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A breakdown of voting results from one of the largest Jewish-populated neighborhoods, Rolling Oaks in Farmington Hills, shows that Detroit Jews who chose Bush also favored Republican Rep. William Broomfield to Democratic challenger Gary Kohut, and Democratic Sen. Donald Riegle, Jr. to Republican challenger Jim Dunn. "There was enormous ticket-splitting in this elec- tion as always," said Dr. Gilbert Kahn, a political science professor at Kean Col- lege of New Jefsey and presi- dent of GNK Associates, a New York-based public policy consulting firm. "The Republicans were successful in promoting a national im- age, but the local level is closer to home, where tradi- tional roots surface. "Jews voted clearly tradi- tionally," Dr. Kahn said. "The Jackson factor declined tremendously at the polls. Dukakis did better among Jews than any other Democrat in recent elections." Hyman Bookbinder, who headed the Dukakis National Jewish Leadership Council, said that Dukakis fared bet- ter than Walter Mondale, who analysts say secured between 68 and 70 percent of the Jewish vote when he lost to President Ronald Reagan in 1984. In contrast to the northwest suburban vote, Oak Park's Orthodox neighborhoods near 10 Mile Road and Greenfield followed national Jewish voting trends and clearly re- mained Democratic, voting 2-1 for Dukakis over Bush and for Riegle over Dunn. Rep. Sander Levin defeated his Republican challenger, Dennis Flessland, in these areas by an even wider margin. Nationally, various polls estimate that the Democrats swept the Jewish vote in figures ranging from 68 per- cent to 77 percent. The American Jewish Congress conducted the largest exit poll of Jewish voters with nearly 4,000 voters surveyed in 12 major cities. The survey showed Dukakis leading Jewish voters by three to one, even though 38 percent of those surveyed ex- pressed concern over the role of the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the Democratic Party. Fears spread among Jews when Jackson tried to pass a pro-Palestinian platform dur- ing last summer's Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. Other Oak Park neighbor- hoods where Jews reside also voted Democratic. Dukakis secured 70 percent of Oak Park's vote to Bush's 30 per- cent. Yet Dukakis won by a smaller margin in one heavi- ly Jewish area south of 10 Mile Road and Church, leav- ing Mayor Charlotte Roths- tein questioning the historic Democratic loyalties of the city. "That was a surprise," Rothstein said. "It seems there may be a swing toward Republicans in that area." Across the country, analysts have speculated that younger voters including younger Jews may be moving to the political right. Yet Henry Siegman, executive director for the American Jewish Con- gress, said it is a myth that Jews are moving to the political right. "It should be clear to the most hardened ne o - conservatives that despite their admonitions, the American Jewish community has simply refused to aban- don its traditional commit- ment to liberal values." Opinions vary on the sub- ject of Jewish support. Although Dukakis appeared to have secured the Orthodox Jewish vote in Detroit, Market Opinion Research in Detroit, headed by Bush's chief pollster Bob Teeter, found different results on the national level. The firm polled more than 4,000 Jewish voters in six states and found that Bush gained the overwhelming support of Orthodox Jews throughout the country. Ten percent of those polled iden- tified themselves as Orthodox Jews. Of those, 75 percent voted for Bush. Conservative and Reform respondents, however, cast ballots for Dukakis, according to the firm. Just 28 percent of Conservative respondents and 24 percent of Reform Jews voted for Bush. The poll also showed that Bush fared poorly among Jewish women. Of Jewish women polled over age 40, just 20 percent cast ballots for Bush. The AJCongress exit poll shows that 40 percent of the Jewish Democrats said they were concerned over Jackson's role in the party, compared to 69 percent of Jewish Republicans. But 55 percent of the Jewish Democrats said they were more concerned that the religious right would- in- fluence the Republican Party. "It is clear that American Jewish concerns about Jesse Jackson's role in the Democratic Party were outweighed by their concern about the role of the religious right in the Republican Par- ty and the implications of that role for the country," said Robert K. Lifton, AJCongress president. The AJCongress in a few weeks will release a final analysis, which will include statistics on the Jewish vote in smaller communities. Palestinian Says Arabs Are Ready For Peace ELIZABETH KAPLAN Staff Writer D eath haunts the streets in Gaza and the West Bank where Palestinians and Israelis kill each other in the nearly year- old intafida. Yet prospects for peace in the Middle East have never been better, according to Nabeel Abraham, lecturer in anthropology at Henry Ford Community College. Speaking Sunday before Labor Zionist Alliance Branch 960, Abraham, a Palestinian American, said one partner to the conflict is eager to make peace. "If you look at a broad spec- trum of Arab opinion — with a few exceptions — you would find a serious readiness to come to a political settle- ment," he said. Yet Israel and the United States "are not ready for peace," Abraham said. "And that's a tragedy because those two parties wield a lot of power."