filiation must be exposed before they are elected. The Christian-right can- didates have learned to avoid contact with main- stream voters and the media r> in order to evade scrutiny during the campaign. ' "They hide what they're doing and do it in a much more diplomatic way," said San Antonio's Cohen. "It makes the work much more difficult." In San Diego, the JCRC countered that by making sure that someone from the Jewish community attended each pre-election forum to ask the candidates specific questions about their posi- tions on teaching "creationism," about where their kids go to school, how long they've lived in the district, and their views on sex education and subsidized breakfast and lunch pro- grams. - "They frequently back off what they say when they realize people are paying at- tention to what they're do- ing," said Freeman of People for the American Way. These kinds of efforts by mainstream community groups made a significant difference between the 1990 and 1992 elections in San Diego, he said. In 1990, two-thirds of the 90 Christian Coalition- endorsed candidates won seats on various local boards. In 1992, half that number succeeded. One problem in fighting the efforts of the religious right in some towns is that the traditional coalition partners of the Jewish com- munity in efforts against the religious right —mainline Protestant and Catholic churches — have distanced themselves from the issue because they are losing so many of their own members to evangelical congregations and are afraid of alienating more. "What support we used to be able to rally with a few phone calls has evaporated," said Roseman of San Diego. "Our only allies are Seventh Day Adventists and Unitarians. It's going to be a lonely fight." Jewish activists also face a serious challenge within their own community. The religious right is building its success on work at the grass-roots level. But community relations professionals find that Jews are unwilling to devote the time and energy it takes to counter this type of vol- unteer effort, say observers. PHILADELPHIA 0 ,7AC As 0 „4„,,, • 112 the calorie, of halter or rnareyn'` This Passover you can enjoy the rich and creamy taste of PHILADELPHIA BRAND® Regular Cream Cheese and PHILADELPHIA BRAND® Whipped Cream Cheese. And as always, ounce for ounce PHILLY® has half the calories of butter or margarine. So, spread the news...and spread PHILLY® Cream Cheese this Passover! 11 ©1992 Kraft General Foods, Inc. 111•13 Kosher for Passover in specially marked packages by Rabbi Don Yoel Levy. Harold Finegood Invites You To TAILORING B EST QUALITY WORK IN TOWN! MEN'S AND WOMEN'S! SAME DAY SERVICE! ti An Open Informal Meeting of United We Stand, America (Successor to Ross Perot group) Thursday, April 8 7 p.m. MAGIC WEAVERS FINE WEAVING & REPAIR OF CLOTHING 8c SWEATERS SILVER NEEDLE — 626-3530 MAGIC THIMBLE — 553-2720 Or) rn West Bloomfield High School Orchard Lake Rd., North of Maple For more information, call Harold at 933-1490 . 6684 Orchard Lake Rd. W. Bloomfield Plaza 31535 W. 13 Mile Rd. Westbrook Plaza 100