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Jewish groups may have
played a major role in last
week's stunning rejection of
the nomination of Judge
Kenneth Ryskamp to the
11th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Florida.
A critical turning point
came several days earlier,
when Sen. Bob Graham (D-
Fla.) indicated that he would
not support the nomination.

Jewish groups which had
opposed the nomination be-
cause of Judge Ryskamp's
civil rights record, and his
longstanding membership in
a country club that re-

portedly discriminated
against Jews and blacks,
had made Mr. Graham a
special focus of their anti-
Ryskamp lobbying.
Several Jewish organiza-
tions testified in opposition
to the nomination during re-
cent hearings of the
Judiciary Committee. But it
was the grass-roots effort by
a broad coalition of groups,
along with Mr. Ryskamp's
own damaging testimony,
that turned the tide in the
Judiciary Committee. And
Jewish groups played a
significant role in that coali-
tion.

Baltimorean Helps Push
Against 'Peyote' Ruling

When the -Religious
Freedom Restoration Act is
introduced in Congress, the
legislation will be backed up
by a classic grass-roots cam-
paign in Jewish com-
munities around the coun-
try.
In Baltimore, Aron
Raskas, a member of the
Law and Legislation Com-
mission of the Union of Or-
thodox Jewish Congrega-
tions, has been leading the
charge for the bill, which
seeks to overturn a Supreme
Court decision in the so-
called "peyote" case.
"I don't think people rec-
ognize the implications of
this decision," Mr. Raskas
said. "If people really
understood the implications

of this decision, they would
make a massive effort to
make sure the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act is
passed. This decision is just
the thin end of a wedge
that's capable of proscribing
a variety of religious prac-
tices."

Activists in Baltimore and
most other cities are
meeting with newspaper
editorial boards, community
leaders and members of
Congress in an effort to give
the measure a good start in
Congress.

Mr. Raskas is also part of a
group planning a May 13
program in Baltimore to line
the community up behind
the bill.

Tax Tsores Afflicts
Jewish Organizations

Few things in life are as
complicated or as unplea-
sant as the U.S. tax code — a
fact that can have very real
consequences for Jewish
organizations.

A provision in the tax
reform act of 1986 ruled that
gifts of appreciated property
— everything from stocks
and bonds to jewelry and ex-
pensive art — are no longer
fully deductible.

This had an obvious im-
pact on art galleries, but it
also hurt Jewish organiza-
tions, which depend on big
donations for their survival
— including the occasional
Chagal.

Last year, Sen. Daniel

Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.)
slipped language into the
budget reconciliation pro-
cess that restored full deduc-
tibility for some things —
like works of art. The result
was a very good year for a
number of museums around
the country, as well as some
Jewish organizations.
But now, groups like the
Council of Jewish Federa-
tions are supporting a bill by
Rep. Thomas Downey
(D-N.Y.) that would make
gifts of appreciated property
— including stocks, bonds
and real estate, as well as
art and jewelry — fully
deductible, without restor-
ing the gigantic tax
loopholes of the pre-1986 tax
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