Berl Coralnik, correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in Jerusalem and dean of the foreign correspondents in Israel, was feted tonight by the Association of Journalists here on the occasion of his 60th birthday Mr. Coralnik is president of the Association.
Tributes to Mr. Coralnik’s journalistic integrity and objectivity were paid at the dinner by Moshe Shapiro, Israel Minister of Religious Affairs and Social Welfare, Mayor Gershon Agron and others. Messages of congratulations were received from Israel President Itzhak Ben Zvi, Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog and Speaker of the Knesset Joseph Sprinzak.
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