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garded as a political move in- publicans tend to put jobs before
tended to help a besieged ad- arms control, said top military
ministration deal with its officials are concerned that this
sagging prospects for 1996.
could produce new dangers in
"When he was running, Pres- volatile areas like the Middle
ident Clinton was making con- East.
tradictory proposals," said
That concern will be one ele-
Shoshana Bryen, special projects ment in the debate when the new
director for the Jewish Institute Congress takes up legislation
for National Security Affairs. renewing the Export Adminis-
"One was to control the spread of tration Act, the key law regu-
dangerous technology. The oth- lating American exports. That
er was to promote high-tech ex- debate was put off in the 103rd
port jobs. It's impossible to do Congress because of the de-
both ... Now he's apparently corn- mands of politics. It will be one
ing down on the economic side." of the first items on the new Con-
Ms. Bryen, who said most Re- gress' agenda.

Focus: Fighting
The Christian Right

For many Jews, issues like school
prayer and the rights of religious
minorities are more abstract than
real. For Jill Hanauer, they are
intensely personal.
Ms. Hanauer is a founder and
executive director of the Inter-
faith Alliance, a 4-month-old
group that seeks to bring an in-
terreligious perspective to bear
on the fight against the Christ-
ian right's agenda. That fight took
on a new character after the re-
cent elections.
"People don't seem to realize
how extreme the political shift
has been," she said. "Part of this
is that groups like the Christian
Coalition have been so smart in
recruiting good candidates, and
teaching them how to run effec-
tive campaigns. The•Jewish com-
munity is somewhat deaf about
what's happening in communi-
ties around the country."
The problem with fighting re-
ligious extremism, she said, is
that opponents are too easily
tarred as anti-religion. Or, in the
case of Jewish critics of the far-
right agenda, too vulnerable to
anti-Semitism.
"Our society is becoming more
religious," she said. "The right is
exploiting this with an extrem-
ist, faith-based message. So far,
the primary response has been a
secular one. And secular voices
speaking out against the right are
being marginalized as anti-reli-
gious."
Because of such concerns, Ms.
Hanauer created the Interfaith
Alliance, whose board includes
such Jews as Rabbi Arthur
Hertzberg, and Catholic bishops
and Protestant leaders.
Ms. Hanauer concedes that
battles ahead will be difficult:
"The biggest problem is that the
entire dialogue has shifted to the
right with this election. And the
right is so well organized and
with so many resources. The re-
sult is that Democrats and mod-
erate Republicans are on the
defensive."
Ms. Hanauer's perspective on

religious minorities' rights and
vulnerabilities was shaped in
large measure by her small-town
Midwestern background.
"I grew up in a small farm
town in Michigan. We were the
only Jews in town. The closest
synagogue was about 15 miles
away — and it didn't have a
rabbi. My public school didn't
understand the 1962 Supreme
Court school prayer decision, so
I was raised with prayer in
school, with the singing of
religious songs."
She helped create the Inter-
faith Alliance after a series of jobs
with progressive and pro-choice
organizations, and a stint with
1988 presidential contender Gary
Hart.

Aid Anxiety
Subsiding

The anxious tremors over Israel's
$3.2 billion in foreign aid in the
wake of the GOP sweep of Con-
gress are starting to die down in
Washington. Pro-Israel lobbyists
have been fanning out, solidify-
ing contacts with Republicans
who will head the committees
that will hammer out aid pack-
ages for the next two years. Most
report a generally supportive at-
mosphere among the new con-
gressional leaders, despite the
budget-cutting mania that is sure
to hit Capitol Hill.
Senator Helms, whose hostil-
ity to American assistance has
added to the aid anxiety, has
been in touch with Israeli am-
bassador Itamar Rabinovich sev-
eral times since the election. He
has assured the Israeli that he
considers Israel a "special case."
In their contacts with Ameri-
can officials, Israeli diplomats are
emphasizing the need for Amer-
ican aid to all Mideast nations
working toward peace. That was
also Prime Minister Rabin's
theme during his meeting with
President Clinton.

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