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But Kessler, himself only 29 years old, said there was an important difference to- day. "It seems as though the Jewish students are much more Jewishly aware, more Jewishly conscious in their developing political participa- tion than the last time around in the 1960's," he said in an in- terview. "They are working not only on campus, but they are working in the commun- ity." Kessler, who has visited scores of colleges and univer- sities in recent years organiz- ing pro-Israeli political activi- ty, has been instrumental in creating an AIPAC presence in many of them. As a result, he was sharply criticized by former Republican Represen- tative Paul Findley of Illinois in his book, They Dare Speak Out. Findley, a member. of the House Foreign Affairs Com- mittee who was seen as pro- Arab, was narrowly defeated in 1982 by Democratic challenger Richard Durbin, an outspoken friend of Israel. Both Findley and Durbin have said that the lastminute involvement of scores of pro- Israeli college students played a decisive role in the final outcome. "Although AIPAC doesn't rate or endorse candidates," Kessler said, "we do en- courage our student members to get involved in the political process on every level." Refer- ring to the highly publicized Findley-Durbin race, Kessler said that some 150 students at the University of Illinois drove to Springfield on Elec- tion Day where they volun- teered to help bring out the vote for Durbin. Durbin won the election by a slim margin of slightly over 1000 votes. Two years later, pro-Israeli students were also very much involved in the effort to defeat Republican Senator Charles Percy of Illinois. He was fac- ing a tough challenge from Democrat Congressman Paul Simon. "In 1984," Kessler said, "over 400 students were involved in the Simon effort to beat Percy." "I think that AIPAC has been instrumental in facil- itating what could legitimate- ly be called a revolution in the way pro-Israeli students are involved on campus and in the community," Kessler said. In the last decade, he con- tinued, pro-Israeli students have moved largely from public relations — organizing Israel Independence Day celebrations and all sorts of cultural events involving Israel — to "tangible political activity." In the-process, they have responded aggressively to Arab propaganda, which often is quite effective in try- ing to isolate Israel. Kessler estimated that there are approximately 400,000 Jewish students at any one time enrolled in American universities. He said that in the last five years, AIPAC has "either af- filiated or trained" over 10,000 of them in various seminars. There are other national Jewish organizations on the campuses, namely B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations and, on a smaller scale, the American Zionist Youth Foundation. But by law, those tax-exempt organizations are not allowed to spend too much of their time dealing with political affairs. AIPAC, on the other hand, is not a tax-exempt organization, but a political lobby. Sometimes, there is friction between AIPAC and the other Jewish student organ- izations. AIPAC's President, Bob Asher, defended his organization's decision to go beyond its traditional agenda by organizing students. He denied that AIPAC was in- fringing on the turf of other Jewish groups. "We work very closely with Hillel," he said. Kessler is most proud of the fact that among Jewish students, there is a certain cache nowadays to being in- volved politically on behalf of Israel. It's often a popular thing to do on campus. And that bodes well for Israel and the American Jewish com- munity in the years ahead. Hadassah Holds Convention New York — Hadassah will hold its 72nd national conven- tion Sunday through Wednes- day in Miami Beach, Fla. The convention is being preceded by the annual meeting of the Hadassah national board. Featured speakers at the convention will include Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Meir Rosenne and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's United Nations ambassador.