The Provincial Government of Quebec honored the Yiddish poet. Melich Ravitch, on the occasion of his 70th birthday with a formal dinner in the Quebec Pavilion at Expo ’67, Jean Noel Tremblay, Minister of Cultural Affairs, who addressed the dinner, said that the work of Ravitch had enriched Quebec. He promised to facilitate making his poetry and other writing available in the French language.
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