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Wv' t' t' i 1 I Naomi, a pessimistic optimist 1974 a O.Esmittarr-Pagt 25 Armenian boutique Handmade gift items "tique, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Armenian pastries will Sunday nov, 24 in the ktfrtJSiS? 5 Gregory Armenian Church Commonwealth Ave. The during its Christmas Bou- public is welcome. By Caroline Drewes "We believe the security of the Jewish community is intimately tied up with the preservation of the democratic system.

Jews do not do well in revolutions to the right or the left. They do 'Tliere hre no answers any more9 MiilcrtMl TmImt Brandeis chapter party An "Arty Party" for members of the Brandeis University Women's Committee, San Francisco Chapter, will take place Monday, Nov. 18, at the Wortsman Rowe Gallery, 575 Sutter St. at 1:30 p.m. The event will be a fundraiser to buy books for the university's library.

A minimum book plate gift of $5 is required for admission. Reservations may be made through Mrs. Rosalind 5(57-0937. A feature of the party will be a talk about the paintings on display by a staff member, from the JEWELERS For the Very San Francisco Cilt Movado Goli V- 0 and American Awakening." Its thesis: The popular image of the Jewish community is that it consists primarily of members of the middle and upper middle classes; this is far from true. Naomi Levine cites some "interesting" statistics.

"In New York City, 15 per cent of the Jewish population earns between $3750 and $4400 a year, you're talking about 272,000 Individuals earning close to the poverty area. One quarter of the Jewish population earns between 6 and 11 thousand. A surprising statistic is that two-thirds of the Jewish poor are past the age of 60. These people experience the compounded disadvantage of being poor, elderly and deserted by the younger Jewish community." Reasons for this "stereotype of Jewish affluence" include the fact that "the census fails to list Jews as a separate category; the use of average income to statistics that hide the existence of Jews on the lower end of the economic scale; the common belief that the Jewish community takes care of its own, and the traditional Jewish pride." Man'h Watch The same classic design of the watch in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art here in 18k gold, banded with basket weave 18k gold bracelet. SI 750.

Noomi Levine is a teaching fellow She talks about affirmative action programs. She says the Congress is opposed to quotas on racial preference in employment and in the universities. "We believe there are other, better techniques, manpower training programs for instance." She talks about the civil rights battle, traces the chain of events through the struggle to eliminate legal segregation, through the period "when blacks felt they had to express their identity through militant tactics" to the present day situation, about which she is sanguine. "Now, I think, responsible blacks recognize blacks can achieve most not by violence but by working together in coalition with other groups." One of the present concerns of the Congress: "We are attempting to rebuild coalition within the black community." She says she believes the issue of school integration, while not solved by any means, will "The alternative to an integrated society is apartheid. And that is unthinkable." And somewhere along the line she talks about the Jewish poor subject of a book she edited with Martin Hochbaum, "Poor Jews: Lady's Watch 18k gold with sculptured gold wreath surrounding dark brown dial, 18k gold band.

81350. well in the kind of democratic society we have here. Anything that threatens that system is our concern." Naomi Levine, an intellectual, a lawyer, and a pragmatist who describes herself as "by nature an optimist with moments of pessimism" was defining the American Jewish Congress, and its concern with civil rights and civil liberties. Mrs. Levine is the first woman national executive director of the Congress, a post she has held for two years.

As a matter of fact, she says she is the first woman to hold a directorship of any national Jewish agency. In the Jewish community's hierarchy "women are in the second, third or fourth echelon, men still make the decisions." Nevertheless, she brushes off her two year experience with a casual "My sex has been neither an advantage nor a disadvantage." Here to acquaint local headquarters with national priorities, Mrs. Levine said, "On the international scene we are concerned with Israel, we worry about the Geneva Conference. We were appalled to have Arafat at the UN. Palestinians yes; Palestine Liberation Organization, no.

We be- phone 781-7372 stance, are nursing homes run for profit? I find that abhorrent." Mrs. Levine spoke thoughtfully, her handsome brown eyes serious, touching on many subjects. A native New Yorker who came from "a very poor family," she is a graduate of Columbia Law School where she was editor of the Law Review. She was the first national director of the Interracial Council orf Business opportunities, is now assistant professor in race relations at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her husband is an accountant; their married daughter 4M Street, San frtncnco, Since 1912 278 POST ST.

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