Letter from Peggy Tishman and Nina Rosenwald (New York, N.Y.) to Chic Hecht, May 12, 1986

JCRC Jewish Community Relations Council OF NEW YORK. INC. JACK D. WEILER CENTER FOR INTERGROUP RELATIONS 111 West 40th Street, Third Floor. New York, NY 10018-2578, Tel. 212-221-1535 OFFICERS Peggy Tishman President David Ashe Martin S Begun ludah Gribetz Howard Rubenstein R Peter Straus WilmaTisch Aaron 1\verski Vice Presidents lay Zises Secretary Nina Rosenwald Treasurer MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Morris Abram Martin Barell Richard Berman Kenneth Bialkin Herbert Bienstock lack Bigel Herman Cahn Sandy Eisenstat Eugene Grant Louise Greilsheimer Elinor Guggenheimer Harold lacobs Ezra Levin Stanley H Lowell lack D Weiler Honorary President Richard Ravitch Laurence A. Tisch Past Presidents George Klein Rabbi Israel Miller Daniel Shapiro Honorary Officers Malcolm Hoenlein Executive Director Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz Lester Pollack Alan H. Posner Nancy Rubinger Lewis Rudin Michael Saperstein Liliane Shalom Howard Squadron Ruth Stahl Richard Stone Alan Weiler Louis Weiser Louis Yavner Seymour Zises MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS American Gathering and Federation of lewish Holocaust Survivors American lewish Committee American lewish Congress American Sephardi Federation Amit Women Association of Bronx lewish Community Councils Concourse-North Bronx lewish Community Council Co-op City lewish Community Council Parkchester-Unionport lewish Community Council lewish Community Council of Pelham Parkway Riverdale lewish Community Council Associated Manhattan lewish Community Councils United lewish Council of the East Side United lewish Council of the Lower West Side Upper East Side lewish Community Council Washington Heights-lnwood lewish Community Council West Side lewish Community Council Bnai Zlon Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York Coalition to Free Soviet lews Conference of lewish Organizations of Nassau County Council of lewish Organizations in Civil Service Council of lewish Organizations of Staten Island Emunah Women of America Federation of lewish Philanthropies Hadassah Herut Zionists of America lewish Labor Committee lewish War Veterans Labor Zionist Movement Labor Zionist Alliance National Committee for Labor Israel Pioneer Women National Council of lewish Women National Council of Young Israel New York Board of Rabbis Poale Agudath Israel Queens Jewish Community Council Religious Zionists of America Suffolk lewish Communal Planning Council Union of American Hebrew Congregations Union of Orthodox lewish Congregations United lewish Appeal of Greater New York United Synagogue of America Westchester Jewish Conference Women's American ORT, District II Women's Branch-UOJC Workmen's Circle Zionist Organization of America The ICRC is a beneficiary of the UIA-Federation loint Campaign May 12, 1986 Hon. Chio Hecht 302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator, On behalf of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater New York, representing 52 major Jewish organizations in the metropolitan area, we want to thank you for the vote you cast to disapprove the sale of sophisticated weaponry to Saudi Arabia. We fully concur that it is not in America's best interest to supply arms to any nation that undermines American goals in the region and remains in a state of war with Israel. The Saudis, in particular, have consistently undermined efforts to arrive at a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict while funneling billions of dollars and political support to the PLO and other terrorist elements bent on Israel's destruction and attacks on US interests. The message to the Saudis and to others will be clear: America will not be an indiscriminate arms merchant and will not be allayed by hollow pledges or threats of blackmail. We applaud the position you have taken on this issue and support your continuing efforts to reject this proposal. Sincerely yours Peggy Tishman President Nina Rosenwald Chairman, Commission on Israel and International Concerns Malcolm Hoenlein Executive Director