Masters of Modern
Jewish Thought:
Exploring the Teachings of
Heschel, Buber and Kaplan
Temple Israel and Midrasha Center for Adult Jewish Learning
present:
Dr. David Ellenson,
Scholar - in - Residence
March 15-16, 1996
Temple Israel, West Bloomfield
Friday, March 15, 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 16, 9:30 am
Saturday, March 16, 5:30 pm
with Havdolah Service
Dr. David Ellenson is the Grancell
Professor of Jewish Religious
Thought at Hebrew Union College -
Jewish Institute of Religion in Los
Angeles. He is also Director of
Judaic Studies at the University of
Southern California. Dr. Ellenson
received his doctorate from
Columbia University and master's
degrees from Columbia University,
HUC-JIR, and University of Virginia.
Also an author, he recently
published "Between Tradition and
Culture: The Dialectics of Modern
You're invited.
All lectures are open to the Detroit area Jewish community.
This scholar - in - residence is co-sponsored by the Dr. Robert B. Goldberg
and Professor Ruth L. Goldberg Memorial Fund
of Temple Israel.
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Agency for Jewish Education
Jewish Identity and Religion".
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Is David Duke Riding
Buchanan Coattails?
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
A
s if the Jewish communi-
ty did not have enough to
worry about in this bizarre
election year, former Ku
Klux Klan leader David Duke an-
nounced that he will run for the
Senate seat being vacated by
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, a De-
mocrat.
Mr. Duke's announcement
comes on the heels of the suc-
cessful effort by presidential can-
didate Pat Buchanan in the
Louisiana party caucuses. Ac-
cording to some analysts, Mr.
Duke could ride Mr. Buchanan's
coattails in the fight for the Re-
publican Senate nomination.
"In an open primary environ-
ment, he could do very well if the
moderates split the vote, and if a
black candidate garners a ma-
jority of black voters," said Lau-
rence Powell, a professor at
Tulane University and leader of
a coalition that has battled Mr.
Duke in his previous bids for pub-
lic office. "That could be his tick-
et to national office."
Battling for an open seat this
time around gives Mr. Duke a
boost, Mr. Powell said.
"People really don't realize how
volatile the electoral situation is
outside the beltway — especial-
ly in a state like Louisiana," Mr.
Powell said. "We have a decom-
posing party system and voters
in free-fall anger. Buchanan is
drawing together these themes
of economic and cultural nation-
alism in ways that are appealing
to the 'economically anxious'
class. David Duke could take ad-
vantage of the feelings Buchanan
has touched on."
But Mr. Duke's job will be
complicated by the presence in
the campaign of State Rep.
Woody Jenkins, another Repub-
lican and a favorite of Christian
right groups, Mr. Powell noted.
That could siphon off much of the
Evangelical vote that Duke won
in his previous races.
Nevertheless, the climate in
Louisiana, Mr. Powell said, re-
flects national trends that will
benefit Mr. Duke and Mr.
Buchanan.
"Our state is a petri dish," Mr.
Powell said. "We're like the rest
of America — but more so."
David Duke: Favored by trends.
Mr. Powell's Southern Insti-
tute for Education and Research
is trying to expand the anti-Duke
effort into a broad campaign for
tolerance and pluralism.
"These are the battles that
need to be fought," he said. 'We're
trying to change political psy-
chology and attitudes at the
grassroots level. But it's very
hard to raise money for this kind
of work; it's very hard to keep
people's attention." ❑
Buchanan: Nyet
To Zhirinovsky
W
hen reports surfaced
that Vladimir Zhiri-
novsky, Russia's lead-
ing nationalist and
anti-Semite, had endorsed GOP
Presidential Candidate Pat
Buchanan and called him a
"brother in arms," Jewish groups
in this country could hardly wait
for the candidate's response.
Mr. Buchanan has been no-
tably unenthusiastic in repudi-
ating the extremism within his
own campaign. But the Zhiri-
novsky endorsement was appar-
ently too much for the surging
candidate.
Recently, Mr. Buchanan re-
jected Mr. Zhirinovsky's support
and his call for cooperation in ex-
iling Jews from both countries.
"Mr. Zhirinovsky better take a
good look at Pat Buchanan's
record," the conservative colum-
nist said. "Pat Buchanan is an
American patriot who believes
that every single American of
whatever race, color creed or back-
ground, including Jewish Ameri-
cans, has constitutional rights."