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Israel . . . encourage programs
in Israel to counter anti-
democratic forces . . . stress
that racism has no place in
Jewish religious tradition .. .
interpret to the American pub-
lic efforts undertaken in Israel
to promote tolerance . . . inter-
pret to the American Jewish
community the dangers posed
by Meir Kahane and other ex-
tremists."
Statements issued last
month by Detroit Jewish Wel-
fare President Dr. Conrad
Giles and Jewish Community
Council Executive Director
Alvin Kushener in opposition
to Kahane were based in part
on the NJCRAC materials
prepared last year. In addition,
the JCCouncil furnished a
NJCRAC column to The
Jewish News which stressed
opposition to Kahane based on
Jewish values and statements
by mainstream Israeli political
leaders.
Kahane for several years has
blasted the Jewish "establish-
ment" in the U.S. as monolithic
and self-serving. The Program
Plan and this weekend's
plenum belie that myth.
"Tremendous debates go on,"
said David Lebenbom,
NJCRAC plenum program
chairman and former Detroit
Jewish Community Council
president. "Three or four years
ago there was tremendous de-
bate over Israel's Law of Re-
turn. On every issue, one or
more organizations will dis-
sent or make comments."
Agencies who are strongly op-
posed, or who do not want to go
on record in favor of a NJCRAC
consensus in the Joint Pro-
gram Plan, often have their
opposition noted in the plan.
"The plan is not a mandate,"
noted the JCCouncil's Kush-
ner, "Every community picks
and chooses what it wants to
get involved in. The process
permits any member agency to
propose policies for the plenum
to consider."
Last year, the Detroit
Jewish Community Council
pushed for a position on eco-
nomic justice. Kushner lobbied
a number of other communities
and the Detroit proposal was
passed. But policies included in
the Joint Program Plan are not
binding on the member agen-
cies. "Local groups," Kushner
explained, "develop their own
positions within their local
structures. NJCRAC just
recommends; they don't man-
date. There is a distinction."
That distinction is cause for
criticism by some within the
Jewish community.
Lebenobom said that some
people complain that NJCRAC
duplicates the work of other
national Jewish agencies.
"Others complain that it is not
active enough, or that nobody
knows who NJCRAC is, or that
it takes too long to reach a deci-
sion." A major debate within
the organization now is
Alvin Kushner
whether NJCRAC should have
a Washington office.
"Some people say we should
be leading, rather than seek-
ing consensus," said Leben-
bom. "They want us to lead the
parade, rather than follow the
parade."
One person who does not
share that view is Dr. David M.
Gordis, executive vice
president of the American
Jewish Committee. During a
session at the Council of
Jewish Federations General
Assembly in Chicago in No-
vember, Gordis argued that
"unity is a necessity, but uni-
formity is not. We cannot con-
front society with a
homogenized Jewish view pre-
sented by a few spokesmen."
He stated that the Jewish
community must bring the
broadest range of opinions
possible into any debate, "not
David Lebenbom
consensus positions that will
keep specific groups happy."
And he concluded his remarks
with a stern warning that "Not
consensus forces us and the
larger society to confront our
diversity. Politicians would
prefer the easy approach: one
Jew who speaks for all .. .
Jewish organizations must be
non-ideological. They can not