Smolar Award
Winners
Announced

New York (JTA) — Winners
of the Smolar Awards for Ex-
cellence in North American
Jewish Journalism for 1986,
sponsored by the Council of
Jewish Federations, were an-.
nounced recently.
In the human interest cate-
gory, winners were Michael
Elkin, Jewish Exponent
(Philadelphia), for a three-
part series "Jews in TV;" and
Marilyn Silverstein, Jewish
Exponent, for her piece
"Homeless Jews: Hard to
Find, Hard to Help — But in
Need."
In public affairs, Rabbi
Irving Greenberg of the
National Jewish Resource
Center for Learning and
Leadership won for his syn-
dicated essay "Will There Be
One Jewish People by the
Year 2000?"
In the magazine category,
Fredda Sacharow of the
Jewish Exponent won for her
article "Examining Medical
Technology in the Light of
Jewish Law" and Marc Silver
of B'nai B'rith International
Jewish Monthly was cited for
his article "Life After Tay-
Sachs," examining the deci-
sion to abort a fetus detected
to have the disease.
A special citation was
awarded to Richard Yaffe of
The Jewish Week of New
York in recognition of his life-
long service to the Jewish com-
munity through journalism.

Survey Says
Anti-Semitism
High In Quebec

Montreal (JTA) — Anti-
Semitic sentiments are more
prevalent in Quebec province,
and in its largest city, Mon-
treal, than elsewhere in
Canada, according to a recent
survey by B'nai B'rith. The
lowest incident is in British
Columbia.
The B'nai B'rith 1985
review reported that from
1983 to 1985, an average of
22.4 percent of Montreal
residents felt Jews have too
much power, compared to 16
percent in Toronto and 5 per-
cent in Vancouver.
In Montreal, 14.2 percent of
respondents to a poll said
they would not vote for a Jew,
compared to 7.1 percent in
Tbronto and 4.5 percent in
Vancouver. On a province-
wide basis, 19.6 percent of
Quebec citizens would not
vote for a Jewish candidate.
The percentage was 7.1 in On-
tario and only 2 percent in
British Columbia.
Although there has been a
decline in anti-Semitic in-
cidents nationwide, 16.4 per-
cent of Canadians in 1985
thought Jews have too much
power compared to 12.7 per-
cent in 1984 and 13.5 percent
in 1983.

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