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Gore Addresses GA
Presidential candidate praises
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JULIA GOLDMAN
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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V
ice President Al
Al Gore speaks at the opening of the General Assembly
Gore may not
of the United Jewish Communities.
know how to
pronounce
than the throaty "h" Hebrew calls for
Hebrew words, but he
— brought laughter from the filled
knows how to tailor a speech to a
Jewish audience. Speaking in Atlanta
Atlanta Civic Center.
"Did I pronounce it wrong?" Gore
last week at the opening plenum of the
asked. He was corrected from the floor.
General Assembly of the United
Gore, who initially declined the
Jewish Communities, Gore acknowl-
UJC's
invitation to speak, apparently
edged the American Jewish communi-
decided to take advantage of the oppor-
ty's pursuit of social justice.
tunity to promote his political agenda.
"I want to thank you for your
He decided to attend just days
daily battles for justice," he told the
before his appearance, throwing GA
roughly 5,200 delegates at the GA, as
organizers into a frantic push to
the annual meeting of Israelis and
accommodate the vice president's
representatives from federations across
North America is known. Gore told
security requirements.
Bradley arranged separately to
the group that the Jewish principles
meet Wednesday evening with Jewish
of "freedom, faith and justice are very
leaders in Atlanta during a previously
much alive throughout the world,"
scheduled visit.
because of the UJC's work providing
While the vice president has often
for social services, rescue and relief.
addressed Jewish groups, including
The UJC was celebrating its first
past GAs, this time he appeared to
day as a legal entity, following the
deliberately distance himself from the
merger of the United Jewish Appeal,
Clinton administration, focusing not
the Council of Jewish Federations
on his record as vice president, but on
and the United Israel Appeal. While
his vision for America's future.
much of his 20-minute address
Despite the fact that Gore was
focused on issues that have become
speaking to a group that sends nearly
central to his presidential campaign
$200 million to Israel each year, he
against Democratic rival Bill Bradley,
made few references to the Jewish
Gore peppered his remarks with refer-
state. Nor did he mention Jerusalem,
ences to Jewish values, prophetic wis-
a subject that is a central sticking
dom and Yiddish humor.
point in the Israeli-Palestinian final-
His pronunciation of the word
status talks, which most politicians
"chesed," Hebrew for kindness, with
emphasize in talking to Jewish crowds
a hard "ch," as in "church," rather
as Israel's "eternal, undi-
vided capital."
Gore made only vague
mention of the Middle
East peace process and did
not identify himself with
the Clinton administra-
tion's role in pushing Israel
and its neighbors back to
the negotiating table. He said he want-
ed to make very clear," at this "hope-
ful, but fragile moment in the peace
process, when we all dream of peace
with security," that "the United States
of America will always stand with
Israel whenever she takes risks for
peace and will always be a strong sup-
porter of Israel."
When speaking specifically about
foreign policy, Gore centered his
remarks around his support for the
passage of the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty on nuclear weapons,
which the United States drafted for
the international community, but the
Senate rejected.
On the domestic front, Gore called
for hate crimes legislation and for pro-
tecting "a woman's right to choose,"
which received thunderous applause.
But he devoted most of his speech to
issues of social justice that he said
were central to Jewish tradition: edu-
cation, the environment and health
care for children and the elderly.
"Jews have understood the fragility
of our social order" and the need for
"laws and commandments," Gore
said. "I am here today because I share
those values," he said, noting that his
values came from his family and "a
tradition interwoven with yours."