The EEOC guidelines, pro- posed without fanfare last year, would extend the definition of workplace harassment to include religious harassment as well as harassment based on sex, race or national origin. That's fine with Jewish groups, who have long been concerned about employers who seek to im- pose their religious beliefs on em- ployees. But to almost everybody's sur- prise, the EEOC decision touched off a blizzard of protest from Christian fundamentalists who see the new guidelines as just an- other step in what many see as a pervasive government attempt to make the workplace "religion- free." This week, a group of legisla- tors who support the new ha- rassment rules — nudged by the Anti-Defamation League — were slated to circulate a "dear col- league" letter supporting the guidelines; the goal was to coun- teract the all-out letter writing campaign by the Christian Right. `The fact is that it promotes re- ligious freedom to ensure that employers understand that reli- gious harassment is harmful and illegal," said Michael Lieberman, ADL's associate Washington di- rector and counsel. "To leave re- ligion out of the EEOC guidelines would send precisely the wrong message." The New Rage In this new age of peace negotia- tions, Arab embassies have be- come popular stops for Jewish delegations visiting Washington. Arab envoys, thinking about the economic gains that many predict for the Mideast after Is- rael and her neighbors achieve a stable peace, have been welcom- ing hosts. "The peace process has begun to impact on the consciousness of Jewish opinion leaders," said Jonathan Kessler, a Mideast pol- icy consultant who has arranged many of the visits. "People in our community are beginning to look beyond the borders of Israel to consider the unlimited possibil- ities that might exist if the peace process continues to make progress. And they want to hear about it directly from represen- tatives of the Arab world." In recent weeks, a delegation from Chicago requested a meet- ing with the Egyptian ambas- sador — and a Jewish delegation from Miami met with the envoy from Jordan. A group from Los Angeles is arriving at the end of the month, and will also meet wit the Jordanian ambassador. Officials of the National Asso- ciation of Arab Americans also report a large increase in the number of Jewish groups seek- ing briefings on opportunities opened up by the Mideast peace talks. Bosnia's Champion There are activists in Washing- ton who seemingly appear out of nowhere, inflamed by a single is- sue and determined to make life uncomfortable for the political professionals. That pretty much describes Joshua Goldstein, a professor of international politics and foreign policy at the American Universi- ty in Washington and the founder and chairman of the Bosnia Sup- port Committee. Mr. Goldstein's interest in Bosnia — some would call it an obsession — stems from his aca- demic specialty and what he calls "my Jewish heart." "I teach about the 1930s," he said. "About a year and a half ago, I'd wake up at night and ask Jewish groups support his efforts. myself: Is this what it looked like at the beginning of the 1930s, when the United States was iso- lationist, when the great powers had economic problems'- and nobody saw the war and the hor- ror that was at hand? What hap- pens if we capitulate to the rise of fascism? If fascism triumphs in Bosnia, it won't be good for Jews anywhere." Mr. Goldstein began speaking on the subject at local Hillels and community groups, where stu- dents were "galvanized" by the moral imperative of helping pre- vent a Bosnian catastrophe, he said. He also organized demonstra- tions in front of the U.S. Holo- caust Memorial Museum to point out the parallels between the de- struction of European Jewry and the savagery in Bosnia. This week, Mr. Goldstein was busy preparing for a Sunday "interre- ligious call to praye?' in front of the White House that could in- volve civil disobedience by a group of rabbis "if events war- rant." Jewish groups, he said, have been unusually supportive of his efforts. "But many groups don't feel they have membership back- ing for strong positions on Bosnia. So we have been working to de- velop that support, through a net- work of rabbis, through local Hillels." 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