Kristol said. "He has been an
outspoken supporter of the
strategic relationship bet-
ween the United States and
Israel. He has close ties to the
Jewish community in In-
dianapolis. But beyond the
Beltway, he's not particularly
well known in the Jewish
community."
Kristol is serving as
something of a generalist on
the Quayle team. "I'm work-
ing on the whole gamut of
issues," including the basic
issues of the federal budget.
Child care is going to be a big
emphasis for the vice presi-
dent — and education issues.
I do have some foreign policy
input as well."
B'nai Brith
Setting Up
In Vilna, Riga
Dan Mariaschin, B'nai
B'rith's director of public af-
fairs, apparently views the
Washington to Moscow run as
a kind of commuter flight.
Mariaschin, who played an
instrumental role in B'nai
B'rith's recent opening of a
Moscow- chapter, just return-
ed from presenting the
charter to the Moscow B'nai
B'rith and setting up
chapters in Vilna and Riga.
The Jewish renaissance in
places like Vilna and Riga,
Mariaschin said, is benefiting
from the broader drive for
autonomy in those regions.
"What you see in those
republics is what you've been
reading about; there is this
tremendous desire for
autonomy, for more rights. It's
no accident that these are the
only places other than
Moscow where there is of-
ficially recognized Jewish ac-
tivity?'
The trip to Vilna had
special meaning for
Mariaschin, whose mother
was born outside the city. "So
for me it was a real roots ex-
pedition.
Hamilton's
Hearings Are
Evenhanded
For Israel's supporters on
Capitol Hill, it was a happy
kind of 'anticlimax. Despite
near-hysteria about a
legislative assault on Israel,
the long-awaited hearings of
the House Europe and the
Middle East subcommittee on
the foreign aid budget produc-
ed few surprises.
Jewish groups here were
worried that committee chair-
man Rep. Lee Hamilton, who
has long objected to the "ear-
marking" of foreign aid
money for Israel, would use
the hearings to make a strong
point about the staggering
proportion of U.S. aid going to
Israel and Egypt.
The only fireworks,
however, came when Rep.
Larry Smith, (D-Fla.), grilled
State Department represen-
tative Ed Walker on the U.S.-
PLO dialogue. Despite
Smith's vigorous questioning,
the State Department
spokesman declined to
elaborate on U.S. warnings to
the PLO about incursions
from Lebanon.
Despite earlier fears among
pro-Israel activists, Chairman
Hamilton's questions during
the hearing were regarded as
even-handed and responsible.
"What we were hearing was
that this was almost a set-up
for getting in a few bashes on
Israel," said one aid to a pro-
Israel legislator. "There was
almost a sense of panic. I
think we felt a little foolish
when it was all over."
Legislators
Are Rallying
For Rushdie
Congress is beginning to
sink its teeth into the inter-
national uproar over Salman
Rushdie's book, The Satanic
and Ayatollah
Verses,
Ruhollah Khomeini's drastic
form of literary criticism.
Last week, Rep. Stephen
Solarz, (D-N.Y.), and Rep.
George Miller, (D-Calif.), in-
troduced legislation blasting
Khomeini for his call for
Rushdie's death and asking
the president to direct federal
agencies to cooperate with
state and local authorities in
protecting bookstores display-
ing and selling the controver-
sial book.
Solarz and Miller were not
alone in their efforts. Rep. Ted
Weiss, (D-N.Y.), another
leader of the Jewish delega-
tion on Capitol Hill, and some
30 signers of a "dear col-
league letter" are requesting '-
that the administration
notify Iran that it will
postpone any efforts to nor-
malize relations with that
country until the death
threats have been rescinded.
And Rep. Ben Cardin, (D-
Md.), is expected to issue a
statement this week em-
phasizing the idea that Kho-
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