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"TEVYE THE
_ MILKMAN"

'Drug War' Dollars Problem:
Funding Isn't Readily Available

JAMES D. BESSER

Washington Correspondent

J

GIDEON SHEMER

Gideon Shemer was born in Aviv and is a per-
manent member of the Cameri Theatre He is solo
narrator with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
and with all symphony orchestras in Israel,
Shemer has initiated, produced and appeared in
five one-man shows, with great success.

His one-man show '"Ibvye the Milkman" is bas-.
ed on the original monologues of Shalom
Aleichem, and was adapted by Gideon for the
stage.

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Seniors $6.00

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ewish activists are
scrambling to keep up
with a handful of bills
in the federal "war on
drugs" that could mean big
money for prevention and
education programs run by
various Jewish agencies.
The issue is difficult to
follow, however, said Susan
Banes Harris, Washington
representative for the New
York Federations, because
"the various drug initiatives
are coming from so many
departments, it's harder for
agencies like ours to tap into
the sources of funding."
The appointment of
William Bennett as "drug
Czar" was supposed to cen-
tralize command. But Ben-
nett and the-administration
have one approach, Congress
another, and a handful of
departments have their own
proposals.
Currently, Congress is
talking about $3.2 billion to
fund the anti-drug crusade.
The administration has pro-
posed a 70-30 split between
law enforcement and treat-
ment and prevention pro-
grams; Congress has pressed
for a 60-40 split, an ar-
rangement that suits most
Jewish organizations.
"We favor more treat-
ment ," Harris said.

"Especially the New York
agencies, which are getting
a lot of requests for treat-
ment services. There just are
not enough beds, enough
resources."

Jews are not immune to
the drug epidemic, Harris
pointed out: 60 percent of the
first 300 applicants at one
drug treatment center in
New York were Jewish.

Peace Lobby
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Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir is due in town this
week, and several groups
with an interest in Middle
East peace are hoping to
share the spotlight with the
Israeli leader. Among them
is the Jewish Peace Lobby,
which is preparing a "letter"
for Shamir.
The Peace Lobby was
started by Jerome Segal, the
University of Maryland
philosopher whose sugges-
tions for a new strategy for
the Palestine Liberation
Organization played a part
in last year's dramatic
events in Stockholm.
The group has gathered
the signatures of more than
150 rabbis on a letter calling
on the Israeli leader to ac-
cept the principle of "land
for peace." The letter
referred to the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict as "a

conflict between two nation-
alisms, each with a legiti-
mate claim to the land."
The list of rabbinic co-
signers was drawn primarily
from the ranks of Reform
Jews. "Basically, that's

because we just mailed to
Reform congregations," said
a representative of the
group. "But the response has
been really impressive;
we're still getting 30 or 40
responses every day."

`Gun Hate' May
Bring Backlash

Jewish organizations may
be unanimous on the need
for stricter gun control mea-
sures but Aaron Zelman, a
Milwaukee gun dealer,
takes a different point of
view. According to Zelman,
what he calls the "gun hate"
of Jewish groups and
legislators threatens a
dangerous backlash of anti-
Semitism.
To promote this view,

Zelman has just formed a
new organization, Jews for
the Preservation of Firearms
Ownership, which aims to
have a say in the current
wrangle over assault-
weapons bills now before
Congress.
Zelman argues that gun
ownership is a basic value in
Christian America. "There
are people who think that
God, guts and guns are what