"charitable choice" plans, which would
allow religious groups freer access to fed-
eral health and social service dollars. And
this time they will be backed by an
administration that has made support' .
for faith-based initiatives a top priority
and a likely attorney general whose
name has been on a number of charita-
ble-choice bills.
Jewish groups will also press for
restoration of benefits to immigrants
and refugees cut by a 1996 law and for
the Workplace Religious Freedom Act,
which has languished in Congress for
several years.
Officially, Jewish groups will continue
to lobby for passage of the Hate Crime
Prevention Act, which was killed by con-
gressional Republican leaders last year.
But the new administration is unlikely
to support it, and most Jewish activists
concede the measure will be dead on
arrival in the- Capitol.
Applause For Rumsfeld
really been.a player in terms of the
strong connection to Israel." But
Rumsfeld, a former congressman from
Illinois and White House chief of staff,
will bring a strong perspective on U.S.
strategic interests in a changing world,
she said.
"The first thing to know about him
is that he is very much in favor of mis-
sile defenses and very supportive of the
Iraqi opposition, which makes him a
very important asset in terms of Israel,"
she said.
Rumsfeld's appointment was bad
news for convicted spy Jonathan Jay
Pollard. Rumsfeld was one of seven
former secretaries of defense who wrote
to President Bill Clinton two years ago,
urging him not to release Pollard.
That letter was also signed by the
man who considered Rumsfeld a men-
tor during their service together during
the Ford administration — Vice
President-elect Richard Cheney.
Rising Star
Last week, Jewish activists and reporters
scrambled for their history books to find
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) is rapidly
our more about President-elect George
attaining political superstar status.
W. Bush's nominee as secretary of
Lowey, a member of the informal
defense.
Jewish caucus and a
Donald H. Rumsfeld
leading congressional
held the position in a
supporter of Israel,
prior administration,
this week was named
but it was so far back
chair of the
that few Jewish activists
Democratic
remember how he han-
Congressional
dled sensitive Middle
Campaign
East questions.
Committee, replacing
Rumsfeld headed the
Rep. Patrick J.
Pentagon during the
Kennedy (D-R.I.).
administration of
Traditionally, that
George W Bush
President Gerald Ford;
job goes to lawmakers
and Donald Rumsfeld
despite several high-
who are seen by their
profile government
colleagues as out-
assignments since then, including chair,:
standing fundraisers who can boost the
manship of a 1998 bipartisan panel that
party's chances in upcoming elections.
looked into the issue of missile prolifera-
Lowey's new role is especially impor-
tion, he has been outside the
tant because of the growing expecta-
Washington spotlight for several
tion that the Democrats have a very
decades.
good chance of taking back the House
Rumsfeld also served briefly as U.S.
in 2002.
Middle East envoy during the Reagan
"You don't get this kind of position
administration, but he didn't hold the
without being a genuine political star,"
job long enough to step on any political
said a leading Jewish Democrat. "She
landmines.
has become one of the most prominent
In terms of U.S.-Israel relations,
leaders of the Jewish delegation in the
Rumsfeld was "correct but not warm;"
House because she's a very good politi-
said Morris Amitay, a pro-Israel lobbyist
cian."
and fundraiser who was head of the
Lowey will also be ranking
American Israel Public Affairs
Democrat on the House foreign opera-
Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel
tions appropriations subcommittee, a
lobby, during Rumsfeld's first Pentagon
position she has used to bolster con-
tour. "He left no strong impression."
gressional support for Israel.
Shoshana Bryen, -special projects
Lowey is not the first Jew to hold the
director for the Jewish Institute for
important party post; several years ago,
National. Security Affairs, praised the
the DCCC chair was Rep. Martin
appointment, even though "he has not
Frost (D-Texas).
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