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Tradition meets innovation by design

Blackmun, best known for his
majority opinion in the 1973 Roe v.
Wade landmark abortion rights deci-
sion, was a lifelong conservative whose
opinions on the High Court more
often than not pleased liberal Jewish
groups during his 24 year tenure.
"His impact on women's lives was
tremendous, and his death is very
sad," said Sammie Moshenberg,
Washington director for the National L
Council of Jewish Women, a pro-
choice group. "He leaves behind a
tremendous legacy."
"Justice Blackmun was also a forceful
and articulate champion of the separa-
tion of church and state and the free
exercise of religion, and of a broad spec-
trum of civil rights and liberties," said
Norman Redlich, co-chair of the
American Jewish Congress Commission
on Law and Social Action.
Blackmun dissented in the 1978
Bakke case, which struck a blow against
affirmative action programs — a case
that divided the Jewish community. He
retired from the Court in 1994, and was
replaced by Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

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Remember the Labor Zionist Alliance?
The organization sometimes seems
like a historical footnote, but the 40
LZA activists here for a "Washington
Action Conference" this week hope to
change that.
The Washington meeting is the first
shot in an effort to bring together a
newly energized LZA young leadership
cadre with members of the group's
Habonim Dror youth movement, said
Steven J. Weinberg of East Brunswick,
N.J., a member of the group's national
executive committee. The object: to
attract members under the age of 50.
The new effort, he said, will include
a greater focus on domestic issues as
well as on Israel and the creation-of a
nationwide advocacy network.
The group also visited Sen. Carl
Levin (D-Mich.) and agreed to help
him promote his letter supporting
supplementary aid for both Israel and
the Palestinians.
Weinberg, 54, conceded that the
organization has a fossilized image —
and it's not just image." This week's
sessions, he said, "demonstrated inter-
est in new issues, new relationships
and new alliances."
The group also decided to put
together a World Wide Web site
focusing on the upcoming Israeli elec-
tions and the Labor parry message.
Another planner of the event was
Judy Silberg Loeble from Detroit. I