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want Soviet slots cut to make up the
difference.
They protested the government
decision, which seemed to violate the
partnership arrangement between the
State Department and non-govern-
mental groups like HIAS in making
decisions on refugee needs and num-
bers.
The proposal would have slashed
slots for the former Soviet Union
from 30,000 to 21,000.

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Compromise
on Russian
immigration.

"That was a huge cut," said Diana
Aviv, Washington director for the
Council of Jewish Federations. "We
had already agreed to a major com-
promise in what we'd asked for in
January; for the State Department to
come back in June and say they need-
ed more of these slots for the Bosnia
program was a big surprise."
CJF, HIAS and Soviet Jewry
groups went to Capitol Hill and
recruited some high-powered help.
"Sen. Spencer Abraham, R-Mich.,
[the chair of the Senate immigration
subcommittee] provided tremendous
help," Ms. Aviv said. "So did Sen.
Ted Kennedy [D-Mass., the ranking
Democrat on the committee]. They
played a major role in pressing the
State Department."
The result was a compromise that
brought the number back up to
26,000. While that represented a cut
of some 4,000 slots, Ms. Aviv said it
was a "big victory."

Exclusion Problem

At the same time, the coalition of
Jewish groups convinced the White
House to review complaints that
Immigration and Naturalization
Service examiners in the former
Soviet Union, the first rung in the
refugee process, were making it hard-
er for many to win the coveted
refugee status.
Increasingly, INS officials are rul-
ing that applicants do not qualify
under the Lautenberg Amendment,
which makes it easier for Jews and
others from the former Soviet Union
to enter this country. In some cases,
Jews living in mixed marriages are
being rejected, or elderly women.

"We are very pleased that we won
a strong commitment by the White
House to look at the exclusion prob-
lem," Ms. Aviv said. "So this is really
progress."

Christian Support
For Unification

Christian groups, and Jewish organi-
zations that work with them to gen-
erate support for Israel, are cranking
up their Washington activity as U.S.-
Israel tensions rise — and as Mideast
negotiators haggle over beginning
"final-status" negotiations that will
take up a number of hot issues,
including Jerusalem's future.
The International Fellowship of
Christians and Jews sponsored a
Washington conference with a strong
focus on Jerusalem.
The object is to "build a base of
support of Christian leaders who will
speak out in support of a unified
Jerusalem on a regular basis," said
Chris Gersten, executive director of
the Center for Jewish and Christian
Values, the fellowship's Washington
outpost.
Already, the group has developed
an e-mail network among Christian
leaders designed to provide informa-
tion from the Israeli government and
from pro-Israel groups. They also
have put the Washington representa-
tives of some 22 Christian groups in
touch with the Israeli ambassador in
Washington and supplied sample op-
eds for local newspapers.
"These are people who feel a
strong personal connection to Israel,
who have prayed for Israel, but who
may not have moved it to their polit-
ical agendas," Mr. Gersten said. "Our
object is to do that." ❑

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