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IN OUR 47TH YEARI-FORT WORTH, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1993, TEXAS JEWISH POST
SYNAGOGUE SERVICES
CONGREGATION AHAVATH SHOLOM
4050 South Hulen
Rabbi Sidney Zimelman
Cantor Gai7 D. Kessler
FRIDAY - Sabbath Service, Bar Milzvah of Aaron Moses.
His maternal grandmother Sylvia Bronstein and aunts
and uncles will sponsor the Oneg Shabbat following..............8:00 p.m.
SATURDAY - Sabbath Service, Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Moses
Paternal grandparents Beverley and R.D. Moses will
sponsor the Kuddush following .............................................9:00 am
SHAVUOT SERVICES
Tuesday, May 25, Joint service and program with Beth-El
Congregation at Ahavath Sholom..........................................8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 26, Morning....................................................8:00 am
Evening................................................................................6:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 27, Morning.......................................................8:00 am.
Yiskor Memorial Service......................................................9:30 am.
Evening...................... 6:000 p.m
BETH-EL CONGREGATION
Galveston and West Broadway
Rabbi Ralph D. Meckienburger
Rabbi Emeritus Robert J. Schur
FRIDAY - Shabbat Service, Confirmation Reception..................8:00 p.m
SHAVUOT SERVICES
Tuesday, May 25, Joint Service and program at Ahavath Sholom 8:00 p.m
Wednesday, May 26, Morning Service......................................10:30 am
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
1211 Thannisch Drive
Rabbi Keith Stern
FRIDAY - Shabbat Service, Oneg .............................................8:00 p.m
SATURDAY - Family Worship Service...................................10:30 p.m
SHAVUOT SERVICES
Tuesday, May 25 .....................................................................8:00 p.m
Thursday, May 27, Yizkor Service..............................................9:30 am
ArOUnd Town We would like to hear from
continued from p. 19 our readers. Send your spe-
$800,000 was raised in the cial news and Photos to
one day event. Jerry who was Around the Town, Texas Jew-
hospitalized at the time (but ^h 3120 South Freeway,
doing well now) said he re- ^ort W°rdl 76110. Please en-
ceived hourly reports from close a stamped self-addressed
his dedicated enthusiastic envelope s° y°ur ph°tos
crew may be returned to you.
Separate
continued from p. 1
between the two groups re-
main manifest in the distinct
governance systems of the
two organizations, and they
could not be overcome de-
spite six months of talks.
A central obstacle to the
merger, though one not offi-
cially raised in the talks, was
the political stances of the
groups.
AJCongress is strongly lib-
eral, both on domestic issues
and Israeli politics.
AJCommittee is more avow-
edly centrist on Israel, and
publishes the neoconserva-
tive magazine Commentary.
AJCongress was founded
in 1922, in large measure out
of anger and frustration
among Eastern European
immigrants that they were
excluded by the German-
Jewish elite which founded
AJCommittee in 1906.
The ethnic gap was re-
flected in ideology, as well,
with AJCommittee distinctly
cool toward Zionism in its
early years and AJCongress
embracing it.
While all that is history,
and both sides agree that little
separates the AJCommittee
membership from that of
AJCongress, the residue of
the original differences re-
mains entrenched in the or-
ganizations’ bylaws.
In keeping with its origi-
nal aspirations to be a demo-
cratic congress, the
AJCongress leadership is
elected by its members; in
keeping with the original
self-selection of AJCom-
mittee, some AJCommittee
leadership positions are re-
served for those who con-
tribute at least $5,000 to the
organization.
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Jess Jawin
continued from p. 1
to Desert Storm”) cite their former colleague, former
Defense Secretary Casper (Cap) Weinberger as hav-
ing been openly hostile to Israel. Shultz, as could be
expected is the more diplomatic of the two authors in
fingering “Cap the Knife" as the most anti-Israel top
official in the Reagan Administration.
Among otherthings Shultz statesthat during Israel’s
1982 invasion into Lebanon “President Reagan was
more hesitant than anyone else about cracking down
on the Israelis... Cap Weinberger was at the extreme;
he seemed almost ready to sever relations.” The
Teicher book is more direct in ascribing to Weinberger
a belief that U.S. support of Israel was responsible for
all of America’s difficulties in dealing with the Arab
world. Throughout his tenure at DOD Weinberger
pushed for the harshest punishment of Israel - and is
the one person most responsible forthe draconian life
sentence meted out to Jonathan Pollard for spying for
Israel. But when it comes to going after the Achille
Lauro terrorists - according to Teicher - Weinberger
did everything he could to prevent any military action
to capture them.
This all comes as no great surprise to those of us
who, over the years, witnessed Weinberger’s antipa-
thy to both Israel and his own Jewish antecedents first
hand. Poor Cap - imagine how he must have felt as a
Harvard undergrad in the 1930’s tagged with a Jewish
family name - and not being Jewish! Small wonder
that in later years in California upon being introduced
at social gatherings, a number of people said he would
make it known within thirty seconds into the conversa-
tion that not every Weinberger was Jewish.
Jimmy Carter, who has become increasingly more
anti-Israel in his pronouncements with each passing
year, also comes out poorly in Shultz’s book. For
instance, the Georgian’s advice to the then Secretary
of State, was - “you have to throw the book at Begin.
Tough talk is the only talk Begin understands.” Con-
versely, when the question of granting a visa to Yasir
Arafat to come to the United States was raised, Carter
on his own telephoned Shultz to urge him “in the
strongest terms to approve the visa”. Shultz’s refer-
ences to then Vice President George Bush and then
White House aide James Baker are also predictable -
and no doubt, overly kind. And predictably also, the
State Department Near East Bureau’s pro-Arab bias
comes through loud and clear time and time again.
It would be too simplistic, and unfair (with the pos-
sible exception of Weinberger) to attribute only nega-
tive actions to Carter, Bush and Baker. After all, it was
Carter who forged the Camp David Accords which
produced peace, whatever its temperature, between
Israel and Egypt. It was Bush, who forged the coalition
abroad and the consensus at home, which enabled
him to take the courageous step to commit U.S. forces
to battle in Desert Storm. And it was Jim Baker who
first got all the parties together in Madrid to finally meet
across a negotiating table. But in the end, these
leaders never really had an appreciation for the real
dangers facing Israel, the dilemmas of its democracy,
and the nature of Arab hostility toward the Jewish
State. Fortunately, there were others who served with
these men who had better instincts when it came to
judging the Arab/Israel conflict - notably, President
Reagan and Secretary of State Shultz himself.
While it is still too early to evaluate the Clinton
Administration’s handling of its relationship with Is-
rael, it is fair to say “so far so good”. At least no “bete
noirs” to the pro-Israel community have emerged and
the tone of the relationship is decidedly friendlier and
more cooperative. But as we enter crunch time in the
peace process - perhaps in the period preceding the
next make or break round in the peace negotiations -
we will get a clearer picture of where this Administra-
tion wants to go in the Middle East and how much
Israel can depend on its support. Suffice it to say,
there are a good number of solid friends of Israel in this
Administration to help temper if not completely as-
suage any feelings of paranoia at this stage.
Survey
continued from p. 10
group typically save and in-
vest 8.8% of their money,
but say they could increase
that to 15.4% if they tried
harder. Their liquid assets
average $7,000. More people
in this group (25%) than in
any other say they have taken
a big financial risk for the
promise of abig reward. Even
so, 62% of thirtysomethings
consider themselves conser-
vative investors.
40 to 64
These people, many of
whom are in their prime
wage-earning years, have an
average of $11,878 in liquid
assets. While they currently
save and invest 8.7% of their
income, they say they could
increase that to 13%. Most
Americans in this age group
(61%) also consider them-
selves conservative inves-
tors. In fact, 65% of those
between the ages of 40 and
64 have grown even more
conservative over the past
five years.
Seniors
Virtually all seniors (age
65 and above) who invest are
conservative or moderate
with their investments. Like
younger Americans, most
seniors consider themselves
conservative. Also, 19% of
them say they “don’t invest
at all.” Compared to younger
investors, seniors tend to sell
an investment sooner, accept-
ing a smaller percentage gain.
They have an average of
$12,000in liquid assets. They
invest 7.2% of their income
and say they could increase
that moderately to 9.9%.
Mike Sheff is a vice-presi-
dent with Shearson
Lehman Brothers at their
Quorum office.
Happy
Birthday
May
21 Brian Gardner
21 Evan Carey
21 Jessica Barnett
21 Lisa Taurog
21 Nathan Brener
22 Abigail Kahn
22 Eva Shafir
23 Deborah Ferstenfeld
23 Jennifer Raffel
23 Joseph Levine
23 Libby Clearfield
23 Lillian Raimey
23 Lisa Gluck
23 Ronald Osteen
23 Wendy Finkelstein
24 Dr. Charles Robinson
24 Dr. John Rubin
24 Gary Ostand
24 Herb Roseman, Tucson
24 Jackie Sherman
24 Larry Anton
24 Lori Katz
24 Marian Feld
24 Mickey Syrquin
24 Susan Bunin
25 Brian David Moses
25 Linda Valentine
25 Ruth Kessler
25 Stanley Cohen
26 Anita Becker
26 Charles Cohen
26 David Samson
26 Felicia Rubin
26 Jeanne Luskey
26 Jim Rosenbloom
26 Lori Carey
26 Mark Cooper
26 Mark Schwartz
26 Marni Kaner
27 A. J. Cooles
27 Esther Benjamin
27 Jamie Weiss
27 Jennifer Kay
27 Jerry Sonkin
27 Joan Leitz
27 Mark Chicotsky
27 Ofelia Fried
27 Richard Williams
27 Scott Raffel
27 Terri Berg
Happy
Anniversary
May
21 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Lurie
22 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Robinson
22 Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Coplin
22 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lederman
23 Dr. & Mrs. Irvin Robinson
23 Mr. & Mrs. Gerson Bernstein
24 Mr. & Mrs. Bob Wolfeld
27 Mr. & Mrs. Andras Lacko
27 Mr. & Mrs. Larry Berlin
27 Mr. & Mrs. Martin Abramson
27 Mr. &l Mrs. Meyer Blinderman
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