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in the House. So we had to cover it,
but it seemed like such a terrible
waste that we had to go through.
Specifically, it drained a lot of atten-
tion away from where our focus
should have been. For example, all of
the sudden Kosovo sprung up."

When not on

the job —
and the beeper he wears means that
he's almost always on the job —
Blitzer enjoys reading, playing tennis,
working out "and hanging around
with my wife, daughter and friends. I
have no trouble relaxing. My problem
is getting time to do it.
Sitting on his night table recently
was The Lexus And The Olive Tree, by
New York Times international affairs
columnist Thomas Friedman. "When
I do read now it has to be quick,"
Blitzer says.
His home life has a distinctive
Jewish flavor. "I believe in the tradi-
tions," says the man who watched his
mother light Shabbat candles and
whose father is known as an excellent
Torah reader.
"I think we've tried to instill in our
daughter, Elana, an understanding of
her background and faith, and the his-
tory of her parents and grandparents.
That's very important to us and to
her, but I don't think she appreciates it
as much now as she will down the road.
I can't say we're very observant or any-
thing like that, but it's part of our life."
Rabbi Matthew H. Simon of
Congregation B'nai Israel in
Rockville, Md., where the Blitzers
have a longstanding family member-
ship, sees a commitment.
"What's nice about Wolf is that
he's not a shy Jew in his synagogue,"
says the rabbi " Everybody knows he's
around, and he and his wife have
many personal friends here."
The rabbi points to Elena Blitzer's
bat mitzva a few years ago as reflec-
tive of the family's life and values. "It
was a serious bar mitzva and the fam-
ily were serious participants," he says.
"Their commitment was to make it a
Jewish affair."
Whether it's Jewish, national or
international affairs, by all accounts
Blitzer is making a lasting mark in a
profession measured in seconds, and
enjoying it immensely.
As he says, "They literally pay me
ro have a front-row seat to history and
do fascinating things around the
world. As a boy growing up in Buffalo
I always loved international affairs and
politics. I never in my life dreamed
that I would have a job doing this." Ei