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30 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1988
Dukakis Is Missing A Chance
To Court The Jewish Vote
JAMES DAVID BESSER
Washington Correspondent
ewish Democratic acti-
ists are quietly ex-
pressing frustration at
the way the party's campaign
for the key Jewish vote is pro-
gressing.
According to several par-
ticipants in the political fray,
there is growing concern that
Michael Dukakis has not
taken advantage of recent
charges of anti-Semitism
within the Republican leader-
ship that have led to a series
of resignations and dismis-
sals.
Others are frustrated that
the Dukakis campaign has
not capitalized on the ties bet-
ween the Bush campaign and
the Christian fundamentalist
leadership — ties that they
see strengthened by the
nomination of Dan Quayle to
the second slot on the ticket.
"You have two Republican
candidates who have gone out
of their way to court some of
the most far-out elements of
the Christian Right, a group
that has traditionally repre-
sented a significant danger
for the Jewish community,"
said one Jewish campaigner
for the Democratic cause "It's
fair to say that we've had a
hard time figuring out how to
exploit that within the
Jewish community."
Part of the problem, accord-
ing to Democratic insiders, is
the candidate himself. "This
is a very methodical, very
careful man," said one high-
level Dukakis supporter. "In
his desire not to be im-
petuous, he sometimes con-
cedes the advantage to the
other side by not responding
fast enough."
j
Dems To Name
Jewish Panel
For Dukakis
Although he declined to
name any members of a
"blue ribbon" panel of
Jewish leaders supporting
presidential candidate
Michael Dukakis until the of-
ficial announcement, Hyman
Bookbinder, special adviser to
the campaign, suggested that
it would include a number of
well-known Jews — primari-
ly former leaders of most of
the major Jewish organiza-
tions in the nation.
"It will be the most
prestigious group of Jewish
leaders who have ever come
out in favor of a candidate,"
Bookbinder said. "Initially,
Michael Dukakis: Slow response.
there will be five co-chairs —
and up to 30 people on the ex-
ecutive committee."
Bookbinder couldn't resist
comparing the new panel to a
comparable organization on
the Republican side. "This
will put to shame the other
side, whose Jewish committee
has the same old tired
names."
"This is something they
should have done weeks ago,"
said the director of a major
Jewish organization here.
"These things do have sym-
bolic importance in our com-
munity. I just hope they aren't
too late."
The Dukakis campaign in-
itially felt that the candidate
needed no special boost
within the Jewish communi-
ty. But recent signs of slip-
page in key states like New
York have changed that
thinking.
Pro-Israel,
Pro-Palestine
PAC Formed
The American-Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is
about to have some competi-
tion in the bruising business
of lobbying on Middle East
issues.
This week, a group of Wash-
ington activists is announc-
ing an alternative group that
will bring a different point of
view to Capitol Hill. The
Israeli-Palestinian Peace PAC
— I-PPPAC, will combine lob-
bying activities with the
traditional money-raising and
distribution functions of the
political action committee, a
combination that AIPAC, as a
registered lobbying group,
cannot equal.
The driving force in the new
group is Jerome Segal, the
University of Maryland pro-
fessor and peace activist who
has been advising the Pales-
tinian leadership on new stra-
tegies for transforming the in-
tifada into concerted political
action.
"The purpose will be to af-
fect American foreign policy
by emphasizing a two-state
solution to the Middle East
crisis," Segal said. "We hope
that this country will open
dialogue — either with the
PLO, or with the provisional
government of Palestine."
Segal insisted that the PAC
will not oppose aid to Israel,
the top priority for groups
like AIPAC.
"At this point we don't have
a specific position on it," said
Segal, who will serve as presi-
dent of the new PAC. "My
own personal position is that
it would not be helpful to the
cause of peace to cut aid to
Israel."
Segal vigorously rejected
the implication that I-PPPAC
would have an anti-Israeli
bias. "We see ourselves as the
first objectively pro-Israel lob-
by and pro-Israel PAC," he
said. "We also claim to be pro-
Palestinian at the same time,
and this is part of the logic of
the two-state solution."
The PAC's board of directors
currently includes Tikkun
editor Michael Lerner, former
senator George McGovern,
and Washington writer
Milton Viorst.
Holocaust
Museum Still
Seeking Director
Jewish groups here are get-
ting ready for the corner-
stone laying ceremony at the
Holocaust Museum, sched-
uled for Oct. 5 with a cast of
characters that includes
President Reagan and what
one observer termed "at least
half the U.S. Congress."
The controversial museum
is now just a level field
traversed by dump trucks and
bulldozers, but the $90
million dollar project brings
smiles to the faces of planners
— despite the fact that it is
still without a director.
The Holocaust Commission
has still not found a replace-
ment for Arthur Rosenblatt,
who resigned as director last
month in a dispute over con-
trol of the museum after the
design and construction
phase has ended.
A search committee is look-
ing for a replacement, but a
decision is not expected until
late October.