Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

MICHAEL, JUDY, SCOTT &
SINDE BLOOMBERG

EVELYN & AL BROOK

ELSIE C. JAFFE

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happy, healthy
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happy, healthy
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MR. & MRS. PHILIP KATZ

MARCUS & PAULA LAST

nal\I mu'?

to all
our friends
and relatives.

STEVEN, LISA, JAMIE,
BRYAN & MORGAN BINDER

Vay the coming

to all
my friends
and relatives

SYBIL EISENSHTADT

all our family

May the coming
year be filled
with health and
happiness for
all our family
and friends.

and friends.

THE LEITSON FAMILY

year be filled

with health and

happiness for

THE MARK HAIMANN
FAMILY

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JEFF, TONA & BRIAN
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ALAN & CINDY

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We wish our family and friends a
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We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year

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A Very Happy and Healthy
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and Family.
MARVIN & JUDITH DUBIN
DANIEL VICTOR

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

SAM & JUDY JASSENOFF

May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.

NICK GONTE
LEE & DEBBIE GOLANI, KEVIN & BRADD
MICHAEL & LAURIE GONTE, ROBYN & MALLORY
JOYCE & ANN MILLER

NEWS I

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year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

IRVING & LILY BELINSKY

Objections Set
To Israel Prize

CARL ALPERT

Special to The Jewish. News

gainst the shrill back-
ground of political
campaigning in Israel
during the last election,
another and entirely different
kind of public controversy has
commanded continuing pub-
lic attention — the award of
the prestigious Israel Prize
for literature to Emil Habibi.
Those who have followed the
news from Israel are aware
that at the time of the presen-
tation by President Herzog,
the proceedings were inter-
rupted by shouted objections
from Professor Yuval
Neeman, himself a former
recipient of an Israel Prize.
The committee of judges
had hailed Mr. Habibi for his
contribution to belles lettres
through his books which por-
tray the life of Arabs in Israel
today. His presentation of the
political and social realities of
Arab life were termed
outspoken and critical, and a
genuine contribution to con-
temporary Israel literature.
When the judges first an-
nounced their decision there
was hesitation on both sides.
Mr. Habibi was not sure he
wanted to accept, and he was
subjected to severe criticism
from many Arab quarters for
even considering acceptance.
On the other hand, the
Minister of Education, in
whose sphere the awards
belong, was not sure he
wanted to approve. In the end,
both sides agreed, knowing
that a storm was sure to
follow.
In his objection, Professor
Neeman condemned the
award to one who had only
two years before received the
PLO prize for literature from
the hands of Yassir Arafat.
Professor Neeman charged
that Mr. Habibi's works
breathed a deep hatred of
Israel and pictured the coun-
try as deserving to be
destroyed.
Professor Neeman left the
hall and later returned the
prize which he had received
some years earlier.
Other critics noted that Mr.
Habibi had been among the
founders of the Israel Com-
munist Party, which he
represented in the Knesset
for 19 years.
Mr. Habibi had asked for
permission to make public
acknowledgement of the prize
at the time of conferral, but
decision had already been
made to ask another recipient
to respond in behalf of all. In
the prepared speech (which
Mr. Habibi did not deliver) he