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Only Just FISH FRY 1295 $79 5 Not good with am. , other portions after the second portion. • BANQUET FACILITIES serve up to 120 people • 9 Hole Goff Course • 102 (248) 669-6551 • 31260 WAKEFIELD DRIVE One mile west ofilaggerty on l4 Mile in the Maples ofiVoyi condominiums OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK FOR LUNCH OR DINNER J rmiversaries produce the almost-irresistible impulse to sum up, an affliction that particularly affects journalists — including this one, whose Washington column is en- tering its 11th year. Jewish political activism in Washington has changed dra- matically in that time, and yet, in some fundamental respects, it is strikingly similar. The Jewish presence in Washington, which grew steadily in the days after the Six Day War in 1967, has bur- geoned in the past decade, but there are disturbing portents on the horizon. Here are some of the changes of the past 10 years: 1. Israel has diminished sig- nificantly as a priority for the American Jewish communi- ty. In 1987, Jewish activism in Washington was dominated by the pro-Israel effort, driven by an endless series of crises, ranging from arms sales to Arab countries to demands for an international peace conference. Those crises galvanized the en- tire Jewish community, tran- scending deep political and religious differences. Today, a core of Jewish ac- tivists still slog in the pro-Israel trenches, but there is a growing disconnect among ordinary Jews, many of whom — Jewish leaders worry — simply are losing inter- est. There are many causes, in- cluding a peace process that of- fers at least the hope of a negotiated settlement, Israel's undisputed military supremacy, the robust Israeli economy and rising anxiety about closer-to- home problems. The growing disenfranchise- ment of Reform and Conservative Jews in Israel — the Jewish ma- jority in America — and disillu- sionment with an Israeli political system in which Cabinet positions are bought and sold like wares in the souk, have accelerated the drift from pro-Israel commitment. Pro-Israel groups here remain strong, but their leaders worry about the next generation. 2. With the decline in inter- est in Israel has come an up- surge in interest in critical domestic issues, especially in the unraveling of the nation's social safety net. This process began with the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, but accelerated with the arrival of Bill Clinton in 1993. Increasingly, the big political battles for Jewish activists involve changes in such entitlement pro- grams as Medicare and Medicaid, cuts in subsidized housing for the elderly and the elimination of es- sential services for immigrants and other needy populations. With that change has come the increasing importance of such groups as the Council of Jewish Federations, whose Washington office has been in the thick of the budget wars. The Jewish presence in Washington has burgeoned in the past decade, but there are disturbing portents on the horizon. At the same time, Jewish fed- erations and other groups have rushed to expand their presence in statehouses around the coun- try, as vital federal programs are handed over to the states. 3. Opposition to the pro-Is- rael agenda has almost dis- appeared in Congress. Effective pro-Israel lobbying, and the spectacular growth of Jewish political fund-raising, played significant roles in this de- velopment; so did a Mideast peace process that was supported by leg- islators in both parties, despite the continued popularity of con- gressional bashing of the Pales- tine Liberation Organization. Ten years ago, many legisla- tors were willing to use American aid as a lever to change Israeli pol- icy; today, despite painful budget cuts, Israel's aid is almost sacro- sanct. In 1987, pro-Israel power was weak on the Republican side of the aisle; now, GOP leaders are enthusiastic supporters, in many cases pushing hawkish Mideast positions that put them more in sync with the current Likud gov- ernment than their liberal De- mocratic colleagues. 4. The rationale for the strong U.S.-Israel relationship has become murkier. In 1987, U.S.-Israel relations were solidified because of the Rea- gan administration's decision to regard Israel as a strategic part- ner in the fight to contain the So- viet Union.