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ACLU President
Addresses Hadassah
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I
f Nadine Strossen appeared
like a battle-weary, front-line
soldier when she spoke at
Temple Israel on Sept. 19,
there is a reason.
As national president of the
American Civil Liberties Union,
she has faced challenge after
challenge for the reduction of civ-
il liberties in the past four years.
Despite the gains that have been
made in the past, she finds noth-
ing but tests in the near future.
much God in the schools?" She
found the event "distressing."
"He would not stop at putting
God in the schools," she said. "He
wanted Jesus Christ in the
schools."
But there were lighter mo-
ments to her presentation as well.
While vice chairwoman of Asia
Watch, a group that monitors hu-
man rights in Asian countries,
she went to Taiwan to interview
jailed political dissidents.
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During one interview, the con-
"It is not, 'Look how much we
have done. Let's rest on our lau- versation turned to religious be-
rels,' " she said. "It is, 'Look how liefs and Ms. Strossen told the
much we have done and how inmate that she was Jewish. The
woman, whose only contact with
much more we have to do."
Before a crowd of about 180 at Americans had been through hu-
the fall meeting of the Greater man rights advocates, was sur-
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, Ms. prised.
"Just about everyone in the
Strossen said she has worked to
defeat efforts to put prayer in the United States is Jewish, aren't
public schools, to limit abortion they?" the prisoner asked.
A child of a Holocaust survivor
rights and to preserve privileges
granted by the First Amendment. and active in many human rights
In her hour-long speech, she initiatives, Ms. Strossen ex-
attributed the attacks on indi- pressed surprise that she had
vidual rights to the mounting never been invited to join Hadas-
power of the radical right, con- sah.
Following her speech, Ms.
servative politicians who are at
times linked to the Christian Strossen was inducted into the
Detroit Chapter as a lifetime
Coalition.
Despite the rebuke of conser- member by former president Su-
vative efforts by several court de- san Yorke. Wiping tears from her
cisions, the right appears to gain eyes, Ms. Strossen thanked the
strength with each challenge, chapter members for their ges-
particularly when it comes to ture.
Audrey Sobel, president of
abortion, she said.
`The redoubling of efforts of the Greater Detroit Hadassah, said
anti-choice legislators is going to Ms. Strossen was chosen to speak
bring the work of women's re- because she is the first female
productive rights to a screeching president of the ACLU and a
leader in women's rights.
halt," she said.
"I thought she was excellent,"
The right also has targeted
prayer in public schools, she said. Ms. Sobel said. "She tied in hu-
Recently she debated Pat Robert- man rights, civil rights, women's
son, founder of the Christian rights and Jewish rights all to-
Coalition, on the subject of "How gether." ❑