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"In a lot of ways, John less contact with Edwards than with Edwards transcends North Carolina," Lieberman or other candidates who said Lonnie Kaplan, a former president came to national cam- of the American Israel paigns with decades of Public Affairs Committee, Washington experience. who backed Edwards But supporters and Jewish when he sought the analysts say Edwards has Democratic nomination warm ties with Jews in his for president earlier this state. year. Edwards was a highly U.S. Sen. John Kerry, successful trial lawyer in D-Mass., who defeated North Carolina seven Edwards to become the years ago when he sought presumptive Democratic a seat in the U.S. Senate, nominee for president, largely financing his own named the trial lawyer- campaign. That meant turned-legislator as his Edwards didn't spend as John Edwards running mate Tuesday, much time as other aspir- July 6. ing lawmakers courting • The much-anticipated support and dollars in the Jewish com- announcement didn't trigger the same munity, both in and out of his state, elation among Jews that Sen. Joseph North .Carolina Jewish activists said. Lieberman's selection by Al Gore did "He didn't seek out the Jewish com- four years ago when the Connecticut munity," unlike others who "go from Democrat became the first Jewish name candidate event to candidate event beg- on a major national ticket. But there is ging for money,", said Jennifer Laszlo seemingly solid support among Jewish Mizrahi, a Democratic political consult- Democrats hoping that Edwards' selec- ant from North Carolina who made a tion will help bolster Kerry's bid to failed bid for Congress in 1994. unseat President Bush. "Because he was self-financed, he could The National Jewish Democratic avoid a lot of that." Council called Edwards "an outstanding friend of the American Jewish commu- nity and a powerful supporter" of the Solid On Israel positions "held by the vast majority of Edwards nonetheless has earned Jews' American Jews." As the number of can- respect. He has a solid voting record on didates dwindled in the 2004 Israel, pro-Israel lobbyists say, and he Democratic primary last winter, several emphasizes issues that resonate with significant Jewish contributors became many Jewish voters: health, education enamored with Edwards. and poverty. Activists like Kaplan, who initially Edwards visited Israel with colleagues backed Lieberman, found in Edwards a from the Senate Intelligence Committee solid supporter of Israel and someone in 2001 and was there when a suicide able to connect with Jewish voters on bomber attacked a Sbarro restaurant in issues of importance. "His basic instincts are in line with the downtown Jerusalem. "I think the trip left on him an under- community," said Ryan Karben, a Jewish said Randall Kaplan, a standing," state assemblyman in New York who Greensboro businessman who is a board area with several Chasidic represents an member for the American Israel Public communities. "That's reassuring because Affairs Committee. "He really gets the it doesn't come across as contrived or MATTHEW E. BERGER Jewish Telegraphic Agency (313) 891-6500 (248) 540-5550 801190