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hiring prefernce to members
of their own religion — a topic
of controversy among Jewish
Organizations.
Dukakis, too, provided an
answer that twisted and
turned in the best political
tradition; after swearing feal-
ty to the Civil Rights Act of
1964, Dukakis said that "I
support the Supreme Court's
decision to uphold the con-
stitutionality of amendments
to the original Civil Rights
Act which permit religious
organizations to prefer mem-
bers of their own religion in
making employment deci-
sions."
Other questions involved
the "hidden poor" in urban
neighborhoods — especially
elderly Jews — and discrimi-
nation against homosexuals
in housing — a highly
charged issue for Agudath
Israel.
"The questionnaire pro-
vides information that will be
important and relevant to our
constituents," said David
Zwiebel, director of govern-
ment affairs for the group. "It
doesn't necessarily provide in-
formation that will tilt the
scales; for instance, we didn't
address the question of where
candidates stand on Middle
East issues, because we felt
that other Jewish organiza-
tions were handling that set
of issues."
Agudath Israel officially
opened its Washington office
last week. Rabbi Stephen
Kasnett, a lawyer as well as
a Talmudic scholar, will be
their point man in the
Capitol.
lition, the primary or-
ganization of politically
conservative Jews.
Gersten cited positive
coverage of the GOP platform,
with its strong expression of
support for Israel, as a
primary cause of the shift
towards more favorable
coverage.
Hyman Bookbinder, the
Dukakis campaign's liaison
to the Jewish community, did
not deny that Bush is enjoy-
ing positive coverage in the
wake of the GOP convention.
But Bookbinder also pointed
out that another factor in the
apparent trend is the per-
sistence of the Rev. Jesse
Jackson as an issue within
the Jewish community — a
persistence which, he in-
sisted, was at least in part
fueled by Republican cam-
paign operatives.
Jewish Women
Pushing Medical
Leave Bill
.
GOP Reps Say
Media Coverage
Is Favorable
As Jewish Republican ac-
tivists work to break the
Democrat's traditional hold
on Jewish voters, some ac-
tivists on the GOP side are
seeing a favorable trend in
the coverage of their standard
bearer in the Jewish press.
But, according to several,
competition for coverage in
key states with big Jewish
populations — especially New
York and Florida — is bound
to heat up as November draws
near.
"We've been surprised by
this trend — and the Demo-
crats have been very upset,
since they've assumed that
they own the Jewish press;,'
said Chris Gersten, director of
the National Jewish Coa-
Several domestic issues
dear to the hearts of Jewish
groups here are on tap now
that Congress is back. But
the demands of election year
politics are putting an un-
predictable spin on issues like
welfare reform and child care
and some Jewish activists are
worried.
Several Jewish organiza-
tions are quietly working to
ease the way for the Family
Medical Leave Act, a bill
designed to provide job protec-
tion for workers who are forc-
ed to miss work to care for ill
children or elderly parents.
"This is one we've put a lot
of energy into for nearly four
years:' said Sammie Mosh-
enberg, Washington represen-
tative for the National
Council of Jewish Women.
"And this is the closest we've
come to any kind of floor
vote."
According to Moshenberg,
House speaker Jim Wright
(D-Texas) has promised to
wedge the measure into the
overloaded schedule some-
time in early September. A
similar bill is pending in the
Senate.
The House bill would pro-
vide ten weeks of unpaid, job-
protected leave for employees
with newborn, newly adopted
or seriously ill children, or in-
firm parents. It would also
provide fifteen weeks of un-
paid leave for employees with
serious health problems.
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