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be known until the end of the
month.
Steven Orlow, president of One
Israel Fund/YESHA Heartland
Campaign, said the fund has felt
a steady growth over the past two
years. He expects a significant in-
crease this year following holiday
appeals.
"I would be very surprised if
the numbers were not noticeably
up," he said.
But Israel Bonds should also
do well, thanks in part to the in-
troduction of a $100 certificate
this year. National Chairman
David Hermelin said that while
most of the congregations that
have supported the appeals in
the past will continue to do so, if
one less bond is purchased it will

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Denominational Lines
On The Peace Accord

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have an impact on the cam-
paign.
"We feel that this is the vehi-
cle that has helped so many in Is-
rael," he said. "I am very proud
of what they have accomplished,
the opportunities the bonds have
made available."
"There is a right to speak out,"
Mr. Hermelin said. "I think there
are other ways to express (senti-
ments)."
Rabbi Nelson felt that this year
would be the best year for Israel
Bonds at Beth Shalom.
`This year I am going to make
every seat-holder a bond-holder,"
he said. "There are no excuses for
not buying a bond. This is the
most affordable way to link your-
self to Israel."

JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER

A

lthough many American
Jews feel strongly about
the peace process, during
the past two years feelings
have changed and have divided
the Jewish community along de-
nominational lines, an American
Jewish Committee poll reveals.
Conducted in August among
1,000 Jews, the poll found that
68 percent of American Jews are
in favor of the peace process be-
tween Israel and the Palestinian
Liberation Organization. Due in
part to continued terrorist at-
tacks, the approval rate has
dropped from 84 percent since
September 1993.
More dramatic was the divi-
sion along denominational lines.
The August poll revealed that
while Conservative Jews (74 per-
cent) and Reform Jews (77 per-
cent) were supportive of the
process, only 31 percent of Or-
thodox Jews agreed.
In fact, Orthodox groups have
led the opposition to the signing
of the peace accords. Last week's
protests outside the White House
were organized by Orthodox
groups; other Orthodox groups
have counseled American Jews
to direct their donations this year
to pro-settlement movements.
That is no surprise to Rabbi
Steven Pruzansky of Congrega-
tion B'nai Yeshurun of Teaneck,
N.J. An Orthodox rabbi who has
written several opinion pieces
about the "danger" the peace
process poses to settlers, Rabbi
Pruzansky finds that Conserva-
tive and Reform Jews are "lag-
ging behind" the Orthodox on this
issue.
"They are too closely tied to the
establishment," he said.
"I think there has to be some-
thing to one's commitment to
Torah," he said. "The greater com-

mitment to the Torah, the greater
one's commitment to Israel."
Rabbi Pesach Lerner of the
National Council ofYoung Israel
said the stronger ties to Israel are
forged in part because many Or-
thodox people have family mem-
bers who live in Israel. In fact,
the rabbi's brother lives a block
and a half away from the site of
a recent bus bombing.
"That could have been my
brother," he said. "There is a lot
going on, and we are concerned.
We have an obligation to do
whatever we can."
But while the AJCommittee
poll found that more Orthodox
Jews than all other denomina-
tions follow the news about Is-
rael, it did not conclude that other
Jews are not connected to the is-
sue.
Rabbi David Nelson of Con-
gregation Beth Shalom in Oak
Park finds the rhetoric of Rabbi
Pruzansky to be "insensitive and
ludicrous."
"All of a sudden, the wisdom of
the Torah comes from Teaneck,"
he said.
Other Jews have opinions and
beliefs that are generally found-
ed upon different interpretations
of the Torah. Fanatics, Rabbi Nel-
son said, who espouse to know
the "one true interpretation" can
be dangerous.
Abraham Foxman,the nation-
al director of the Anti-Defama-
tion League of B'nai B'rith,
agrees.
"My father always said, 'Be-
ware of God's Cossacks,"' he said.
"Beware of the people who wrap
themselves in God's words and
preach the absolute truth. True
faith is knowing that we really
don't know.
"We need to be tolerant of oth-
er people's truths," he said. ❑

