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doesn't belong in the White
House," she said.
Mark Siegel, a political con-
sultant who was a Jewish
liaison for the Carter ad-
ministration, said he does not
expect Jackson to become the
party's nominee.
Siegel also said that despite
the increasing concern in the
Jewish community over the
possibility of a Jackson vic-
tory, party leaders are shying
away from any "stop Jackson"
movements. Such a move, he
said, would alienate black
voters the Democratic Party
needs to win the next
election.

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His Hunger Strike

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16 FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1988

uli Kosharovsky, the
refusenik who has
waited longer than
any other for permission to
emigrate from the Soviet
Union, ended his hunger
strike Saturday after fasting
for 17 days.
The Union of Councils of
Soviet Jews reports that one
of the factors in Kosharov-
sky's decision to quit his
strike was a conversation he
had with Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
Shamir reportedly phoned
Kosharovsky and urged that
he break his hunger strike
because starving oneself to
death is against God's will.
Kosharovsky was receiving
up to 100 calls a day from
other Israelis who asked him
to terminate his fast, a
spokesman for the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry
said.
Reports conflict as to
whether another reason for
Kosharovsky's decision to end
his strike is that he heard the
Supreme Soviet will review
his case.
Kosharovsky began his fast
on March 10. It was original-
ly scheduled to last only 17

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Yuli Kosharovsky, Albert and Harriet Colman, Mikhail Kosharovsky and
Inna Kosharovsky

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Since the Michigan
caucuses, some party leaders
have expressed concern over
Dukakis' ability to muster
enough delegates for the
nomination. Yet Missouri
Rep. Richard Gephardt's deci-
sion this week to withdraw
from the race has prompted
some of his supporters to
move to the Dukakis camp.
State Rep. Burton Leland,
D-Detroit, and other local
elected Jewish officials who
previously supported
Gephardt said they will now
support Dukakis.

days — one day for each year
Kosharovsky has been refus-
ed. Then Kosharovsky and his
wife, Inna, decided to con-
tinue the hunger strike to
draw further attention to
their plight.
Last week, Detroiters
Albert and Harriet Colman
met with Kosharovsky and
his family during a fact-
finding mission to the Soviet
Union. The mission was spon-
sored by the World Union for
Progressive Judaism, an in-
ternational organization of
progressive, liberal and
Reform Jewish groups.
Albert Colman said
Kosharovsky was in good
spirits and health despite his
hunger strike. The NCSJ said
that Kosharovsky lost 15
pounds and his wife had lost
17 pounds during their fast.
In his appeal to the
Supreme Soviet, Kosharovsky
said that he would conduct a
hunger strike to "draw the at-
tention of all who not in word,
but in deed, value human
rights, to the tragedy of our
family and of so many other
victims of unlimited refusal
for reasons of state security."
The letter was also mailed to
Soviet newspapers Pravda
and Izvestia and various
American publications.

