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Although the group's New York office will continue to operate, Wenick, a longtime State Department profes- sional and a leading Sovietologist, will probably emphasize Washington as a base of operations, where his familiarity with the complex ways of the State Department will be an invaluable resource to the group. The Union of Councils of Soviet Jews already uses Washington as a base of operations. The Washington offices of the Council of Jewish Federations and the American Jewish Committee continue to play a major role in the movement. "What we're seeing is a reflection of the growing sophistication of the move- ment," said one Capitol Hill source who works closely with Soviet Jewry groups. "In- creasingly, they recognize that access to the decision- making V process in Washington requires an im- mersion in the Washington environment. Wenick's ap- pointment was the clearest possible statement of the move towards a Washington point of view. I think it's a whole new phase for the movement!' Lesser Mirrors Jewish Political Rise In U.S. Jewish political power in Washington has changed dramatically in the past 40 years, and Allen Lesser has been there every step of the way. Lesser, a longtime Capitol Hill staffer, editor and lob- byist, currently is preparing his papers for the American Jewish Archives in Cincin- nati. In his files are hundreds of letters documenting the tremendous growth of pro- Israel politics in this country and some of the changes that have transformed the pro- Israel movement in the years since the birth of the Jewish state. "I began my career as assis- tant editor of The Menorah, a major Jewish cultural magazine in the '30s!" Lesser said. "From there I went to the American Jewish Com- mittee, where I was assistant editor of the Contemporary Jewish Record — the predecessor to Commentary!' After a stint as public rela- tions director for B'nai B'rith, Lesser went to work for the American Zionist Council of Public Affairs, the group that eventually became today's American Israel Public Af- fairs Committee (AIPAC). "Back then, there were just two or three of us," he said. "The focus was entirely on Congress. lbday, of course, AIPAC is a huge organization — and their concerns have moved well beyond Congress!" Along with Sy Kenen, the group's director and leading figure, Lesser created the Near East Report. "My first job there was writing ten questions for Hubert Humphrey to ask Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at a committee hearing;' Lesser said. "This started a long friendship with Humphrey that continued un- til his death!' Lesser also began writing speeches for New York senator Jacob Javits; even- tually he joined Javit's Washington staff, writing more than 100 speeches about Israel. 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