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mittees for newspapers,
television, radio and other
areas. The ZOA has been
responding to Arab pro-
paganda in newspapers and
magazines from its head-
quarters in New York,
rather than from local lay
leaders. "Now we want to
expand this and speed it up,"
he said.
In his acceptance speech,
Silverman noted the con-
tinued vulnerability of
Israel, necessitating the
need for strong Zionist
organizations. He said that
41 years after Israel's foun-
ding, "it remains under
siege by a well-financed,
sophisticated, escalating
pro-Arab and pro-PLO
strategy aimed at influenc-
ing the American Congress,
the American public and
world opinion.
"Regrettably, Israel is sub-
jected to pressures by an
administration in
Washington, and certain
elements in the Jewish
community, to accept com-
promises that could put its
very existence at risk or, in
the very least, cause it to pay
a very heavy price in the
lives of its people for sur-
vival."
Silverman said, "We are
not as a matter of principle
opposed to criticism or dis-
sent vis-a-vis Israel. What
we stress is that it must be

responsible, that it be kept
within the family and that it
be communicated to Israel
via Israel's representatives
in the United States, as well
as the acknowledged and
representative institutions
of American or world
Jewry."
Referring to the recent
"Days of Rage" television
program on the intifada pro-
duced by PBS, Silverman
said, "What's boiling in me
is 2,000 years of rage."
He expects to travel week-
ly between his Detroit and
Florida homes and the New
York ZOA offices during the
first few months of his two-
year administration.

Other Detroiters elected at
the ZOA meetings were: Irv-
ing Laker, associate chair of
the national board; Dr.
Sidney Z. Leib, vice presi-
dent; Louis Panush, Anne
Silver and Leonard Herman,
honorary vice presidents.
Elected to the national exec-
utive committee were Morris
Baker, James Hack, Norma
Hudosh, Dr. Jerome Kauf-
man, Marion Leib, George
Mann and Dr. Leon War-
shay.
Philip Slomovitz, editor
emeritus of The Jewish
News, was named an
honorary vice president and
member of ZOA's Court of
Honor. ❑

Research Paints Dismal
American Jewish Future

New York (JTA) — The
population of Jews in the
United States will decrease
slightly; New York will lose
its dominance in the
American Jewish communi-
ty; Jews will become more
conser- vative politically;
and the division between the
Orthodox community and
Conservative and Reform
Jews will deepen.
These are some of the
predictions of a Brandeis
University sociologist, who
has attempted to forecast the
future of the American
Jewish community in the
year 2000.
Based on research con-
ducted nationally in
American Jewish com-
munities, Gary Tobin, direc-
tor of the Cohen Center for
Modern Jewish Studies at
Brandeis, paints a somewhat
dismal picture of the future
of American Jewry.
"The greatest threat to the
overall size of the Jewish
population may come from
intermarriage," Tobin wrote
in an article in B'nai B'rith

Jewish Monthly.
"In the past generation,
the rate of intermarriage
has skyrocketed. Mean-
while, rates of conversion to
Judaism have plummeted.
"In the next two genera-
tions, the Jewish community
may be reduced by 10 to 30
percent because of intermar-
riage and assimilation."
Immigration and a high
Orthodox birthrate, Tobin

Immigration and a
high Orthodox
birthrate will offset
Jewish population
loss.

notes, will offset this popula-
tion loss, but this
phenomenon may cause
interdenominational prob-
lems of its own.
Tobin forecasts increased
polarization within the
American Jewish communi-
ty, with the Reform and
Conservative communities
developing shared institu-