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NEIL RUBIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

I

here are two amazing ish power. (Of course, if we had
things about American such influence, would we have
been kicked out of Spain in the
Jewish power:
* The world respects and first place, let alone handed to Eu-
ropean butchers this century?)
at times grovels to it.
Most American Jews don't see
* American Jews are general-
this, nor do they care. That has as
ly clueless about it.
Recently, I joined a few Jewish much to do with an abundance of
activists for a candid breakfast self-appointed Jewish leaders as
with Turkey's ambassador to the with the lack of general interest
United States. Four years ago, he in Jewish organizations.
But to the non-Jewish world,
had stopped by Congregation Or
VeShalom to commemorate the Jewish leadership not only exists,
500th anniversary of Turkey's but gains coveted media atten-
welcoming Jews after their ex- tion. Thus, it couldn't hurt to get
pulsion from Spain. This time, he to know them.
Take the once fearsome Soviet
spoke to Georgia Tech's interna-
tional strategy, technology and Union. In the late 1960s and
policy center about U.S. defense 1970s, Soviet leaders believed that
American Jewish leadership could
policy.
Our meeting seemed intended deliver much-needed U.S. eco-
to reassure American Jews that nomic assistance.
Turkey has not turned hos-
tile to our interests. Five
months ago, the country's Is-
lamic party came to power.
Calming concerns was
important. Some 300,000 to
400,000 Israelis annually
visit the home base of the
once-Ottoman Empire;
that's no insignificant cash
flow. Prime Minister
Nezinettin Erbakan had re-
cently traveled to meet with
Libya's Col. Muammar el- Turkey's Prime Minister Erbakhan speaks at a
Qaddafi. He has also sought press conference in Tehran.
stronger bonds with Iran.
They were right. Jewish lead-
Compounding matters were
memories of Mr. Erbakan's rela- ers had correctly persuaded the
tively anti-Western statements U.S. government that freedom for
Soviet Jewry was a moral issue.
as an opposition leader.
All the while, fears of Turkey's If the communists beat their own
democracy falling to Islamic fun- citizens, the reasoning went, can
damentalism creeps into western we trust them with huge loans
thought. To confuse us, Mr. Er- and missile treaties? Treatment
bakan has also signed a second of Soviet Jews became the litmus
military cooperation treaty with test for U.S. aid.
When the political thaw came
Israel while promoting the first
during the mid- to late 1980s,
one.
To be certain, one reason be- then-President Mikhail Gor-
hind the meeting was that the bachev eagerly met American
diplomat's schedule was coordi- Jews. They were expected to use
nated by Alan Gorowitz, who has their allegedly powerful Wash-
worked with some local Jewish ington lobby to help the Soviets.
The world keeps coming to us
groups. But the point was the
Turkish diplomat's willingness to because we do have an effective,
although often frayed, Washing-
dialogue.
Nuzhet Kandemir candidly dis- ton lobby. It is, however, often one
cussed Mr. Erbakan's moderation of disparate and competing
and pragmatism. The only real groups than of concerted effort.
changes, he said, were the pro- Yet, when they unite, as George
moting of mosques in government Bush came to regret, they are
buildings, which had already been "powerful forces."
Ironically, our political sophis-
there.
But the meeting really brought tication occurs while our long-
to the fore a seldom discussed re- term prognosis as a diverse,
ality: Representatives of many na- united and growing community
tions believe that cultivating ties declines. Those who remain in the
with U.S. Jews can bring rewards fold are more intensely Jewish
from Washington, D.C. It is a rel- and thus more factionalized.
But for now, Jewish power
atively benign and humorous
twist to the ancient fear of Jew- seems stronger than ever. ❑

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