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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1988

ewish politicos, like
everyone else, are
scratching their heads
over the re-emergence of Gary
Hart as a front-running can-
didate for the 1988 Demo-
cratic nomination.
Generally, Jewish Republi-
cans are delighted with the
candidate's reappearance
after last summer's scandal
involving model Donna Rice.
"I believe that our issues are
best served by a Republican
president," said a conser-
vative activist. "And I think
Gary Hart has helped ensure
that result in November?'
"He hurts the Democrats a
great deal," said Chris
Gerston, executive director of
the National Jewish Coali-
tion, a conservative group.
"And the longer he is in, the
worse damage he causes. He
makes it much more difficult
for one candidate to emerge
from the pack. This hurts
Dukakis and Simon the most,
since they were best posi-
tioned to come out ahead
after New Hampshire and
Iowa."
Some analysts have sug-
gested that Governor Michael
Dukakis and Sen. Paul Simon
are the Democrats with the
strongest pull in the Jewish
community. According to this
theory, the revival of Hart's
campaign gives a boost to
some of the second-tier can-
didates like Rep. Richard
Gephardt and former Gover-
nor Bruce Babbitt, who are
less highly regarded by pro-
Israel activists.
Jewish Democrats are am-
bivalent about the Hart can-
didacy. "His re-emergence
will probably confuse Jewish
voters the same as it confuses
voters in general," said Stuart
Eizenstat, former top aide to
President Jimmy Carter and
a close observer of Jewish
politics. "There is a lot of am-
bivalence because of Gary's
involvement with George
McGovern — and because, un-
til recently, he had not gone
to Israel. I think that this am-
bivalence is not well founded;
he has a very strong record on
Israel, and the fact that he
was campaign manager for
McGovern 16 years ago
shouldn't be a factor."
Eizenstat stresses the need
for candidates — especially
Democrats — to "work the
Jewish circuit" for years as a
way of developing close ties to
the community. "Gary just

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manifest itself again unless
he can show that he has a
shot at winning. Right now,
the perception is that he
doesn't have a chance."

JAMES DAVID BESSER

Court Rules
On Burial

Gary Hart: A puzzle

doesn't have those long-term
connections," he said. "He
hasn't been involved in Jew-
ish issues long enough to get
Jewish activists excited.
Right now, I would expect
Jewish activists to take a
wait-and-see attitude on
Hart?'
Many Jewish activists see
Hart as un-electable, despite
his early status as front-
runner in many polls. This,
they argue, could throw the
party into suicidal disarray
before the convention.
They also point to growing
political activity by Orthodox
Jews, many of whom take a
dim view of Hart's reported
dalliances.
Adding to the complexity of
the Hart puzzle is the fact
that Hart, unlike his op-
ponents in either party, has
traditionally stayed away
from special-interest groups
— including pro-Israel PACs
and high-visibility donors
within the Jewish communi-
ty. This means that his posi-
tions on "Jewish issues" are
less clear than those of the
candidates who actively court
these important political
groups.

In his 1984 bid, Hart
developed the beginnings of a
Jewish fund-raising network
outside his political base in
Denver. But his Jewish
backers were not diehard
Hart enthusiasts. "This is
what we call 'smart money,' "
said one worker with a com-
peting campaign. "It's that
important group of well-off
people who hedge their bets
— and the community's bets
— by giving to every can-
didate who has a reasonable
chance of winning. So what-
ever Jewish financial backing
he got four years ago won't

A bizarre story in a
Washington suburb has pit-
ted a Lubavitcher rabbi
against a fundamentalist
preacher who has called the
Star of David a "satanic"
symbol.
And the strange case, which
erupted last week, may have
national implications. Dale
Crowley Jr., the Baptist
minister, is active in anti-
Israel activities on Capitol
Hill. The case also involves
the Liberty Lobby, which a
spokesperson for the Anti-
Defamation League of the
B'nai B'rith characterized as
"the largest and the best-
financed anti-Semitic group
in the United States."
The issue involves the
death on New Year's Eve of
Haviv Schieber, a Polish Jew
who became a fighter for
Israeli independence in the
'40s.
Back in 1959, Schieber
came to the United States
and became a vocal opponent
of Israel — and especially of
U.S. aid to the Jewish state. In
recent years, he had been
associated with Crowley,
whose opposition to Israel
and to Jewish influence in
American politics are main-
stays of his radio ministry.
According to Crowley,
Schieber had become a prac-
ticing Christian, and had re-
quested a Christian burial.
Not so, says Rabbi Shmuel
Kaplan, Maryland represen-
tative for the Lubavitch
movement and host of his own
radio program. Kaplan con-
tacted Schieber's son in
Israel, who requested that his
father receive a Jewish burial
— despite the fact that he was
associated with antiIsrael
ministries.
Last week, Crowley filed
suit in the Circuit Court of
Arlington, Va., requesting
that Schieber be buried as a
Christian. On Monday, a cir-
cuit court judge ruled that
Schieber was, in fact, a
Christian.
The primary beneficiary of
this battle appears to be
Crowley, whose weekly radio
program, Focus on Israel, con-
tains harsh criticism of Israel
and Israeli influence in the
United States.