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watching you.' I have been
looking over my shoulder for
weeks."
This new feeling of
vulnerability, along with
shock and disappointment at
Mr. Duke's strong support
from middle class voters,
could take a heavy toll on
the substance of Jewish life
in Louisiana.
"It (a Duke victory) would
definitely affect our con-
gregation, because most of
our members are not native
Southerners," said Rabbi
Paul Caplan, spiritual
leader of Beth Sholom Con-
gregation in Baton Rouge.
"If David Duke becomes
governor, I can't see any
more Jews coming in — and
many may leave. I've talked
to a lot of people who have
their resumes out."
"The community will be
hurt by a lot of defections,"
said Tulane University law
professor Paul Barron. "I've
heard even from people born
and raised here that they
will move if Duke wins —
and we could lose a lot of the
cream of our leadership, the
people necessary for the in-
frastructure of our commun-
ity."
For many Jews in Loui-
siana, an even more trau-
matic aspect of Mr. Duke's
swift rise through the polit-
ical ranks is their perception
that the repackaged hate-
group leader is just one
symptom of a deadly virus
infecting the entire Ameri-
can political system.
"We're very worried," Mr.
Barron said. "Duke is, in my
view, just the most obvious
example of the feelings that
are very widespread among
voters. If he wins, you're go-
ing to see people like him all
over the country. They've
always been out there, but
they haven't had any success
in the past. If he has success,
it will embolden people with
similar messages."
Mr. Barron pointed to the
fact that some 80 percent of
Mr. Duke's funding has
come from out of state.
"That tells you who is
backing this person," he
said. "It's the 'forces of
darkness,' as we say around
here. It would be a mistake
to think this is just a Loui-
siana problem, or a Southern
problem."
The flip side of the fear
now gripping Louisiana's
Jewish community is the
sense of unity and activism
that followed Mr. Duke's
second-place finish in last
month's primary.
"I've never seen the Jew-
ish community as energized
by a political race," said
Donald Mintz, a lawyer and
civic activist who lost a close
mayoralty race in New
Orleans several years ago.
Like many other Jews in
the state, Mr. Mintz is con-
vinced that Mr. Duke could
do just as well in any other
area of the country. In a
sense, he suggested, Loui-
siana's black and Jewish
communities, mobilized for
an all-out anti-Duke effort,
are a kind of first line of
defense for minorities in
other parts of the nation.
"There's been a real
galvanizing of the commun-
ity to raise money and to
work in campaigns," said
Donna Sternberg, a
longtime Republican ac-
tivist. "We can no longer af-
ford to sit back and watch.
As a Jew, it's a very
frightening thing. But it's a
frightening thing for every-
body; we are part of a larger
fight."
Jews, she said, are vir-
tually unanimous in believ-
ing that they cannot afford
to sit this election out.
"Instead of hunkering
down, the Jewish commun-
ity has become more openly
involved," she said, from
fund raising to door to door
solicitation for Mr. Edwards.
"To sit this election out is to
vote for Duke."
Another positive side
effect, Rabbi Caplan noted,
was the ease he had in bring-
ing together 30 ministers
from many faiths in Baton
Rouge to oppose Mr. Duke.
The rabbi said that the key
is to avoid getting emotional
but rather to attack Mr.
Duke on issues, rather than
on his past. "He's very good
at picking out the problems
— but he has no real an-
swers."
He and other Jewish
leaders are trying hard to
avoid panic, though Prof.
Barron of Tulane says pes-
simism is rampant.
But Rabbi David Goldstein
of Touro Synagogue in New
Orleans was a bit more
upbeat, describing the mood
as "determined, but very
unified."
He agreed that many Jews
may leave Louisiana if Mr.
Duke wins. But Rabbi
Goldstein plans to stay.
"I'm not running — even
in the worst case scenario,"
he said. "This is my corn-
munity, my state. This is my
synagogue. No demagogues,
whatever their stripe, are
going to drive me out. "
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