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Washington (JTA) — Facing
a crowd of cheering sup-
porters, Dianne Feinstein
took her oath of office in the
Senate chamber, becoming
the first Jewish woman to
serve in the upper house of
Congress.
Senate President Pro
Tempore Robert Byrd,
D-W.Va., swore in the
California Democrat, who
was elected last week to a
special two-year term,
replacing Republican John
Seymour.
Mr. Seymour had been ap-
pointed to fill the seat left
open when his predecessor,
Pete Wilson, became gover-
nor. But his tenure expired
with last week's general
election.
At the ceremony here,
dozens of Ms. Feinstein's
supporters sat along the
Senate wall usually reserved
for staff members, and
others filled the overlooking
galleries. They burst into
cheers, applause and a stan-
ding ovation after the oath,
providing an enthusiasm
rarely seen in the normally
somber Senate chamber.
About 30 senators and
U.S. representatives attend-
ed the ceremony, including
fellow California Democratic
Reps. Nancy Pelosi, Henry
Waxman, George Miller and
Barbara Boxer.
Ms. Boxer, who is also
Jewish, was elected to the
other California Senate seat
last week, but will not be
sworn in until Jan. 5, along
with the others elected to
regular six-year terms.
Come January, California
will not be the only state
with an all-Jewish Senate
delegation. With Russell Fe-
ingold's defeat last week of
incumbent Robert Kasten,
Wisconsin now also has two
Jewish senators, the other
being Herbert Kohl. Both
are Democrats.
Commission Honors
Justice Brennan
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Washington (JTA) — Retired
Supreme Court Justice
William Brennan was
honored with the Spirit of
Democracy Award by the
American Jewish Congress
Commission on Law and So-
cial Action.
The commission recog-
nized Mr. Brennan for his
"zealous and relentless"
defense of individual rights
and freedoms protected by
the First Amendment in his
more than 30 years on the
high court.
Mr. Brennan, who is 86,
appeared frail and spoke
only a few halting words
when he accepted the award
before a hushed group of
hundreds of well-wishers at
a hotel luncheon.
He was preceded by
lengthy and lavish tributes,
including one by Nina
Totenberg, legal affairs
reporter for National Public
Radio.
The liberal justice was
responsible for opinions in
pivotal cases that helped
safeguard press freedoms,
establish the one- person,
one-vote principle in reap-
portionment, and uphold
privacy, desegregation and
the free expression of re-
ligion.
He retired from the
Supreme Court in 1990
following a mild stroke and
was replaced by Justice
David Souter.
The AJCongress commis-
sion acts as an advocate
before Congress and the
courts for religious and civil
liberties, equal rights and
the separation of church and
state.
Demjanjuk
Stages Fast
Tel Aviv (JTA) — John Dem-
janjuk, who is appealing his
death sentence for war
crimes at the Treblinka con-
centration camp, is re-
portedly considering a hun-
ger strike to protest the
High Court of Justice's long
delay in coming to a deci-
sion.
Members of Mr. Demjan-
juk's family reported his in-
tention and said they are
planning public demonstra-
tions outside Israeli diplo-
matic representations
worldwide as part of the pro-
test.