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people from our area of the state
don't have some of those direct
contacts. Over the last few years
you've seen a much greater push
on the part ofJewish organiza-
tions to lobby in Lansing.
"The community relations
committee of the Jewish Com-
munity Council used to come up
once a week, but that was preach-
ing to the choir. Now there's a
concerted effort to bring in mem-
bers of the Jewish community
from Kalamazoo and Grand
Rapids and Flint, so the Jewish
network is much larger and they
make efforts to meet with repre-
sentatives.
"Part of that is because of the
beating that Jewish communal
agencies and others have taken
in cutbacks in state government.
Now they've become a lot more
visible and vocal as far as the en-
tire legislative process goes," he
said.
"I'm there to defend
against some of the
stereotypes."
— Burton Leland
The Jewish Federation of Met-
ropolitan Detroit uses a lobbying
firm in Lansing to advance the
interests of its agencies, and the
7-year-old Michigan Jewish Con-
ference also advocates on behalf
of causes that affect the Jewish
community.
"It's always nice to have a Jew-
ish legislator, because it's usual-
ly always an immediate friend,"
said Cindy Hughey, director of
the MJC, which represents 14
communities statewide.
Yet she does not believe the ab-
sence ofJewish lawmakers will
mean the loss of clout for organi-
zations like hers, even though she
acknowledges that agencies will
be fighting much harder for a
smaller piece of the pie.
"We have a lot of friends in the
Legislature, and issues we deal
with are issues of concern to a lot
of legislators. The friendships we
develop in the Legislature may
not have that personal ethnic
connection, but I don't think it's
going to have a huge impact," she
said.
"If there were no Jewish legis-
lators, I think it would be busi-
ness as usual," Ms. Hughey said.
Or maybe not.
It was the Jewish lobby in
Lansing that fought hard for
restored benefits for refugees and
legal immigrants who face a loss
of SSI payments — and of the
7,000 or so in the state, Jews are
in the hundreds, she pointed out.
"It was an issue only the Jew-
ish community was interested
in," Ms. Hughey said. "We were
the only ones out there on the
front lines fighting for it." ❑
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