Common Cause's
selective assault on pro-Israel
PACs becomes "curiouser and
curiouser."
One possible explanation
could be a syndrome that afflicts
some American Jews serving
not only in a "citizens' lobby,"
but in the media and in gov-
ernment as well. This syndrome,
for lack of a convenient term,
can be described as "bending
over backwards" to show that.
despite one's (nominal?) Jewish-
ness, one can still criticize Is-
rael. In this case, the syndrome
has apparently been carried a
step further to criticism of pro-
Israel PACs, not only of Israel.
Fred Wertheimer, president of
Common Cause, and David Co-
hen, immediate past president,
may reel more at ease knowing
a Jesse Jackson or a George
McGovern will appreciate this
sort of "even-handedness." But
Common Cause's members
should be more than a bit dis-
mayed that their lobby has not
focussed on the millions of PAC
dollars going to members of the
two Congressional tax-writing
committees from hundreds of
PACs in order to influence pend-
ing tax legislation.