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Prayer Opponents
Score A Victory
Washington (JTA)— In what has
been described as an unparalleled
grass roots effort to combat school
prayer, Jewish groups have
scored a major victory with the
Senate defeat of a measure de-
signed to cut funds to schools that
prevent prayer.
The 53-47 defeat of the amend-
ment came just six months after
the same amendment, introduced
by Sen. Jesse Helms, N.C., was
adopted as part of another piece
of legislation.
After intense lobbying by Jew-
ish groups and others who favor
a strong separation between
church and state, lawmakers re-
moved the language from that
legislation.
The move prompted Mr.
Helms to reintroduce the amend-
ment as part of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act,
which is now under consideration
in the Senate.
Despite the victory, opponents
of school prayer say the push
must continue in the wake of a
surge in activity by school prayer
advocates across the country.
In Mississippi lawmakers re-
cently passed a measure allow-
ing prayer in schools. And last
month, a major court decision in
the nation's capital cleared the
way for a voter referendum on
prayer in Washington schools.
Mr. Helms had called for a cut-
off of federal funds to states and
school districts that "deny or ef-
fectively prevent participation in
constitutionally protected prayer
in public schools by individuals
on a voluntary basis."
During the floor debate in the
Senate last week, Mr. Helms
stressed that his amendment
"does not mandate school prayer"
and "does not require schools to
write any particular prayer," but
would protect students' individ-
ual rights.
David Kahn, president of the
American Jewish Congress,
which worked to defeat the
Helms amendment, said in a
statement that Mr. Helms' action
was "an unnecessary and perni-
cious measure which threatened
two treasured American values
— separation of church and state
and local control of education."
Rabbi David Saperstein, di-
rector and counsel of the Reli-
gious Action Center of Reform
Judaism, also viewed the Helms
proposal as dangerous to schools.
"Senator Helms' amendment
would have placed widespread fi-
nancial burdens on schools
through total funding cutoffs,
lawsuits and legal fees — poten-
tially millions of dollars that could
far better be used in improving
the quality of education on our
nation's schools," Rabbi Saper-
stein said in a statement.
Benefits Cuts
Discouraged
Washington (JTA)— As the wel-
fare reform debate continues in
Congress, Diana Aviv, director of
the Council of Jewish Federations
Washington Action Office, turned
up the heat on members of the
congressional committee charged
with the task of writing new wel-
fare law.
CJF is spearheading opposi-
tion to provisions in proposed leg-
islation that would cut benefits
to legal immigrants by extending
the amount of time from three to
five years that American relatives
are held financially responsible
for new immigrants.
"To rob from one low-income
program to pay for another sim-
ply makes no sense to us," Ms.
Aviv said in her testimony before
the House Ways and Means Sub-
committee on Human Resources.
President Clinton's welfare re-
form proposal funds new benefits
to welfare recipients and work
training programs by cutting aid
programs for legal immigrants.
The cuts could affect tens of thou-
sands of Jews across the country,
many from the former Soviet
Union.
This proposal would "have the
effect of enshrining in law that
legal immigrants are not really
welcome in the U.S., especially if
they need help," Ms. Aviv said.
"Surely there are other ways to
finance welfare reform without
eviscerating our legal immigra-
tion program."
After delaying consideration of
welfare reform until after the No-
vember elections, senior law-
makers reversed their decision
and are instead pressing ahead
in the hopes to vote on a bill in
September.
No Shift Seen
In Yemen Policy
New York (JTA) — Reports of a
shift in Yemen's policy toward its
Jews are exaggerated, according
to people in New York familiar
with the situation there.
The Associated Press quoted a
Yemeni government official as
saying Yemen has begun allow-
ing members of its Jewish com-
munity to emigrate.
In fact, Yemen has been al-
lowing Jewish emigration for well
over a year.