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Howard Dean plans to stress the di erences on his road to the presidency.
Project Chametz, a joint effort
between the Jewish Community
Council of Metropolitan Detroit
and the Jewish News, collects 1,500
pounds of food for Detroit's home-
less and hungry.
MATTHEW E. BERGER
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, the main pro-Israel lobby,
and national chairman of Democratic
National Committee.
in the classroom, but the United
States is turning a blind eye.
"I think those who teach hate are
Washington
enemies of America, and I am deeply
n a recent trek around the
concerned that the Saudis are funding
U.S. capital seeking support
fundamentalist Islamic schools, teach-
Outspoken On Iraq
from pro-Israel lobbyists
ing small children to hate Christians,
and Reform movement
Dean has also helped distinguish him-
Jews and Americans," he said.
activists, Democratic presidential can-
self by speaking out against the war in
'As long as we are dependent on
didate Howard Dean may have been
Iraq, a view that has not changed even
Middle East oil, American presidents
the only non-Jew in the room.
with the U.S. military successes.
will often lack the spine to stand up to
But Dean, the former governor of
"I believe this is the wrong war at
the Saudis and those who supply us oil."
Vermont, should be used to that. It's
the wrong time, and I've said that
A different oil policy as well as
the same way in his own home.
repeatedly," he said. "I think that Iran, greater engagement in the Israeli-
Dean, a Congregationalist, has
Palestinian conflict could have
a Jewish wife, and both his chil-
paved the way for progress on
dren, 17-year-old Paul and 18-
that front, he said. "You can't
year-old Anne, have chosen to
get to a two-state solution,
identify as Jews. Passover played
which I support, unless you can
a large role iri that decision,
guarantee Israel security and you
Dean said.
can't do that as long as there is
"We were sort of a mixed fami-
terror going on which is funded
ly; we do celebrate both
by our oil money," he said.
Christian and Jewish holidays,"
He proposes gas conservation
Dean said. "But the family rituals
as well as 10 percent ethanol in
around the seder were what really
everybody's gas tanks to help
led them to decide they wanted
reduce U.S. dependence on oil-
to be Jewish."
rich Arab countries.
The grandfather of Judith
Furthermore, he said, focus
Steinberg, Dean's wife, was a
on the Israeli-Palestinian con-
Conservative rabbi in Winnipeg,
flict is more likely to produce
0. Canada, but the governor's chil-
an Arab democracy in the
dren were not given any formal
region than a regime change in
religious education, and they did
Iraq. After the demise of
• not become bar or bat mitzvah.
Palestinian Authority leader
"The only thing I regret is that
Yasser Arafat, he said, "it's more
my children don't have as much
likely there will be a Palestinian
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean
religious education as I'd like,
democracy than there will be a
speaks March 30 at the Consultation on Conscience
either in the Christian or Jewish
democracy in Iraq."
conference held by the Religious Action Center of
side," the candidate said.
Despite his opposition to the
Reform Judaism.
Nowadays, Dean seems to be
war, Dean received a warm wel-
getting an education of his own.
come earlier this month at a
The transition from physician-turned-
Saudi Arabia and Syria are all more
Jewish gathering largely supportive of
governor to presidential candidate
dangerous to Israel than Iraq. I also
the war. At a meet-and-greet session
means learning a lot about foreign
think that North Korea and Iran are
after the official festivities one night at
policy issues and other hot topics. But
more dangerous to the United States
the annual AIPAC policy conference,
than Iraq."
Dean, considered a long shot when he
Dean spoke to a capacity crowd in a
first entered the race, has made a
Dean said he believed that U.S. oil
small room, shaking hands for several
splash as of late, exceeding expecta-
policy is directly linked to the terror-
hours and progressing slowly to the
tions in fund-raising in the first quar-
ism and anti-American and anti-Israel
exit, encircled by well-wishers.
ter of the year.
sentiment in much of the Arab world.
Some political analysts have won-
He has been aided by a key figure in He says oil-rich countries such as
dered whether Dean's candidacy will
Democratic and Jewish politics, Steve
Saudi Arabia are supporting terrorist
Grossman, the former president of the groups like Hamas and preaching hate
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15,000 survivors and their relatives
assemble in Washington, D.C., for
the 'American Gathering of Jewish
Holocaust Survivors Conference" in
an unprecedented gathering in the
United States.
The Jewish Center Men's Health
Club has the two championship
squash teams in the state as the
result of the Michigan Squash
Racquets Association state tourna-
ment playoffs.
World Jewry mourns President
Itzhak Ben-Zvi of Israel, who lost his
fight with cancer at the age of 78.
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Construction begins on an office
building for the Jewish News on the
corner of Seven Mile and Biltmore
in northwest Detroit.
The D. W. Simons Branch of the
Jewish Community Center will
hold the Spring Frolic Dance this
weekend with music by Carlos
Rivera and his orchestra.
Detroiter Izrail Katz, who recently
celebrated his 75th birthday, is
observing an anniversary that places
him in the forefront of Zionist pio-
neers in America: his 50th year of
active affiliation with the Zionist
movement.
The Detroit firm of Albert Kahn,
Associated Architects and Engineers,
Inc. receives special commendation
from the Navy for work in design-
ing buildings and facilities for
numerous naval bases. ❑
— Compiled by Holly Teasdle,
archivist, the Rabbi Leo M Franklin
Archives of Temple Beth El
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