Music Boxes
Dolls
Crystal
plauders left when the
And while the press
general did, leaving the im-
coverage focused on the im-
pression that he brought his
pressive fact that Jewish
own supporters to hear his
leaders from around the
talk.)
world had responded to
"In all," said Cardin, "I
Jerusalem's summons to
think the conference achiev-
come and show their solidari-
ed its goal of bringing
ty with the new unity govern-
together a large number of
ment, there was little ques-
people from all over the
tioning of just who these
Diaspora, of many different
leaders were and whom they
perspectives, to show their
represented.
unity for the people and the
Of the 1,580 attendees at
State of Israel, regardless of
the gathering (about half of
specific policies."
whom were from America),
For a brief moment in time,
several hundred were
the conference did achieve a
legitimate and recognizable
real sense of unity. And so tha
leaders of national Jewish
original Declaration of
organizations, but the rest
Solidarity, a lengthy and
were an amalgam of am-
rambling statement critical of
bitious younger people flat-
those with alternative sug-
tered to be invited, and rank-
gestions for achieving peace,
and-file supporters of Israel.
was scrapped. It was replaced
And as many as half of the
by a brief statement that
American delegates were
steered clear of specific peace
American Jewish tourists
plans, supporting Israel's
who happened to be in Israel
"deep yearning in its 40-year
as part of organizational mis-
quest for a just and lasting
sions and were "recruited" to
help fill the convention hall. - peace" and backing the uni-
ty government's efforts "to
The result was a sense of
achieve peace and security
support for Shamir's policies
with its neighbors."
that many leaders say was
Some could say that the
not at all representative of an
statement was bland, but it
American Jewry growing in-
encompassed the feelings of
creasingly frustrated, con-
all the delegates, and after
fused and insecure about
all, this was a conference that
Israel's stand.
emphasized style over
"I looked around and
substance.
wondered who all these peo-
After 15 months of
ple were," said one American
unrelieved media assaults
Jewish leader.
over the intifada, after
"From the sentiment in the
Washington's
decision to open
room, I would say that most
a formal dialogue with the
people were to the right of
PLO — with the apparent ac-
Shamir," said Rabbi Henry
quiescence of America's
Siegman, executive director
Jewish
leaders — Shamir
of the American Jewish Con-
wanted a clear demonstration
gress. "The largest ovation of
that American Jewish leaders
the conference was for Ariel
were not wounded and
Sharon, and I had the feeling
submissive.
that a motion to expel all
"He wanted to show that
Palestinians from Israel
they
were not weak-kneed
would have passed over-
and that they could be
whelmingly. I don't know who
counted to rally behind us
those people were but it is
and support us," said one
ob.6. clear to me that they were
senior
Israeli official bluntly.
totally unrepresentative of
Indeed, the objectives of the
American Jewry.
carefully choreographed,
"Shamir can truthfully say
high-profile gathering, the ap-
that world Jewry expressed
parent brainchild of Rabbi
support for his policies in the
Marvin Hier, who heads the
large public sessions," added
Simon Wiesenthal Center in
Siegman, "but that would not
Los Angeles, were twofold:
be true of the sentiment ex-
First, to send the message
pressed in the steering com-
of unity, cohesion and com-
mittee sessions."
mitment resonating through
Shoshana Cardin of Balti-
the White House and the
more is chairman of the Na-
State Department; to show
tional Conference on Soviet
that the Jews of the world,
Jewry and played a key role
particularly the Jews of
in drafting the Declaration of
America, had closed ranks
Solidarity. She acknowledged
and were now standing firm-
that the conference delegates
ly behind the increasingly
were largely "a self-selected
isolated Jewish state.
group" in the sense that
Second, to cap the well of
many of those Jewish leaders
▪
discontent among American
who disagreed sharply with
Jewish leaders; to allow them
01•1' Likud policy stayed home.
to have their showdowns with
(And she noted that while
Shamir in Jerusalem rather
- Sharon's speech did receive a
than, more embarrassingly,
great ovation, about 100 of
in New York or Washington.
the most enthusiastic ap-
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