oin us for a very
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Minyan Returns
With Wyden
shares his colorful adventures and
captivating experiences.
Rabbi Haber served for many years
as a U.S. Air Force Chaplain in
Alaska, and then went on to Israel
where he became a supervisor for
the Ministry of Education.
Currently he directs Chabad
activities in the Southern Golan
Heights.
His breathtaking and inspiring
story is one of triumph and hope.
It is the stony of a heart overflowing
with warmth and love for the
Torah, his people and his land,
even in the coldest and harshest
environments. It is a story you
won't want to miss.
Sunday Afternoon
February 25, 2:00Pm
at the Jewish Federation
Max Fisher Building
6735 Telegraph Road
(South of Maple Road)
Light refreshments will be served
Donation: x'9.00/person
A program of
- Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills
MILDRED & JEROME PERSHIN, Educational Fund
For more information call
,
(810) 855-2910 or (810) 626-3194
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Washington (JTA) — As Re-
publicans and Democrats con-
tinue to spar over the political
implications of Oregon's special
election, Jews have focused on
the return of a minyan to the
Senate.
Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the
son of German Jewish refugees,
became the 10th Jew in the Sen-
ate when he defeated Republican
Gordon Smith in the special elec-
tion held to fill former Sen. Bob
Packwood's seat.
Sen. Packwood resigned from
the Senate last year to avoid fac-
ing an ethic committee's investi-
gation into sexual misconduct
and obstruction charges.
Jewish representation in the
Senate dropped to nine members
after Sen. Howard Metzenbaum,
D-Ohio, retired before the 1994
elections.
Mr. Wyden won with 48 per-
cent of the vote. Mr. Wyden's vic-
tory cuts the Republican majority
in the Senate to 53-47.
As expected, Jewish Democ-
rats hailed Mr. Wyden's election
to Congress' upper body.
"It's nice to have a minyan in
the Senate," said an ebullient Ira
Forman, executive director of the
National Jewish Democratic
Council. "There was a clear ide-
ological difference between the
two candidates and we're proud
and happy about Wyden's suc-
cess."
Mr. Wyden, 46, became the
first Democrat to represent Ore-
gon in the Senate since John F.
Kennedy was president. He also
became the second Jewish sena-
tor in the state's history. Sen.
Richard Lewis Neuberger was
elected in January 1955 and
served until his death in 1960.
The NJDC's political action
committee led an effort to chan-
nel about $34,000 to Mr. Wyden's
cash-strapped campaign.
About 130 people donated
money to Mr. Wyden through the
council's PAC.
Other Jewish Democrats con-
tributed at least another $34,000
to the campaign, Mr. Forman
said.
Peres Weighs
Election Decision
Jerusalem (JTA) — Amid con-
tinuing speculation that the date
for Israel's national elections
would be advanced, Prime Min-
ister Shimon Peres said that a
decision on when they would oc-
cur would be made during Feb-
ruary.
The general elections must be
held by Oct. 29.
Since Yitzhak Rabin's assas-
sination, there has been growing
talk about the possibility of mov-
ing the elections forward, possi-
bly to May.
Labor Party officials in favor
of such a move say the party
should capitalize on some of the
support it garnered after Rabin's
killing, especially if the peace ne-
gotiations with Syria do not move
forward.
Mr. Peres has insisted that
there is no tie between the tim-
ing of elections and the Israeli-
Syrian talks.
He reiterated that position,
telling reporters on the plane
with him to London that when-
ever the elections are held, they
would have no bearing on the ne-
gotiations.
The speculation over the elec-
tions has been a matter of some
concern to American officials in-
volved in the Israeli-Syrian talks.
Israel Radio reported that Mr.
Peres had informed senior Amer-
ican diplomats of his considera-
tions about the elections.
Labor Party primaries are now
scheduled for mid-April, though
Nissim Zvilli, the party's secre-
tary general, has said that under
directions from Mr. Peres, offi-
cials were looking into the possi-
bility of moving the primaries to
an earlier date.
Meanwhile, Labor closed its
registration for party primaries.
More than 200 people regis-
tered as candidates.
However, two current Labor
members of the Cabinet —
Transport Minister Yisrael
Kessar and Agriculture Minister
Ya'akov Tsur — will not be run-
ning.
Mr. Tsur, who was appointed
to the Cabinet by Mr. Rabin and
is not a Knesset member, said a
politician has to know "when
enough is enough." •
In the opposition Likud Party,
calls have been mounting for
moving that party's internal elec-
tions.
Among those in support of the
move are Likud Knesset mem-
bers Limor Livnat and Dov Shi-
lansky.
Singapore Names
Ambassador
Jerusalem (JTA) — Singapore
has appointed its first ambas-
sador to Israel.
Singapore's government an-
nounced that Foo Meng Tong, 54,
would present his credentials
Thursday to Israeli President
Ezer Weizman.
Mr. Tong, also the ambassador
to France, Spain, Portugal and
Switzerland, will continue to
work from his office in Paris.
Israel and Singapore estab-
lished diplomatic relations in
1969, but Singapore never
opened an office in Israel.