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and billboard advertising in Israel and
Major American Jewish Organization
to pay for rallies in support of certain
has come into question because of his
issues rather than candidates.
reported ties to Netanyahu. The push
Money also flows into the Israeli
for U.S. dollars has put some Jewish
system from Russia, where Jewish
groups who oppose the solicitations in
business tycoons have funded the
the awkward position of hosting the
Russian immigrant rights party, Yisrael
candidates.
Ba'Aliyah, headed by Natan
Last week, just days after urging
Sharansky, according to sources. Likud
American Jews to stay out of the
is said to get a good chunk of its
Israeli campaign, top officials from the
money from Joseph Gutnick, an
American Jewish Congress hosted
Australian supporter of the Lubavitch
Shahak for a reception with the
movement. Although many of the
group's top donors. The Anti-
fund-raisers who have solicited the
Defamation League also plans to host
donations have become disillusioned
Shahak later this month in Florida at a
with the lack of impact, American
conference for their top lay leaders.
consultants working for the can-
didates believe that every dollar
is crucial.
"Who does not want an extra
couple of thousand dollars in a
close race?" asked one such consul-
tant.
Meanwhile, the candidates
and their top American support-
ers are determined to persevere.
Shahak is scheduled to return to
the United States later this
month for another crack at fund
raising.
In a coup for the still-
unnamed party, businessman
Daniel Abraham, who has given
and raised hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars to groups allied
with Barak and the Labor Party,
is now, according to sources, also Workers hang an election campaign poster of
backing Shahak's centrist party,
Israeli business woman and former model
which is headed by Yitzhak
Penina Rosenblum Sunday in Tel Aviv.
Mordechai.
Rosenblum is running for a Knesset seat.
While some Barak supporters
say Mordechai's decisive Knesset
vote last week supporting the
"Shahak was here on a fund-raising
Orthodox position on religious coun-
visit, but we were not part of that," said
cils would chill Shahak's fund-raising
Phil Baum, AJCongress' executive direc-
efforts here, there is no evidence that
tor. "These are disjunctive events. We
has happened. Shahak has been reach-
are not providing a fund-raising oppor-
ing out primarily to Reform and
tunity to him." However, several sources
Conservative Jews, many of whom
involved with the election campaign
oppose the legislation that is aimed at
criticized AJCongress and the ADL for
keeping non-Orthodox Jews off the
"hypocrisy," saying that an event where
local councils. Last week an Israeli,
a candidate seeking money is intro-
Erez Levy, living in northern New
duced to a Jewish group's top donors is
Jersey hosted Shahak for a $1,000 a
not an innocent policy briefing.
plate dinner. A close adviser to
Abraham Foxman, the national
Abraham also hosted the former Israeli
director of the ADL who has also spo-
army chief of staff at a fund-raising
ken out against American involvement
luncheon.
in the Israeli election, defended his
Abraham, who has made millions
group's decision to invite Shahak.
running the Slim Fast corporation, is
We have invited him because he's
planning another fund-raiser at his
a significant person in Israel," Foxman
Florida home later this month when
said, adding that Barak had declined
Shahak is scheduled to be in the state.
the invitation.
Past supporters of Likud interests
When asked if he was facilitating a
include Dr. Irving Moskowitz and
fund-raising opportunity, Foxman
Ronald Lauder, whose nomination to
said, "What these people do after-
head the Conference of Presidents of
ward" is their business. 7