Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Jewish News of Detroit, winner of the first annual Smolar Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism, donated part of his award–a $500 check–to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Journalism intern program. The other part of the award, a plaque, “will be hung up in my office,” he said, laughing. Addressing some 2000 delegates and guests attending the banquet of the 41st General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, Slomovitz said the check “represents a challenge to help aspiring young Jewish journalists enter the field where they are so vitally needed to ensure continuity.”
He noted that this challenge was met two years stration of the territories. He said that IL 33 million were invested in industries established there since the Six-Day War and noted that the chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee estimated that the territories cost Israel IL 138 million a year.
“I say it costs even more.” Sapir said, adding, “And all this is done while we are under attack for not doing enough to close the social gap in Israel, eliminate the slums and provide education for the underprivileged.” Sapir said he was unalterably opposed to Dayan’s proposal to build a harbor city in the southern Gaza Strip at a time when Israeli towns are not fully developed.
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