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" A self-described liberal, Pearl emphasizes involve- ment in the political process and coalition-building to achieve support for Israel and other items important to the Jewish community. "Jews make up less than three percent of the U.S. population, but we still need 51 percent of the vote," says Pearl. "So we have to work with others. If the only time we go to our coalition partners — the black com- munity, religious groups, other minorities — is when we need help on Israel, we lose our effectiveness." Common points of interest with Jews and other groups, he says, are the separation of church and state, the aging of the population, the poor, and minority rights. "By having an organized Jewish lobby working on these broad is- sues with others, it makes it easier to go to someone you've been working with and say, 'Hey, I need you on this one.' "Voting rights was an issue for us (the AJCongress) be- cause our black and Hispanic partners said, 'This is an Is- rael for us.' The AJCongress took an early position on South African sanctions (entertainer Theodore Bikel and other AJCongress leaders were among the first Ameri- cans arrested for demonstrat- ing outside the South African Embassy last December). It makes it a hell of a lot easier to ask our black friends to demonstrate in front of the Soviet Embassy." One of Pearl's major tasks is to convince younger Jews that politics are important, and go beyond financial con- tributions and voting in elec- tions. To make his point that Jewish interests go beyond a candidate's stance on Israel, Pearl fires off a volley of statistics: • The median age in the United States is 31, but the median age of the Jewish community is 48. "We need to work with the advocates for the elderly," he says passionately. • Separation of church and state is a major issue in the Marc Pearl United States, "and the fed- eral court system is being packed by people with a `majority rule' attitude." Pearl specifically points to the appointments of William Rehnquist, John Scalia and Daniel Manion, saying Chief Justice Rehnquist's attitude is, "If we haven't heard from Congress, then minority rights are - out the door." The AJCongress formally opposed the appointments of Re- hnquist and Manion. • Jews represent three per- cent of the U.S. population, but eight percent of the vote. Blacks represent 12 percent of the population, but eight percent of the vote. "Our vote means something," Pearl says, "and we are trying to get young Jews to understand this, and vote. We have to get them involved in the entire political process, and then they will want to be more educated on all the issues." Getting young people in- volved has been a major task throughout Marc Pearl's career. A graduate of De- troit's Henry Ford High School, he was president of his youth group at Temple Beth El, which fostered his sense of social action. He earned a B.A. at Case- Western Reserve University in Cleveland, his law degree . at Emory University in At- lanta, and a certificate in Jewish communal service from Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. He has worked as an attorney, as di- rector of the college education department for the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions in New York, for the American Jewish Committee in Los Angeles, and since 1980 as American Jewish Congress representative in Washington. His sense of social justice and social action dovetails nicely with the AJCongress agenda: Israel, peace in the Middle East and terrorism; Soviet and oppressed Jewry; church-state issues such as school prayer, equal access and tuition tax credits; women's rights to abortion, economic equity and the Equal Rights Amendment; civil rights, the balanced budget amendment, and nu- clear disarmament. "Constitutional rights have