Alan H. Dorfman

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apitol Hill staffers who
alled the tallow makers.
ithin several days, the
low makers had agreed to
se vegetable tallow, not
f. The rabbi, Talisman
ys, "was amazed at how
onderfully our system
orks" to "solve problems."
In his new capacity, with
is own office, Mr. Talisman
opes to continue another
erest of his: arranging
jor exhibitions similar to
he show The Precious
'gacy that he put together
the 1970s and 1980s.
The Precious Legacy, an
ibition of 1,000 years of
wish life in Central
urope, took Mr. Talisman
ver a decade to organize. It
as shown in 10 North
erican cities from 1983 to
986.
And it has left Mr.
a lisman with a strong feel-
g about Central Europe,
pecially Prague, which he
ys he visits at least once
very two months. "I am
eeply involved with the
wish community and with
e new government" in
ague, he says.
He has also helped found a
nter for the study of Jew-
h culture in Krakow,
land.
Eastern Europe was a
ngtime interest of Mr.
alisman's even before The

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r. Talisman said
he leaves his job
feeling that
there are some
significant
iroblems with the
current political
scene.

•ecious Legacy. As a Con-
.essional aide to Mr. Vanik
(the 1970s, Mr. Talisman
rote and was instrumental
gaining passage of the
ndmark Jackson-Vanik
mendment linking U.S.
axle privileges to commu-
st countries' emigration
iicies.
Now that the Cold War is
er, Jackson-Vanik and
her Cold War-era statutes
•e being re-evaluated by
e government.
Russia would like to be ex-
ipted permanently from
ckson- Vanik. It is now
Eempted under a series of
6-year waivers.

Mr. Talisman, like most of
the organized Jewish com-
munity, feels that the one-
year waiver system is the
right approach.
It would be "very hard to
reinstitute" the amendment
once it was permanently
repealed, Mr. Talisman
warned.
Overall, Mr. Talisman said
he leaves his job feeling that
there are some significant
problems with the current
political scene.

"The problem, and the
sadness for me, is repre-
sented best by the Perot
phenomenon," he said, re-
ferring to former presiden-
tial candidate and Texas
billionaire Ross Perot, who
has continued to be a polit-
ical presence since last
year's election.
Mr. Talisman said Mr.
Perot's tactics of doing
"what he wants," backed by
his billions, was "not ap-
propriate for a democracy,
and dangerous."
He also worries about his
children's generation, and
"how much they know or
care" about the political pro-
cess, one of his academic
specialties.
"The dangerous and anti-
intellectual Congress- and
government-bashing," he
said, is not good for Ameri-
can young people and the
future of the country.

"We need young people to
work in the system and
make it better," he said.
On the other hand, Mr.
Talisman said he was
heartened by the presence in
government of many old
friends.
He grew up in Cleveland
with Secretary of Health and
Human Services Donna
Shalala, and has worked
closely over the years with a
number of other Clinton
administration officials.
There were two other com-
parable periods when he felt
that the government was
populated with friends and
colleagues, he said.
The first was during the
Kennedy administration.
Mr. Talisman, then an
undergraduate at Harvard,
spent time working in Wash-
ington, along with many
classmates and professors.
The second was during the
Carter administration.
This period, he says, "has
been cathartic. I turned 50
two years ago." Having a
president younger than he
is, he said, "really does
make a difference."
As yet, the CJF Washing-
ton office has not found a
replacement for Mr.
Talisman. 0

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The Family of the Late

ROSE
CHUDNOW

Announces the unveiling of a
monument in her memory 10
a.m. Monday, July 26 at
Hebrew Memorial Park
Cemetery. Rabbi Nelson will
officiate. Relatives and friends
are invited to attend.

Announces the unveiling of a monument in her memo-
ry 11:00 a.m. Sunday, August 1 at Oakview Cemetery.
Rabbi Packer and Cantor Klein will officiate. Relatives
and friends are invited to attend.

In Loving Memory

DR. ARTHUR FEUER

August 2, 1911 - August 1, 1992

There will be an unveiling of a monument on August
1, 1993 11 a.m. at Chesed Shel Emes. Rabbi Syme will
officiate. Relatives and friendsare invited to attend.

The Family of the Late

MAURICE B. REISMAN

In Loving Memory of

ADOLPH
"HARRY"
LEVY

Wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the many
comforting messages and expressions of kindness and con-
cern during the family's recent bereavement.

CY,

July 25, 1987

Sadly missed and always
remembered by wife Sara,
children David and Denise,
Robert and Linda and
grandchildren.

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