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Date Signature 12 Name Address My Name City My Address City State Zip Phone State Zip Gift card to read Phone L Please send all payments along with this coupon to: The Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, Ml 48034 1/22/93 1 Washington (JTA) — Much to the relief of advocates for Israel, vacancies on the con- gressional committees charged with responsibility for foreign aid are being fill- ed with trusted friends and political heavyweights committed to a strong inter- national role for the United States. Supporters of Israel warn, however, that they cannot afford to be sanguine in a domestic climate increasing- ly wary of foreign aid. And they expect to expend a lot of energy sensitizing especially new members of the 103rd Congress to the importance of close U.S.-Israeli rela- tions. While the Senate com- mittee assignments and some of the subcommittee chairmanships in the House of Representatives will not be decided until next month, most of the vacancies on the full committees of the House were filled last week. The new configuration of two key committees has assuaged the worst fears of Israel's supporters after a political season that em- phasized domestic priorities at the expense of foreign af- fairs and ended with the departure of some key pro- Israel lawmakers. The members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Appropriations sub- committee on foreign opera- tions, which are charged with authorizing and ap- propriating foreign aid, were greeted as welcome news by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful pro-Israel lobby. "While the challenges the pro-Israel community faces in the coming years continue to be daunting, the news that so many friends of the U.S.-Israel relationship will be sitting on key committees goes a long way toward help- ing meet those challenges," said Ester Kurz, AIPAC's legislative director. One new member of the Foreign Affairs Committee is Rep. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a longtime friend of Israel who some say is well positioned to take over the leadership of departing pro- Israel Reps. Mel Levine, D- Calif., Larry Smith, D-Fla., and Stephen Solarz, D-N.Y. Mr. Schumer is "very bright, knows the issues and formulates them in a way that helps crystallize opi- nion and attention," said Jess Hordes, director of the Anti-Defamation League's Washington office. "I think he's going to be one of the major players in foreign affairs, which is very important for the pro-Israel community," said Mr. Hordes, who got to know Mr. Schumer on a congressional trip to Israel he led two summers ago. The ADL official described Mr. Schumer as one of the Jewish community's greatest assets." Two Jewish newcomers to Capitol Hill slated to join Mr. Schumer on the com- mittee are Reps.-elect Eric Fingerhut, D-Ohio, and Peter Deutsch, D-Fla. Mr. Deutsch won the seat of the retiring committee chair- man, Rep. Dante Fascell, D- Fla., a trusted friend and ally of the pro-Israel cona- munity. Both he and Mr. Fingerhut are expected to assume strong pro-Israel roles. Also noted by insiders as a new player on the committee is Rep.-elect Albert Wynn, - D-Md., an African-Americ who won a tough race on a pro-Israel platform. "Wynn took a political beating (for his views) and not only survived, but thinks America's role in the world is important to his consti- tuents," said Mark Pelavin, director of the American Jewish Congress Washing- ton office. These new members will join a committee slated to be chaired by Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., who en- joys a lukewarm reputation in the pro-Israel lobby. If Mr. Hamilton is tapped for a post in the new Clinton administration, however, the chairmanship will go to Rep. Sam Gejdenson, D- Conn., the son of Holocaust survivors and a trusted ally of Israel. Other pro-Israel stalwarts remaining on the committee are Reps. Howard Berman, D-Calif., Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., Tom Lantos, D- Calif., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Benjamin Gilman, R- N.Y., the ranking Repub- lican member. The composition of the Foreign Affairs Committee is "encouraging, despite the foot-dragging" to fill the seats, said Mr. Pelavin. "