Respectful disagreement, she said, is what she encountered when trying to convince Robertson to support keeping pro-choice legislation on the books so the Catholic view of abortion, in which the life of the fetus takes precedence over the life of the mother, would never be imposed on a Jewish woman. The NJC met with Robertson after publication of his book, The New World Order, to discuss its comments questioning the patriotism of immigrants. Stephen R. Silberfarb, deputy director of the NJC's opposite number, the national Jewish Democratic Council, expressed admiration of Halpern as a person, despite their widespread disagreement on public policy. Silberfarb sees NJC as moderate Republicans. She really knows the landscape and knows how to take advantage of changes.
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