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Manger Prize Emphasizes Place
of Yiddish in the Jewish World
By MOSHE RON
The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent
TEL AVIV — The 13th
annual awards of the Itzig
Manger Prize for Yiddish
literary creation was used
by the President of Israel,
Yitzhak Navon to appeal to
the population for unity be-
tween the ethnic groups in
the country and for mutual
understanding. His speech
in the crowded hall of the
Habima Theater in Tel Aviv
made a big impression.
The ceremony took place
two weeks after the Knesset
elections and the population
was still affected by the
stormy election campaign.
Navon, a Sephardi, called
for unity. He spoke in He-
brew, but the prize honored
Yiddish literature and it
was a festive day for Yid-
dish.
Present also were the
chairman of the World
Zionist Organization, Leon
Dulzin; the mayor of Tel
Aviv, Shlomo Lahat; the
general secretary of the
Histadrut, Yerukham
Meshel; actor Marc Turkov
from Argentina and many
Yiddish writers in Israel.
Dulzin stressed in his
speech the importance of
Yiddish for Jewish life
not only in the Diaspora
but also in Israel.
Lahat, a Sabra and a
former general in the Israeli
army said that in the same
way that the Hebrew lan-
guage became younger
through the state of Israel,
the Yiddish language be-
came older through the
Holocaust. Therefore we
have to treat the Yiddish
language with the same re-
spect given Hebrew for its
contribution to the nation
and its renaissance. The
Itzig Manger prize, created
in Israel, is the best proof for
this, he said.
Lazar Ran, a Yiddish
author from the United
States, told the audience
about the years he spent in
the Soviet exile camps,
where he met many Jews
who lived their special life
in the Caucasian Moun-
tains and Tadzikistan. They
preserved their special Yid-
dish language, which saved
them from assimilation.
Writer Abraham Kar-
pinowitz reminded the
audience that the Yiddish
language stood up
against the executioners
of the Holocaust. The
Yiddish word was badly
injured, he said, but the
Yiddish writer should
hold up his head and
build again, stone by
stone, a Yiddish light to-
wer.
Poet Bunim Heller was
awarded the Manger Prize.
Anni Litton, who has ap-
peared for 50 years on the
Yiddish stage, received an
honorary prize. A prize was
also awarded to the Yiddish
poetess Malka Hafetz-
Tausman from the U.S.
Sephardi Leader
to Fund Volume
JERUSALEM (JNI) —
Veteran Sephardi leader
Eliahu Eliachar has estab-
lished a $200,000 fund to fi-
nance the writing of a his-
tory of Sephardi and Orien-
tal Jews since their expul-
sion from Spain in 1492.
The writing, which will
include contributions of the
Sepharilim to the land of Is-
rael, will be supervised by a
committee of the Hebrew
University, the World
Sephardi Federation and
the Jerusalem Sephardi
Council.
Women's Parley
in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JNI) —
Twenty-five women from
North America arrived in
Israel recently for a 10-day
seminar on contemporary
women's problems.
The Council of Women's
Organizations in Israel pre-
pared a wide-ranging pro-
gram of meetings with
women from different walks
of life.
Israeli's Kibutz
Sector Prospers
JERUSALEM (JNI) —
Kibutzniks total 3.5 percent
of the overall Jewish popu-
lation of Israel, and 21 per-
cent of the farming popula-
tion, according to a recently
released pamphlet from the
Israel Information Center.
Yet despits its relatively
small size, the kibutz sector
supplies 40 percent of Is-
rael's agricultural output as
well as five percent of all
industrial products.
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