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...back of Israel and raises the expectations of the Arabs, which, once frustrated, will retard rather than bring peace." During a week of buffeting over U.S.-Soviet relations. Jimmy Carter hardly needed that sober assessment of his Middle East policy. But it came last Wednesday from Rabbi Alexander Schindler, one of the 53 Jewish leaders invited to a dialogue with the President at the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Jimmy Woos the Jewish Leaders | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Carter's strained relationship with the Jewish community is not beyond repair. Says Rabbi Alexander Schindler, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: "There is apprehension. But there is no confrontation yet. In fact, there is gratitude and satisfaction with some aspects of Administration policy." Jewish leaders applaud Carter's strong stand on Soviet dissidents, on free emigration from Russia, on the antiboycott legislation. Carter has also increased economic aid to Israel by $400 million. Growing doubts have apparently not caused Jewish leaders to tighten their purse strings. Tickets are selling briskly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Carter, the World and the Jews | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...somewhat apprehensive about having to deal with an Israeli leader who is not a member of the Labor Establishment. In their public statements, however, prominent U.S. Jewish leaders simply noted that Likud's victory was a democratic expression of the will of the people of Israel. Rabbi Alexander Schindler, head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, insisted that Begin "is not really a wild-eyed radical. He is a patriot." He added, however, that organized American Jewry will act as a moderating influence on his government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: TRIUMPH OF A SUPERHAWK | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

Many Israelis and Russian Jews in Israel are disturbed by their government's tough tactics. So are some American Jews who are normally sympathetic to Israel's needs and desires. Rabbi Alexander Schindler, the chairman of the influential Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, last week pointedly declared that "the main priority is to save Jews no matter where, and the first priority is getting them out of the Soviet Union." Remarked Author Irving Howe: "We didn't campaign to 'let our people go' only to Israel. The central moral and humanitarian issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IMMIGRANTS: Soviet Jews: Israel Wants Them All | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...special issues that seem to concern Jews is Carter's evangelical Southern Baptist faith (see RELIGION). In a recent letter to Reform Jewish leaders across the nation, Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, President of the American Union of Hebrew Congregations, recalled that "historically, anti-Semitism had its roots in fundamentalist religion." But he immediately added that it "is unjust and paradoxical for religious Jews to look askance at a man because he is deeply religious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: CARTER AND THE JEWS | 6/21/1976 | See Source »

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