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Religious accommodations legislation would protect workers whose religious practices necessitate special "accommodations" from their employers — including Sabbath-observing Jews. Controversy arose when the American Jewish Con- gress proposed adding re- ligious accommodations language to the civil rights bill. Other Jewish groups supported the idea of some Stephen Solarz: Bill supported. kind of religious accom- modations bill — but argued that amending the civil rights package would jeopardize its passage through Congress. At last week's meeting, which was attended by Catholic and Baptist groups as well as a long list of major Jewish organizations, an informal consensus was hammered out to support a separate religious accom- modations bill by Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-N.Y.), and possibly to add additional language to broaden that legislation. Effort will be made to attach the Solarz bill to the civil rights package — a pro- spect that worried civil rights activists who hope to keep their bill amendment- free. The tentative settlement was facilitated by indica- tions that the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the umbrella civil rights group that drafted the Civil Rights Act, would support the Solarz legislation. The American Jewish Congress will apparently go along with this emerging consensus. "Look, it's what we're going to get," said Marc Stern, co-director of the American Jewish Con- gress Commission on Law and Social Action. "If it's go- ing to help us get both bills through Congress, it's a good thing." Activists Rejoice Over Jackson-Vanik Results It was a day of unabashed sentiment for longtime Jew- ish activist Mark Talisman, Washington director for the Council of Jewish Federa- tions, and a day of triumph for his onetime boss, Charles Vanik, the former Ohio con- gressman who crafted the Jackson-Vanik amendment that was a cornerstone of U.S. human rights strategy in dealing with the Soviet Bloc. The occasion was the ap- pearance of dissident- turned- president Vaclav Havel before a joint session of Congress. "It was an amazing per- sonal experience, a very emotional experience," Talisman said. "We had been working on Most Favored Nation status for Czechoslovakia. Rep. Vanik returned to the Capitol in triumph; his one heartbreak when he left office was that he didn't stay in office long enough to see this." In the 1970s, Talisman was a top aid to Rep. Vanik, and played a pivotal role in the Jackson-Vanik amend- ment that used preferable trade arrangements with East Bloc countries as a lever to improve emigration policies in those countries. The revolution in Czechoslovakia, Talisman argued, represented the ultimate proof of the effec- tiveness of the Jackson- Vanik amendment. "The point is, it worked; Rep. Vanik lived to see the day the amendment could be waived honorably. It's exact- ly the model he had in mind." Anti-Apartheid Activist Cancels ADC Speech The American Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee (ADC) will have one less speaker at its upcoming na- tional convention in Wash- ington. Originally, the group was slated to hear a keynote ad- dress from Rev. Alan Boesak, a leading South African anti- apartheid ac- tivist. The announcement sent ripples of concern through the Jewish anti-apartheid community; in the past, Jew- ish groups here have worked closely with Boesak on a number of issues, including the controversial question of sanctions against the Pretoria government. Now comes word that the anti-apartheid crusader has canceled his Washington appearance. Officially, the cancellation is the result of the dramatic release of black African leader Nelson Mandela. Unofficially, Boesak's decision may have been due to input from a number of Jewish activists around the world, who argued that such an appearance would rein- force the parallel that Arab groups have tried to draw between Israel and South Africa. The issue comes as black and Jewish congressmen