Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1994 — Page 2

Young leadership conservative on issues

Future leaders of the Indianapolis Jewish community may be more conservative and less supportive of some social issues, if a recent survey by the Jewish Community Relations Council is a good predictor. The March/April issue of the Federation News includes a report on the 1993 biennial public opinion survey of the JCRC. The JCRC reports its survey gives a "snapshot" of the Indianapolis Jewish community by mailing to every third name on the Federation mailing list. Polled separately were the Federation board, the JCRC board and Federation Young Leadership — "under 40s" who have an interest in learning about Federation and its agencies. This was the first of the biennial surveys to poll "young Leadership" separately. The report said the Young Leadership sample was gen-

erally less supportive of some social issues than the other three primary samples. Those issues included supporting affordable housing, reducing infant mortality, environmental concerns, combatting AIDS and AIDS discrimination and women's equity issues. The response levels for the su rvey were high: 21.5 percent for the general Jewish population, 77.5 percent for the JCRC board, 51.9 percent for the Federation board and 36.3 percent for Young Leadership. Normally a newspaper report of a public opinion survey states the number of people surveyed, the number responding, the range of accuracy and the precise wording of at least the most important questions. The Federation News article did not. The article said copies of the survey data are available from the JCRC office.

The article said the general Jewish population described itself religiously as about half Reform, one-fifth Conservative, about 8 percent Orthodox and 14 percent Reconstructionist or Conservative/ Reconstructionist. The JCRC said its "bellwether" question, "I feel very close to Israel," was endorsed by a significantly higher proportion of leadership as compared with the general Jewish population. Percentages were 94 for the JCRC board, 85 for Young Leadership, 88 for the Federation board and 70 percent of the general population respondents. The survey indicated nearunanimous support for peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, but extreme distrust of the Palestinians. "For example, only 10 percent of the general Jewish population believes that the PLO can be relied upon to

honor its agreements and refrain from terrorist activity — and that's our sample high!" the JCRC reported. About half the respondents believe the Arabs' real goal is destruction of Israel, the survey indicated. The report on political alle-

giance said the general Jewish population described itself as 47 percent Democratic and 23 percent Republican. Other Democratic/Republican ratios were 44/33 for the Federation board, 60/16 for the JCRC Continued on page 7

Focus on consensus in JCRC report

The Jewish Community Relations Council report in the most recent issue of the Federation News includes much discussion of consensus. The JCRC during the past Christmas/Hanukkah season found itself accused by some factions in the community of not speaking for the entire community concerning displays of Jewish versus nonJewish symbols of the season on government property.

The JCRC report said there may be many general social issues in which there is no consensus within the Jewish community. "On such issues there is room for Jewish committees and organizations of likeminded people to advocate for or against," the report said. At the same time, the JCRC stated, it operates through a structure of committees that are open to all interested members of the community.

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