Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1996 Page: 1 of 24
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IN OUR 50TH YEAR OF WEEKLY SERVICE TO THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH JEWISH COMMUNITY
VOLUME 50 NO. 31
THURSDAY. \1 (U ST l.im
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24 PAGES $1.00 PER ISSUE
jess jawin: Our Open Society
n
uccessful democracy necessitates a free and open soci-
ety. It was not always the case since our War of Indepen-
dence in 1776. Restraints against citizens proliferated
even though we were struggling to build a strong founda-
tion for our republic. We triumphed against many injustic-
es, and following the tragedy of the Civil War, we graduated to
strengthen our Union of States. Our success is evidence of the
profound merits of American government. Fifty separate individual
states, each pledged to a concert of harmony for the betterment of the
entire population. No borders between states, separate passports to
enter another state. No barriers. Using the best achievements accom-
plished by one locale to enhance and set an example for other
members of the United Slates. Truly an open society.
Presently we have had a rash of terrorist actions which may cause
agitation to compress and contract our Open Society. There is great
need for astute monitoring of terrorist groups internationally and
domestically. The prime admonition, of which we should always be
cognizant, is that in the monitorization and the clamor to crack down
on fanatical or misguided destroyers of society is that we do not lose
sight of our basic freedoms. If, in the clamor to restrain and
apprehend these deadly lawbreakers we lose our freedoms, then
what have we really gained as a people?
We’re certain that within the next few days new ways will be
found to thwart and prevent the scourge of terrorism which has
_ _ see JESS JAWIN p. 22
Former Klansman Tells of
Strange Journey to Judaism
By TERESA STRASSER
Jewish Bulletin of Northern
California
Wearing a fisherman’s cap
and wool vest, he leans for-
ward, punctuating his points
by gesticulating, the fingers of
his right hand pinched togeth-
er.
Soft-eyed and prone to pep-
per his stories with Hebrew
phrases, George Caudill con-
jures images of Tevye, the
kindly patriarch from "Fiddler
on the Roof.**
It is almost impossible to pic-
ture him as he appeared in
I964, wearing the white robes
of the Ku Klux Klan.
The robes were handed down
from his grandfather, a West
Virginia coal miner who also
passed on the idea that African
Americans should know their
place, that Jews were the anti-
Christ, that the old Southern
way of doing things should be
preserved through fear tactics
and cross burnings.
KLANSMAN p. 24
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Features..........................................................2,3
Washington Watch............................................
Dallas Doings....................................................
Cong. NerTamid Names Resident Rabbi..........9
Dallas Singles Innovations...............................11
Singles........................................................12,13
You and Your Health................................... 14-17
Shlomo Riskin’s Torah Portion..........................19
Around the Town..............................................20
Recipes............................................................21
Religious Equality Amendment
Revived by Republican Leaders
By Daniel Kurtzman
WASHINGTON — In a move
that signals the return of a nightmare
for Jewish civil liberties advocates,
congressional Republicans have
launched a new push to amend the
Constitution to allow for organized
school prayer.
House Republicans, who are ad-
vancing prayer in public school un-
der the banner of a “religious equal-
ity amendment," say they intend to
bring the measure to a vote in com-
ing weeks.
Jewish groups and a host of other
religious and civil liberties watch-
dogs are decrying the move as an
assault on religious liberty and the
constitutional separation of church
and state.
Many Republicans in Congress
have been seeking to pass such an
amendment since last year, but ef-
forts became bogged down by dis-
putes about language
The new measure, introduced by
House Majority Leader Dick Armey
(R-Texas), has supplanted similar
proposals offered by Reps. James
Istook (R-Okla.) and Henry Hyde
(R-III.), whose competing amend-
ments had split religious conserva-
tives.
Hyde, who chairs the House Judi-
ciary Committee, has thrown his
support behind the new amendment.
At last week’s hearing of the Judi-
ciary Subcommittee on the Consti-
tution, he said the amendment is
aimed at “repairing damage done by
the Supreme Court."
"Our problem is not with the Con-
stitution itself,” Hyde said, "but with
courts than nterpret the First Amend-
ment in a way that undermines rath-
er than protects religious freedom "
The latest effort comes largely at
the urging of the Christian Coalition,
which hopes to include a list of how
each member voted in the 45 million
voter guides it plans to distnbute to
I00,CXX) churches before the No-
vember election.
The measure is now on a fast
track, and the Republican leadership
wants Congress to vote on the amend-
ment by early September.
Jewish groups have consistently
opposed efforts to bnng prayer into
America’s classrooms by tampering
with the First Amendment. Several
Christian groups also oppose the
amendment.
"The current debate is a struggle
that will determine whether we will
in AMENDMENT p 9
Democratic Party Rebuts Claim
it Collaborates With Farrakhan
By Daniel Kurtzman
WASHINGTON — The Demo-
cratic Party has defused a situation
that threatened to sour relations with
Jewish supporters by declaring that it
will not cooperate with the Nation of
Islam on voter registration.
The Democratic National Com-
mittee drew criticism from Jewish
groups and Republicans in response
to a news report on the possibility of
collaboration between the commit-
tee and the Nation of Islam for a drive
to register voters for the November
election.
The committee, however, called
the account inaccurate.
In a letter to the Anti-Defamation
League, Sen Christopher Dodd (D-
Conn.), DNC general chairman, said
the Nation of Islam had not asked
anyone at the committee to cooperate
in its voter registration drive.
He also said federal election law
prohibited the committee from tak-
ing part in a drive with a tax-exempt,
religious group such as the Nation of
Islam.
Nation of Islam leader Louis "Far-
rakhan has used language of malice
and division," Dodd wrote "'Die
Democratic Party, and our country,
stand forjust the opposite: communi-
ty, understanding and respect lor the
differences among our people.
"The DNC therefore cannot and
will not work with any organization
led by him, or anyone else who es-
pouses hatred and bigotry.”
The controversy stemmed from
comments made at a June news
conference announcing the voter
registration drive.
The Associated Press quoted Le-
onard Mohammed, Farrakhan’s
chief of staff, as say ing, "OurcfTorts
to engage in this kind ol activity
must be encouraged by the Demo-
cratic Party "
Rep Peter King (R-N.Y ), one of
Farrakhan’s loudest allies, imme-
diately called on the committee to
denounce and distance itself from
Fanakhan.
Amy Weiss Tobe, DNC press sec-
retary. then reportedly said that the
•ee REBUTTAL p. 7
Clinton’s Refusal to Pardon Pollard Enrages Spy’s Backers
Synagogue Services
• • • • •
18,22
By Matthew Dorf
WASHINGTON — When Sey-
mour Reich asked President Cl inton
to release Jonathan Pollard from jail,
little did he know that the While
House spokesman had just an-
nounced that the con victed spy would
not gain executive clemency.
Reich, feTmerchairmanoftheQjrv-
fercnee ofPresidents ofMajor Amer-
ican Jewish Organizations, was one
of about 45 Jewish leaders in a meet-
ing with Clinton last Friday when,
unbeknown to them, the announce-
ment came down that the American
Jewcon victed of spying for Israel would
not he granted freedom
In what many of those in attendance
denounced as a "travesty,” Clinton did
not te II the Conference of Presidents of
his decision.
Members of the Conference of Pres-
idents learned of the president’s deci-
sion when a reporter from the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency asked Ginton
about the decision as he left (he private
meeting with the Jewish leaders
The president did n< 4 respond to two
requests to make a comment.
"I am dumbfounded that he would
do this to us," said Reich, who once led
the organized Jewish communal effort
to win Pollard's release "It is as if he is
trying to give (he world a signal (hat he
would not pander to the Jewish com-
CLINTONp 24
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