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Teller Vice Chairperson Director Matilda Rubin Renee Wohl epublican Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, a leader of the conservative rightwing of American politics, will be honored this summer at a din- ner in New York sponsored by the Lubavitch leaders of Moshav Kiryat Gat and their American Jewish supporters. In summer, 1985, he had toured that moshav during his first and so far only visit to Israel and he was very im- pressed. The senator, who has emerged as a powerful voice in Washington, seems to feel rather comfortable with the Orthodox strain of Israel and - American Jewry. They now plan to formally honor him. Helms was for years strongly disliked by the mainstream of the American Jewish community because of his extremely conservative views on such issues as prayer in schools and abortion as well as because of his opposi- tion to foreign aid for Israel. But lately, there has been a political conversion, as far as Israel is concerned. His 10-day stay in Israel certainly appeared to have a significant influence on him. While in Israel, he met with Yitzhak Shamir, Shimon Peres, Moshe Arens and other leaders as well as with many average Israelis. "I believe that Israel is vital to the survival of Western civilization," Helms told a largely Jewish audience last May. Last month, Helms de- feated Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana for the important position as ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. During the six years that the Republicans controlled the majority in the Senate, Lugar served as chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations Committee even though Helms out- ranked him in seniority. Helms had pledged to his tobacco farming constituents in North Carolina that he would become chairman of the Agriculture Committee instead. The Democrats regained control of the Senate in the elections last November and this time Helms decided to use his seniority to seek the ranking slot on the Foreign Relations Committee, rather than Agriculture. Lugar, a moderate Republican, ran against him. Their Senate colleagues, bowing to the tradition of seniority, voted to allow Helms to accept that position. Democratic Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island has replaced Lugar as chairman of the panel. Thus, Helms is today a real force in Washington. Already, he has kicked out virtually all of the former middle-of-the- road Republican staffers on the Committee, bringing in his own ideologically-pure team, led by his long-time personal foreign policy aide, Dr. Jim Lussier. This has sent shock waves through the State Department; to protest State Department policies, Helms has held up ambassa- dorial and other senior State Department nominations which require Senate confir- mation. Helms, until recently, was never regarded as very friend- ly toward Israel. He always voted against the U.S. foreign aid legislation, and Israel is the single largest recipient of economic and military as- sistance. He was also out- spoken in criticizing various Israeli policies, and once even called for severing diplomatic relations. In contrast is Helms' speech on Israel last May. "I once thought that some por- tions of the West Bank were negotiable in the search for a settlement," he said. "But with the massive military build-up in Syria in the past six years, aided and directed by the Soviets, I do not see how any part of the territory now administered by Israel can be given up." According to Washington insiders, Helms' transforma- tion was the result of several factors. For one thing, other mem- bers of the religious right were also becoming more pro- Israel during these same years. They felt more comfort- able with the more conser- vative policies of Menachem Begin and the Likud. Many of the leading fundamentalist preachers in America — the Rev. Pat Robertson and the Rev. Jerry Falwell, to name two of the most important — were returning from visits to Israel with strongly suppor- tive positions. They certainly had an influence on many rightwing lawmakers, in- cluding Helms. For Helms, there was also some domestic political advantage in getting the pro-Israeli community off his back. He narrowly won re- election in 1984. The Amer- ican Jewish community had strongly supported his Demo- cratic opponent, Governor