63° 4 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. 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