rcruno rVI- 1 YOUti PAHTIES!' INVITATIONS? Hattie Schwartz Of Course! 352-7387 ENTERTAINMENT? Seymour Schwartz Of Course! 356-8525 FOR THE BEAUTIFUL INVITATIONS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HEBREW COPY AVAILABLE • DJ's • 1 MAN BAND • MUSIC GROUPS • CARICATURES • MIMES • CLOWNS • MAGIC • PSYCHICS • HANDWRITING ANALYSIS ARE YOU RAISING AN ADOPTED CHILD? Jewish Family Service There are numerous other such cases of mixed agendas, where Republican Jewish leaders have donned their AIPAC hats in order to pitch for right-wing GOP in- cumbents. Not long ago Senator Rudy Boschwitz of Minnesota, a favorite of the Israel lobby, sent a letter to leaders of Jewish PACs urging them to support Senator Symms, whose record on Israel (and everything else) is terrible. Last year Tom Dine asked for the resignation of AIPAC political director Chris Gersten. Sources say this was part- ly a personality conflict, but mainly the result of Gersten's being too crassly par- tisan on company time. Gersten, while at AIPAC, was using "AIPAC chits" with key legislators to promote his wife, Linda Chavez, for the job of secretary of educa- tion. Gersten now heads something called the National Jewish Coalition, which is ef- fectively an arm of the Republican Na- tional Committee. "Jerry Falwell is hostile at his core to religious liberty, to the separation of church and state, that are traditionally associated with the Jewish community." Gersten has helped set up meetings be- tween New Right leaders and prominent Jews. He admits Republicans still have a hard sell where a few hard-right senators are concerned. "We're still playing catch- up with Symms, Helms, and Denton. Our role is to introduce them to the Jewish community, to key people in New York and California, to take them to Israel, and maybe raise some money for them." Statistically, if one looks at the overall balance of Jewish giving, PAC and in- dividual, Democrats still out-raise Repub- licans. But that picture is misleading. Of the 18 Republican senators facing reelec- tion in 1986, Jewish PACs will actively op- pose only three. In four or five of the seven open seats, Jewish PACs will still support the Democrat. On balance, single-issue politics has substantially neutralized the once-liberal influence of the Jewish community. To place all these dilemmas in perspec- tive, a little history is in order. Jews, of course, have been primarily Democrats and liberals ever since the New Deal. They have also contributed a disproportionate share of Democratic Party finances, pro- bably a fourth to a third of the total. Jews, because of their unique heritage, have been the one group in America to vote con- sistently against their ostensible pocket- book interests. Jews, according to a famous quip, are the only people who live like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto Ricans. But this picture has been steadily eroding since the early 1970s. Hubert Humphrey was the last Democratic presidential candidate who could count on over 80 percent of the Jewish vote. The new Jewish bipartisanship and the shift toward the political center have multiple roots: national security concerns (most notably Israel); prosperity; the affirmative action controversy; a perception that Democratic Party standard-bearers George McGovern and Jimmy Carter had tilted toward the Arabs; and most recent- ly the role in the party of Jesse Jackson. Commentary magazine and the network of conservative Jewish intellectuals like Ir- ving Kristol have endeavored to package all of the above into a generalized Jewish neoconservatism. Operations like Gersten's National Jewish Coalition provide the par- tisan shock troops. Finally, there has been a change in the nature of the Israel issue itself. For most of its history, Zionism was a liberal cause. Until the election of Menachem Begin's Likud government in 1977, Israel had a democratic socialist government. As Israel came to be perceived as a cold war ally, and as the worldwide left took up the Palestinian cause, the political coloration of support for Israel began to change. The combination of Likud in Israel, Reagan in the United States, and the ascendancy of PACs and single-issue politics in Congress all served to move.Jewish interest-group activities to the right of the Jewish elec- torate. Were it not for the Israel nexus, most American Jews would have nothing to do with a Kasten or a Hawkins — much less a Falwell. r r he theme of Jewish history, of course, JL. is the theme of survival. For several thousand years Jews have been justifiably anxious about new pharaohs who knew not Joseph, new czars, new popes, new Reichskanzlers, and new presidents of the United States. Jews have depended on back channels to the palace ever since Queen Esther. Accommodation with the party in power in a necessary habit, not a shameful one. Liberal Democratic con- gressman Sam Gejdenson of Connecticut, would like to know if you are interested in group sessions for adoptive parents of children. These sessions will begin in the fall Please call Marilyn Wineman or Eleanor Keys at 559-1500 Jewish Family Service 24123 Greenfield Road Southfield, Ml 48075 Arrive at the top. —_. , — . dEMMIMIR.II,L - Doc=y A 11=MV v VII MORAL 121111111/1114ftri 1:711.1 ...1164. . _ _._._-,--_---:- -- lie t'S MY/8i - v= Ili MIIIWIIIPOIE - ammoim•s. nr.mmemme,.. ..._.,.._.... Ir•—. 1 I HP ,, ,„ ,, „. ,,,,,,,,, ,, ,, ,, - 111111111111ifilffili l 11111 ill I 1,,,,,, MINM ..... ..... .... ..................... Illill.1111MIllill .... VIII SUMMIT' Obviously by Baume Si Mercier. Sculptured simplicity and elegance. Integrated case and bracelet in brushed stainless steel inlaid with 18K gold bands...echoed in the matching dials. Quartz accuracy in an ultra-thin case — water-resistant to 99 feet. Classic creations for men 'and women of obvious distinction. the finest expressions of love come from ... ittyt ee \ill 11) ‘,.. FINE JEWELERS Mil Continued on next page master charge GEM/DIAMOND SPECIALIST - Established 1919 AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA IN GRADING & EVALUATION 30400 TELEGRAPH RD., BIRMINGHAM, MI 48010, SUITE 134 Phone: 642-5575 Daily Thurs. Sat. 10-5:30 10 8:30 10 5:00 - - 19