Black support for Mr. Jackson will not affect black-Jewish relations in the future.

Their deaths were considered martyrdom by some, and temporarily strengthened black-Jewish relations.

Nor is anyone forgetting that black-Jewish relations have not been the smoothest.

It comes at a bad time for black-Jewish relations, says Time, particularly in New York, always "fretting" about race.

"We're going to see in this campaign, and it's unfortunate, a testing of black-Jewish relations," Mr. Stein said.

The tensions reached their worst point last spring, becoming a methaphor for black-Jewish relations nationwide.

About urban riots, school desegregation and the breakdown of black-Jewish relations.

Given the fragile state of black-Jewish relations, candidates have a special duty to avoid appeals to prejudice.

He used some of his most forceful language to date on the tender issue of black-Jewish relations.

Recently, for instance, Emerge sponsored a live telecast of a seminar on black-Jewish relations at which the magazine was distributed to members of the audience.