understand them as we do, and draw a velopment Engineering Center at
case between Israel and American Jew- TACOM.
Dr. Zackheim believes the FBI, which
ry," he says.
The Pollard case, with very few excep- is investigating, seems to be acting pru-
tions, had no impact on the ability of Jews dently.
"It seems to me if the man spoke him-
to serve in high-level, sensitive govern-
ment posts, adds Dov Zackheim, a Pen- self, they obviously had something to go
tagon consultant who served as a deputy on. They haven't fired him, much less ac-
undersecretary in the Department of De- cused him of anything. You have to pro-
tect national security.
fense during the Reagan years.
"On the other hand, the person is sub-
Dr. Zackheim notes that the U.S. am-
bassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, is Jew- ject to a presumption of innocence. It
ish, and Secretary of Defense William seems to me that, so far, they've handled
it well."
Cohen has Jewish ancestors.
But Hymie Cutler, head of the Michi-
And, 'There are a number of Orthodox
Jews in the Pentagon, some of whom wear gan Committee for a Safe Israel, is certain
kippot, some of whom don't, and all of that hostility toward Jews is at the heart
whom don't work on Shabbos. I see them of the Tenenbaum affair.
"I believe that there's somebody or a
in shul," he says.
That, he adds, "is a testimony to the ma- number of somebodies doing a job on us
and using this as an excuse. One fact
turity of society."
Dr. Zackheim, an economist by train- which isn't dealt with is the full coopera-
ing, was accused himself by Israelis of be- tion between Israel and the United States
ing a "bad Jewish American," he recalls, in weapons development. Much of the test-
when he helped convince Yitzhak Rabin ing is done in Israel for the United States,"
not to build the Lavi fighter plane with he says.
Don Cohen of the Michigan office of the
American tax dollars. He wrote a book
Anti-Defamation League noticed that a
based on the experience.
As for David Tenenbaum, the South- white supremacist organization based in
field engineer who admitted to passing Eastpointe has already used the Tenen-
classified information to Israeli associates baum news reports to accuse Jews of hold-
at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive and ing "dual citizenship." The message on its
Armaments Command, Dr. Zackheim says phone line adds that Jews' loyalty isn't to
he doesn't expect any anti-Semitic rever- America, in most cases, but to their racial
state of Israel."
berations.
True anti-Semites like members of the
Mr. Tenenbaum, 39, has been placed on
paid administrative leave from his post as European American Educational Associ-
an engineer on the combat vehicle team ation are always looking for evidence of
at the Tank Automotive Research and De- Jewish treachery, Mr. Cohen says.

Last year, at the behest of the ADL, the
But the general populace generally
doesn't react that way, he notes, citing the Defense Depai tment quickly disavowed
relative absence of an anti-Semitic back- an internal memo that warned American
defense contractors to watch out for
lash to the Pollard incident.
"What we are concerned about in Don Cohen Israeli "spies" who obtain intelligence
of the
through "strong ethnic ties" in the
this case is government questioning
Anti-
United States.
ofJewish employees regarding Israel.
Dr. Zackheim likened the incident
We have no indication there was any- Defamation
League.
to the "dog that didn't bark. You have
thing improper here. However, it's
to look for what didn't happen. No-
something we've looked at in the past
regarding Department of Defense policies body acted on the memo."
to be extra careful regarding Jews and their — Jewish News Editor Phil Jacobs con-
relationship to Israel," Mr. Cohen says.
tributed to this report.

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