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Washington (JTA) Ensur-
ing that apples in the
supermarket conform to
kosher laws, taking Hopi In-
dians to Israel to discuss ir-
rigation projects and bring-
ing an exhibit of Jewish life
in Central Europe to North
America: These are but
three examples of the
myriad areas into which
Mark Talisman has ven-
tured in his 18 years as di-
rector of the Council of Jew-
ish Federation's Washington
Action Office.
Mr: Talisman stepped
down from his post last week
to open his own office, on
Capitol Hill, where he will
continue to be involved in
many of the same issues that
have shaped his tenure at
CJF.
Mr. Talisman is viewed
here as something of a
Washington institution.
After more than a decade
working for former Rep.
Charles Vanik, D-Ohio, Mr.
Talisman started CJF's
Washington office in his
home in 1975.
It has expanded both in
space and in influence since
then, until, almost two
decades later, it seems there
is no issue in Washington
with which Mr. Talisman
has not been involved at
some point.
In a wide-ranging inter-
view with the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency shortly
before stepping down, Mr.
Talisman recalled an
episode when his son was in
elementary school. -
A teacher had asked each
child in the class what his or
her parents did. The other
children, Mr. Talisman
recalled, answered that their
parents were lawyers, doc-
tors, dentists.
It came time for Mr.
Talisman's son to tell what
his father did, and the boy
was perplexed, unable to
figure out from all his
father's activities exactly
what he did.
Finally, he said, "My
father is king of the Jews."
Mr. Talisman has certain-
ly been active in most issues
of concern to the Jewish
community, particularly on
the domestic side.
He regards domestic issues
as crucial to American Jew-
ish interests.
"I've seen a maturity in
the community regarding
, public policy on domestic
issues," Mr. Talisman said.
Mark Talisman: Stepping down.
While foreign policy issues
can be more immediately ex-
citing, he said, the domestic
issues are the ones "keeping
the community here day b
day."
Working on them can be
"much tougher, it drones on
and on, but it has got to be
done."
A sampling:
In 1977, he helped start a
governmental matching
grant program for Sovie
Jewish emigres that is stil
in existence.
In 1979, his office created a
partnership with the
Department of Housing an
Urban Development to teat
energy conservation tech
niques.
In 1983, he helped treat
an emergency food an
shelter fund through th
Federal Emergenc
Management Agency. H
now sits on the fund's board.
And he is currently work
ing on an irrigation projec
with Hopi Indians, the onl
Native American tribe t
believe in one God, Mr
Talisman said.
He arranged for a group o
Hopi Indians to travel t
Israel and learn abou
Israeli irrigation techniques
Mr. Talisman tells a sto
that he says demonstrate
how well his office function
in getting things ac
complished in Washington.
A few years ago, a friend
his, a rabbi, approached hi
in tears.
The rabbi had jus
discovered that the wax use
in stores to coat apples an
other fruits was beef-base
and thus the fruit was n
longer acceptable uncle
Jewish dietary laws.
Mr. Talisman says h
swung into action, callin