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form a government if it wins
the election in June.
Pluralism (the
"supermarket syndrome")
has long been one of Labor's
prime and problematic
traits. Now the party must
settle on a clear basic
strategy. Will it stress its
fundamental differences
with the Likud or try to blur
them? Will it downplay sen-
sitive issues to placate
potential coalition partners
or bid for the support of new
constituents (especially the
500,000 Russian immigrants
and army-age voters) by
pushing the Burg campaign
to the hilt?
The first poll taken in the
wake of these events shows
Labor leading the Likud by
no less than 46 to 31 seats.

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What's more, if the elections
had been held last week,
Labor, Democratic Israel
and the Arab parties would
have culled Knesset 61 seats
— strictly speaking, enough
to form a government
without the Orthodox parties.
parties.
But the elections weren't
held last week. And the ex-
perience of the last decade
shows that at a similar point
(roughly two months before
the vote) Labor always en-
joyed a conspicuous advan-
tage, and always lost it by
election day.

Thus the many forecasts of
an upset may mean little by
June, for the upcoming cam-
paign stands to be the
roughest in a decade. ❑

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Diane Paul, director of the
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Economic Forum luncheon,
sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit, noon-1:30 p.m. April
27 at the Radisson Plaza
Hotel, Southfield.
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the services offered to

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1992

The series is organized by
Ron Klein and Judge Susan
Moiseev, chairmen of the
planning committee; Dr. Con-
rad Giles, chairman of the
honorary committee; and
Michael Feldman, chairman
of the Leadership Develop-
ment Committee.
A sign-language interpreter
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Diane Paul

Holocaust and war victims
through the American Red
Cross, is responsible for
managing Holocaust and
World War II civilian-related
inquiries. She also works
with the International Trac-
ing Service of the Interna-
tional Committee of the Red
Cross and other tracing
groups of other national Red
Cross societies, including
Israel's Magen David Adom.
The Economic Forum is
sponsored by Federation to
promote an interest in its ac-
tivities and to discuss impor-
tant political, economic and
social issues.

Through the cooperation of
Shopping Center Markets
and the Kroger Company, the
Jewish Community Council
will distribute Haggadah
readings on contemporary
issues for use during the
Passover seder. The readings
will be available free of
charge at metro-area Shopp-
ing Center and Kroger stores
with Passover food displays.
The readings call attention
to the issues of Soviet Jewry,
Syrian Jewry, world hunger
and remembrance of the vic-
tims of the Holocaust. The
aim of the supplements is to
reinforce the fact that
Passover is not just a holiday
of remembering the fight for
freedom of ancient times, but
that Passover is a universal
reminder that we are not free
until all are free — free of
hunger, free of fear, free of
persecution.
Council has produced
similar seder supplements in
past years which were
distributed through various
Jewish agencies.

