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and every communal organization
describing what these Hebrew
Christians are and urging them to stay
away."
Planners with the Christian
Alliance for Israel, an ad-hoc group,
promise there will be strict rules
against proselytization, but the
Orlando rabbis aren't convinced.
"We want to tell people that this is
not a place for Jews to be; they will
attempt to convert you," Geboff said.
The Messianic Jews want to use the
rally "to gain legitimacy in the Jewish
community," said Ted Lapkin, director
of community relations for the Jewish
Federation of Palm Beach County.
"These people are anathema to the
Jewish community, they are not part
of the Jewish community, and we
should have nothing to do with
them."
He said that if Netanyahu does
address the group "it will be a monu-
mental mistake. It lends credence and
legitimacy to those who desire the dis-
appearance of the Jewish people as a
distinct ethnic and religious entity."
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the leading
exponent of closer Jewish- Evangelical
ties, said that there's a difference
between Christians who believe Jews
will eventually convert and those
who actively target Jews for conver-
sion.
"I wanted to participate; there are a
lot of good people involved, and this
is a major celebration," he said. "But
when I learned that some of the quar-
terbacks guiding this were Messianic
Jews and others involved in targeted
Jewish evangelism, I said no. That's
going beyond what I believe is respon-
sible Jewish outreach."
He agreed that the Messianic Jews
want to use the event to gain legitima-
cy within the Jewish world.
"It's credibility that the Messianic
Jews are looking for. As a result, it's
not enough that they won't be allowed
to evangelize at this forum."
Gore Addresses UJA
As predicted, Gore is raising his pro-
file in the Jewish community in prepa-
ration for his 2000 presidential bid —
and for the arduous task of raising the
bucks it will take to propel him from
the vice president's mansion to 1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
Last week, Gore attended a joint
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee and American Jewish
Committee event celebrating Israel's
50th anniversary in Los Angeles. Next
week, he's due at a rally for the
Al Gore raises his profile.
National Jewish Democratic Council
in Maryland.
On Monday, he offered a spirited
campaign-style speech before the
young leadership of the United Jewish
Appeal.
The speech included just about
everything to please a Jewish crowd —
expressions of undying love for Israel,
descriptions of his personal travels in
that country and a seasonal Dayenu
call-and-response chant on the striking
improvement in U.S.-Israel relations
over the past 50 years, changes Gore
seemed to suggest were solely a matter
of Democratic Party policy.
He also made it official that he will
go to Israel next month to lend an
official presence to Israel's 50th
anniversary celebration.
"It was a haimish [warm] kind of
speech that people absolutely loved,"
said a prominent Jewish Democrat.
"But Gore still lacks Clinton's charisma.
And the more he makes these kinds of
enthusiastic pro-Israel speeches, the
more he'll get hit on things like the
administration's position on Jerusalem,
which seems to differ from his own.
But he continues to benefit from the
deep reservoir of support for the admin-
istration's peace process policies."
Gore, when he was done with the
required jokes about his dullness,
handily ignored a challenge issued just
moments before by Israeli communi-
cations minister Limor Livnat, who
blasted the administration for failing
to implement the 1995 law requiring
the State Department to move its
embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by
next year. She also set out markers on
the impending showdown over U.S.
peace proposals.
"Does the Clinton administration
recognize that only Israel has the
responsibility of determining what is
essential for its security? That is a
question I hope very much Al Gore
will answer."
He didn't, at least not directly, and
several Israeli officials in the audience
squirmed at her confrontational style.