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of FARMINGTON HILLS
synagogue and temple lob-
bies, Jewish groups in the
past six months were busy
hosting voter registration
drives.
"Every congregation has
had something in their bul-
letins written about voting,"
said Carol Tarica, Michigan
region administrator for
United Synagogue of
America. "Some sent out
brochures on voting. Others
sent out letters about voting."
Among the many pre-elec-
tion activities, the League of
Women Voters set up regis-
tration tables during Adat
Shalom Synagogue's annu-
al picnic in August and at a
sisterhood luncheon at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
in September.
Volunteers came to
Congregation Beth Shalom
during Selichot services to
"It is a myth to
believe that all
Jews vote."
— Bea Sacks
register voters. Congregation
Beth Achim opened its office
on two evenings specifically
to register voters.
Rabbis have used their
pulpits during Shabbat ser-
vices to cite the 1 million
non-registration figure and
to reiterate the significance
of the vote. During a sermon
at Temple Israel on the High
Holy Days, Rabbi Paul
Yedwab pushed congregants
to vote in November.
Jewish
the
Now
Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit —
which coordinated efforts
with the League of Women
Voters, Oakland County offi-
cials and Jewish organiza-
tions to bring deputies to
program sites — want to
make sure that registered
voters get to the polls on elec-
tion day.
The JCCouncil is consid-
ering hosting a phone-a-thon
in the coming weeks to re-
mind Jewish voters to cast
their ballots.
The majority of the 1 mil-
lion eligible Jewish voters
who were not registered were
ages 18 to 24, the Synagogue
Council study showed.
Because of that, campus
Hillels teamed up with the
American Israel Public
Affairs Committee and other
groups to plan massive cam-
pus registration drives.
Students at Michigan
State University and the
University of Michigan coop-
erated in the efforts.
Dr. Steven Cohen, a soci-
ologist who conducted the
voting study for the
Synagogue Council of Amer-
ica, suggested that numbers
have been down because
younger voters do not feel the
same obligation toward vot-
ing as their immigrant par-
ents and grandparents did.
Jewish immigrants, Dr.
Cohen said, "gloried in the
chance to vote, to participate
in the politics of one of the
first democratic societies to
accept them as full and equal
members.
"Whatever can be said
about the meaning of voting
for today's Jews, it no longer
has the magical, enchanted
quality it once held for their
grandparents," Dr. Cohen
said.
Dr. Cohen cited the de-
creasing cohesiveness of the
Jewish community, less con-
cern about anti-Semitism
and less interest in Israel as
reasons for decreasing num-
bers of Jewish voters in
America.
Yet young voters like Eric
Edidin, 20, a student activist
at U-M, are not buying into
Dr. Cohen's analysis.
For the first time in his
life, Mr. Edidin will cast a
ballot in a presidential elec-
tion in November. It certain-
ly won't be his last time at
the polls.
Mr. Edidin, a member of
U-M's Israel Michigan Public
Affairs Committee, IMPAC,
a pro-Israel educational
group, is one of a dozen mem-
bers who spent countless
hours in the past months reg-
istering students to vote on
campus.
The group's main focus
was Jewish students.
"Voting is the most basic
right of the political process,"
he said. "We want students
to get involved."
He estimated that IMPAC
workers registered about 200
students.
"We are hoping that when
they get their voter registra-
ton cards, they will go out
and vote." ❑
Keshet Plans
Support Groups
Keshet, an organization for
Jewish Families of Children
with Special Needs, will spon-
sor a series of parent support
groups 7-9 p.m. Oct. 25, Nov.
8 and 22, and Dec. 6 at
Workmen's Circle, 26341
Coolidge in Oak Park.
The four-group series will
be facilitated by Carol
Plotkin, a clinical social
worker on the staff of Jewish
Family Service.
Pre-registration is required.
To register, call Keshet,
661-6905.
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