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nation by denomination."
According to the JCPA's Felson,
"The divestment conversation casts
such a shadow that dialogue on other
issues really becomes secondary."
Jewish groups are stressing their
unified opposition to divestment, as
indicated in the April 22 letter. The
move is, in part, a response to the
Presbyterian Church USA, which sev-
eral Jewish officials said excluded
Jewish groups from observing national
Presbyterian gatherings. The only
Jewish representative at such events
has been Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-
left group that supports divestment
from Israel, Jewish officials said.
The Rev. Peter Pettit, a Lutheran
and the director of the Institute for
Jewish-Christian Understanding at
Muhlenherg.College, expressed grati-
tude for the April 22 letter. "I appre-
ciate the fact that the Jewish leader-
ship felt they could write such a letter
and not have it become an explosive
sort of initiative," he said. "I really
don't see it as a threat," but as a "mark
of maturity" in expressing the poten-
tial impact of the divestment drive.
He hopes, he said, that the Protestant
community will "take seriously the per-
spective that the Jewish community has
on the divestment issue."
Katharine Rhodes Henderson, a
Presbyterian minister who is executive
vice president of the Auburn
Theological Seminary in New York,
said it's still not clear how widespread
the divestment move will become.
Henderson is one of 25 Presbyterians
involved in Presbyterians Concerned
for Christian-Jewish Relations, and is
part of a New York City-based
Presbyterian-Jewish group geared
toward reconciliation.
Henderson says she and others are
working on investment initiatives and
discouraging other churches from
divestment. Now, "when there is move-
ment on the ground," is precisely the
time to invest, Henderson said. "What's
happening on the ground is giving peo-
ple pause," she said, citing the
Methodist desire to study the issue fur-
ther as a signal of such reconsideration.
Even the Presbyterians have yet to
take any concrete steps to divest from
companies that do business with Israel.
For its part, the Jewish community
is speaking with one clear voice.
"There are certain issues that are red
lines for communities," said the
AJCommittee's Elcott. "For us, sup-
porting divestment is an answer to the
question, 'Do you want to have a rela-
tionship with the Jews?'" 0