Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Nice guy finished second VTMBH Article: Author Adam Dickter VTMBH Article: Publication Jewish Week VTMBH Article: Original Language English VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section elec02 VTMBH Article: Blurb In retrospect, the McCall campaign was too cautious and lacking focus, according to some politcal observers. They criticized McCalls campaign for downplaying the historic nature of his candidacy as the states first black major-party candidate for governor. Some fear backlash over weak Jewish support. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Hes visited Israel several times and was the first state comptroller to invest state pension funds there. And he has been as staunch a supporter of Jewish causes as he has been an ally to top Jewish elected officials and community organizations. But on Tuesday, Democrat H. Carl McCalls effort to win over the Jewish community was about as successful as his overall, uphill battle to unseat Republican Gov. George Pataki. In the end, his attacks on Patakis ethics and performance proved unconvincing, and his promise to get New York moving again did not resonate at a time when the state has been progressing by most objective standards since Pataki took office. Although the most important factor in the race was Patakis popular incumbency and the lack of a defining negative issue against him, McCalls campaign was widely viewed as lacking. The McCall campaign has been just awful, said David Obel, a Jewish attorney who pulled the lever for Pataki in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, although he otherwise voted the straight Democratic ticket. Hanina Sperlin, an activist in the Crown Heights chasidic community, said that while McCall made some strong overtures, he did not focus a lot on the Jewish community. He went to Israel, said some of the right things, but I dont think the campaign took the Jewish community very seriously, said Sperlin. One Jewish Democrat with inside knowledge of the campaign said there were too many cooks in McCalls kitchen, pulling him in different directions. There wasnt anything in that campaign that was focused or coordinated. Nobody ever knew who was in charge. McCalls campaign was managed by Allen Cappelli, a former communications director to Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, and co-chaired by Sandra Frankel, supervisor of the upstate town of Brighton, and Al Del Bello, a former lieutenant governor and Westchester county executive. Also playing prominent roles were spokesman Steve Greenberg, Eric Eve, a Buffalo political activist, and Bill Lynch, a former deputy mayor. Hank Sheinkopf, a top Democratic strategist, was fired from the campaign shortly after the September primary. From my perspective, the campaign was well-coordinated, although the limited resources impacted the intensity of the effort, said Frankel, who was named co-chair after quitting the race for lieutenant governor. She said McCalls visit to Israel and his focus on education, an issue near and dear to all New Yorkers, had resonated in the Jewish community. The Democratic insider said, however, that McCall failed to relate his affable and compassionate manner to the Jewish community. He is a mensch, and somehow he came across as a lemishke, said the Democrat, using Yiddish terms for gentleman and nerd, respectively. He is bright and capable but just never took off. Other observers say McCalls campaign was ambiguous about the historic nature of his candidacy as the states first black major-party candidate for governor. They were too cautious … too worried about whether white voters would be willing to vote for him, said Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party, which endorsed McCall. White voters had to be given a reason, and [he] never articulated a progressive platform that could excite working class white voters who didnt particularly like Pataki. Cantor said McCalls campaign allowed Independence Party candidate Tom Golisano to become the foremost attacker of Pataki on social issues, such as the strict Rockefeller drug laws. They allowed themselves to be outflanked on the left on both the left wing and right wing, he said. Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron, an African-American whose district is mostly black and Hispanic, said McCall should have highlighted his race, rather than downplaying it. He should have said Vote for me because Im impeccably qualified …and Ill make our race proud, said Barron. If he would have played not the race card, but race pride, his campaign would have a movement quality as it did for Jesse Jackson for president and David Dinkins for mayor … Rather than a traditional campaign where you go to clubs and look for endorsements. Some say even if McCall had made all the right moves, his efforts still would have been fruitless because of the funding gap. He was buried by tons of money, said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, an early McCall backer whose district includes parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan. On the day after the primary [McCall] had $1.5 million, Pataki had $25 million. … Normally you have to define yourself. Pataki had free rein to define Carl negatively. Nadler added that Pataki made very specific overtures to normally Democratic constituencies and to issues that motivate Jews to vote for Democratic candidates. Jews are motivated by providing for poor people. He noted that Pataki starred in a taxpayer-funded commercial highlighting the Child Health Plus program, which provides free insurance coverage for kids. In communal circles, some leaders are quietly voicing fear that the low level of Jewish support for McCall will generate a backlash among African Americans that could further strain relations between the two groups. But Rabbi Marc Schneier of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding said he believed Jews supported McCall more than other white ethnic groups. I believe Carl McCall would be the first to openly acknowledge the support the support he has received from the Jewish community. Barron said he believed that not just Jews, but white Democrats in general have shown a reluctance to support minority candidates for major offices. He noted that Dinkins won only 18 percent and 24 percent of white votes, respectively, in his two mayoral elections, and Ferrer won only nine percent in last years primary. If Jews voted 50-50 [for McCall and Pataki] thats better than the [overall] white vote, but not as good as it ought to have been, he said. <i>Associate editor Jonathan Mark contributed to this report.</i> VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-08 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nice guy finished second 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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