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bullet in New York," Orens-
tein said. "The thrust. of
Giuliani's last-minute surge,
in all the news coverage, was
the growing Jewish an-
tipathy towards Dinkins
that focused on Jesse
Jackson. I believe that if
Dinkins had lost after all
that, we would have seen,
particularly in New York
but also in a broader way, a
real crisis in black-Jewish
relations. The black corn-
munity, which had had its
expectations raised, would
have blamed Jews."
Ann Lewis, a top political
consultant who advised
Jesse Jackson during last
year's presidential cam-
paign, argued against over-
simplifying the dynamics of
the Jewish vote. "It was a -
good election for the Jewish
community," she said. "It is
a real mistake to think that
the Jewish community votes
on the basis of a single issue,
like Jesse Jackson. This was
a very complex election —
and it was complicated by
the special nature of New
York politics."
Regardless of how the
Jewish vote is interpreted,
David Dinkins will face con-
siderable inter-group ten-
sions when he starts his new
job.
"As mayor-elect, Dinkins
has a daunting challenge
ahead of him," said Michael
Miller of the JCRC. "This
city is divided racially and
politically; the closeness of
this race means the
challenge is all the greater.
If David Dinkins is to be suc-
cessful as a 'healer,' he will
have to bring all of us
together."
And part of that process,
Miller observes, will be for
Dinkins to deliver on the
basic issues at the heart of
New York politics — jobs,
contracts and city services.
"The Dinkins administra-
tion offers many oppor-
tunities for the Jewish com-
munity. We can support this
mayor — if the mayor sup-
ports the Jewish community.
Now he has to enlist the
team to govern. Who will be
appointed? Will services be
enhanced? The Jewish com-
munity will be watching
very closely." 1=1
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 19a9
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Three
women were nominated
Sunday for places on the Tel
Aviv religious council, once
an all-male bastion.
However, two male can-
didates from the Reform
movement were rejected, at
a stormy meeting of the City
Council.
The vote was 16-12 against
Reform Rabbi Moshe Zemer
and Nissim Eldad, an at-
torney. There was one
abstention.
The Reform candidates
were supported by Tel Aviv
Mayor Shlomo Lehat, who
broke Likud party discipline
by voting for them.
Lehat said later that
religious councils should
represent all trends within
the religious community.
"I would even be in favor
of representatives of the
Christian and Moslem com-
munities on a council aimed
at dealing with religious
matters," the mayor said.
Religious councils are not
religious bodies. They are
set up in every municipality
in Israel to administer
matters connected with
religious activity.
Until recently, councils
were totally dominated by
the Orthodox establishment
and refused to accept
women, even if they were
Orthodox. However, that
tradition was broken, most
recently with the naming of
an Orthodox woman to the
Jerusalem City Council, and
by the precedent set by Lea
Shakdiel, in the town of
Yeroham.
The three women nomi-
nated Sunday in Tel Aviv
are Esther Danon of Likud,
Shoshana Glass of the Labor
Party and Shulamit Elsheih
of the Citizens Rights
Movement.
Danon and Glass got votes
from the National Religious
Party members of the City
Council, but not Elsheih,
probably because CRM is po-
litically left of center.
Their candidacy must now
be ratified by the Chief Rab-
binate and the Religious Af-
Fa irc Mi n i stry
El Al, Aeroflot
To Fly Direct
Jerusalem (JTA) — El Al
and the Soviet airline
Aeroflot will begin direct
flights between Tel Aviv and
Moscow in January, accor-
ding to an El Al delegation
that returned from the
Soviet capital Sunday.