Six Jewish organizations will receive citations tomorrow for producing the past year’s best educational films and film strips, it was announced here today by Samuel D, Freeman, chairman of the National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials.
Ira Guilden will present the citations at the Council’s annual meeting to Hadassah, for a film entitled “A Boy Named Ami”; and to the United Israel Appeal for a film called “As Long as I Live.”
Filmstrip awards will go to Commission on Jewish Education of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; the National Council of Jewish Women; Pioneer Women; and the American Zionist Council’s department of Jewish Education and Culture. Honorable mention has been voted by the Council to Albert Barry, for a film entitled “The Ghetto Pillow.”
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