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March 01, 1996 - Image 3

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1996-03-01

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THE JEWISH NEWS

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This Week's Top Stories

L Respectfully Disagreeing

Buchanan
Busters?

PHOTO BY DANIEL LIPP ITT

A muted debate at the Birmingham Temple over Israeli peace.

DAVID ZEMAN STAFF WRITER

n introducing two Jewish
speakers at Monday's debate
on the Middle East peace
process, moderator Jeff Kaye
took pains to portray the men as
religious brothers-in-arms who
just happen to disagree on strat-
egy.
"Both of them are on the same
side," said Mr. Kaye, Israel's
shaliach (emissary) to Detroit.
"Both are earnestly searching
for peace in the State of Israel."
And for the most part, the two
debaters played the part: taking
sides, but disagreeing respect-
fully and with deference to
points raised by the other.

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The arguments of Avshalom
"Abu" Vilan, co-founder of the
Israeli Peace Now movement,
and of George Mann, president
of the Detroit chapter of the
Zionist Organization of Ameri-
ca, were decidedly measured in
the wake of Israel's latest
tragedy: Sunday's terrorist
bombings, which left at least 25
victims dead and more than 70
injured.
Mr. Vilan somberly noted that
the suicide attacks took the life
of one acquaintance and wound-
ed another. "But," he said weari-
ly, "I still believe in the peace
process."

Patrick Buchanan's
campaign success
troubles Jewish
Republicans.

JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER

resident Buchanan?
The idea of someone
many consider anti-Se-
mitic holding the highest
political office in the nation sends
shivers down the spines of most
Jews. That someone is Patrick
Buchanan, who is successfully
playing the role of the Washing-
ton outsider who wants to be
president.
As a segment of the voting pop-
ulation rallies around Mr.
Buchanan in his bid for the White
House, Jews, and in particular
Jewish Republicans, hope an-
other candidate — any other can-
didate — can secure the
Republican presidential nomi-
nation.
On the one hand, Mr.
Buchanan, with his charismatic
style, is energizing the social con-
servatives, who embrace his pop-
ulist views. But at the same time,
he is energizing mainstream Re-
publicans against him.
"It's a great story for the na-
tional media," said former Oak-
land County Republican chairman
and Lamar Alexander supporter
Jim Alexander (no relation). "It's
a story everyone has been waiting
for: the far right moving to control
the Republican Party."
Throughout the campaign, Mr.
Buchanan has had to answer to
accusations of anti-Semitism. He
denies the allegations and pub-
licly refutes the support of the
anti-Semitic Russian ultrana-
tionalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
Rabbi Isaac Levy of Jews for
Morality, a grassroots organiza-
tion comprised of 100 Orthodox
rabbis in New York City and
their constituencies, said the anti-
Semitic accusations against Mr.
Buchanan are outright lies "com-
ing from the liberal wing."
"If Mr. Buchanan had been
pro-gay and for liberal causes,
there wouldn't be such an up-
roar," Rabbi Levy said. "The ba-
sic issue here is we don't have a
religious or patriotic right to call
any candidate running for pres-
ident an anti-Semite. We cannot
creep in the souls of people to see
how they are thinking."
Southgate resident Burl Ad-

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Abu Vilan, left, moderator Jeff 1(aye and George Mann at the Birmingham Temple.

Mr. Vilan told an audience Israeli government were to halt
of about 175 people at the Birm- negotiations with its Arab coun-
ingham Temple that if the RESPECTFULLY page 20

Color Of
Spirituality

Mark Liebowitz of Wilmark Studios in
New York cleans a Temple Shir Shalom
window before installing one of several
stained-glass panels designed by
Philadelphia artist Mordechai Rosenstein
of EMES Editions. The panels depict the
major Jewish holidays and Shabbat.

PHOTOS BY DANIEL LIPPITT

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