The Tarbut Hebrew school here was evacuated during Israel Independence Day celebrations last week when a time bomb was discovered on the premises after an anonymous telephone warning. Police dismantled the bomb and the celebrations were resumed without further interruption.
The incident coincided with ceremonies at the Presidential residence where President Jose Lopez Portillo presented the Elias Sourasky awards to three Mexican academicians for outstanding work in science, art and literature. The President and Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda also sent cables to President Yitzhak Navon in Jerusalem congratulating Israel on the 34th anniversary of its independence and expressing hope for peace in the Middle East.
The awards are a grant from the Sourasky Fund established 20 years ago by Elias Sourasky to foster education and science in Mexico. This year’s winners are: Raul Marsal in science; Francisco Zuniga in arts; and Jaime Sabines in literature.
Elias Sourasky, a leading Mexican banker and philanthropist, was born in Bialystok, Poland. He settled in Mexico during World War I after living for a time in the United States. He established the Tarbut Hebrew School in the name of his late parents.
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