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Announcing
THE
EDGAR M. BRONFMAN
YOUTH FELLOWSHIPS
IN ISRAEL
1991
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his summer a group of out-
standing Jewish teenagers in
the U.S. and Canada, coming
from a variety of secular and
synagogue backgrounds and
entering their senior year of high school, will spend five stirring weeks
of study, dialogue and travel in Israel.
They will be recipients of the Edgar M. Bronfman Youth
Fellowships*. Selected on the basis not of need but of merit, the Bronf-
man Fellows will begin program activities on July 7, returning from
Israel on August 14. All meals will be kosher, and Sabbath activities
will be in the spirit of the day.
The Bronfman Fellows will be mature, talented and curious,
with proven qualities of leadership, intellect and character. Based in
Jerusalem, they will engage in an intense interaction with a diverse
rabbinic faculty and counselors of rich Jewish background,
representing a wide range of Jewish perspectives.
The Fellows will explore Jewish life against the background
of Israel's land, culture and customs...take part in seminars with
some of the country's most penetrating political and cultural
figures...debate ideas and search for insights, in an atmosphere of
mutual respect and open dialogue, on the different ways to define
oneself as a Jew today.
The purpose: to
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return home with a new
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and the Jewish state, and a new
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of Jewish unity.
*Fellowships cover all expenses, including roundtrip transportation between New York and
Israel, room and board, travel in Israel and incidentals. Completed applications must be
postmarked by February 1, 1991.
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22.' FRIDAY, , OCTOBER 26, . 1990
Henry Siegman: "The Zogby line
carries with it the clear implication
that a supporter of Israel cannot
be a loyal American."
But he charged the AAI
leader with making frequent
references to pro-Israel poli-
ticians as being controlled
by a Zionist conspiracy, a
tactic of "classical anti-
Semitism," he said.
Mr. Siegman refused to
make available any of Mr.
Zogby's alleged anti-Semitic
remarks. He said he is send-
ing such statements back to
Mr. Zogby for further
clarification.
Mr. Zogby, whose Wash-
ington, D.C.-based organiza-
tion receives numerous con-
tributions from Jews, said
Mr. Siegman's comments
clearly imply that the AAI
leader is anti-Semitic "and
that's just not true."
Mr. Zogby says he is
critical of AIPAC, but insists
this does not constitute anti-
Semitism.
Mr. Zogby also denies the
AJCongress allegation, con-
tained in the fund-raising
letter, that he believes "pro-
Israel senators and members
of Congress are the bought
and paid for tools of some
dark Zionist conspiracy."
"That's not me. That's not
my language and I don't feel
that way," Mr. Zogby said.
"These charges are reckless,
dangerous and false, and in
their heart of hearts they
know it's false."
One focus of the debate is a
report, issued last April by
the AAI, that examined five
senators, including Mich-
igan Sen. Carl Levin, who
receive substantial funding
from pro-Israel political ac-
tion committees (PACs).
In his most recent AAI
newsletter, Mr. Zogby again
attacks Sen. Levin —this
time for helping Tom
Harkin, D-Iowa, raise funds
from Jewish contributors.
He accuses Sen. Paul Simon,
D-Ill., a longtime friend of
Israel and recipient of
AIPAC funding, of being
"bought." Of other pro-
Israel senators like Frank
Lautenberg, R-N.J., and Bob
Packwood, R-Ore., Mr.
Zogby says, "Who do they
work for anyway?"
In an interview published
last year in the Miami
Herald, Mr. Zogby said that
money from American Jew-
ish contributors distorts the
way Congress views the
Middle East.
"The bottom line is that
- the money buys votes, it in-
timidates members of Con-
gress and it silences debate,"
he said.
Mr. Zogby insists his
remarks about AIPAC fun-
ding are part of his criticism
of PACs in general. He said
he has gone on record oppos-
ing all PAC contributions
and is "committed across the
board to PAC reform." He
said politicians can't help
but be influenced by large
financial gifts. It is this in-
fluence he is trying to fight
— not any "dark Zionist con-
spiracy," Mr. Zogby said.
Mr. Siegman isn't con-
Mr. Zogby insists
his remarks about
AIPAC funding are
part of his criticism
of PACs in general.
vinced. The Arab-American
Institute's criticism of
AIPAC has not been put in
the context of lobbies in gen-
eral, he said.
Furthermore, "the Zogby
line carries with it the clear
implication that a supporter
of Israel cannot be a loyal
American," Mr. Siegman
wrote in his letter.
James Zogby "may very
well not be an anti-Semite,"
Mr. Siegman said. "But he is
resorting to anti-Semitic tac-
tics. He should find another
way to promote the pro-
Palestinian cause."
Gary Tobin, director of the
Cohen Center for Modern
Jewish Studies at Brandeis
University and the author of
Jewish Perceptions of Anti-
Semitism, sees a close link
between blatant anti-
Semites and those who insist
they don't hate Jews, but use
traditional anti-Semitic
stereotypes when speaking
out against Israel.
Among these stereotypes
are suggestions that Jews —
or Israeli money —exert un-
due influence in Congress,
he said.
"You're really crossing the
line between anti-Semitism
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