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…! Orchard Mall 851-7727 Gemini Travel 855-3600 WEST BLOOMFIELD MICHIGAN Orchard Lake Road • Northof Maple 851-7727 38 FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1989 day celebrated the tenth an- niversary of her accession to power…
… Lady." Less predictable in this mediafest, however, has been the attention focussed on one particular phenomenon of her reign: "Thatcher's Jews." In- deed, the Jewish contribution to the Thatcher…
…. But Margaret Thatcher's affinity for Jews has transcended political expe- diency. When she talks of Soviet Jewry, the tears she weeps are genuine; more im- portant, when she addresses economic and…
… and the Jews following," one Jewish banker in London told me this week. "On the contrary, the Jews have set the pace for Thatcher." What has startled the British media is that the leader of Britain…
… were her predecessors, to hide her retinue of "court Jews" in government think- tanks and policy committees, carefully shielded from the public gaze. Thatcher has brought "her Jews" out of the closet…
…. No less than five of her most senior ministers — and clo- sest advisers — have been Jews: Education Secretary Keith Joseph, Home Secretary Leon Brittan, Trade Secretary Lord Young, Chancellor of the…
… cabinet than Old Etonians — a reference to the ancient British school of the aristocracy which has tradi- tionally educated Britain's future leaders. Of Thatcher's Jews, only Lawson, Young and Rifkind…
… Lord Jakobovitz — a title un- qiue for a Chief Rabbi. "The entrepreneurially suc- cessful Jew is in fact the model in many ways of That- cherite achievement,". says Jewish playwright Jonathan Miller…
…. "The Conservative Party now underwrites the values of Jewish en- trepreneurial initiative, thrift and ingenuity." This was not always the case. Historically, British Jews were identified firmly with the…