Spielberg Receives SCOPUS Award

December 1986

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has received the Scopus award of the American Friends of the Hebrew University.

“He’s being honored for his accomplishments and humanitarian efforts,” said Lee Cohen, spokesman for the charity that honored Spielberg at a $3,000-per-plate scholarship fundraising dinner.

Presenting the award, named for Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus, was Israeli Gen. Ezer Weitzman and actor Richard Dreyfuss, who starred in Spielberg’s blockbusters "Jaws" and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

... Gala attendee (and former Scopus Award winner) Barbra Streisand was the honorary chairwoman, and the powerhouse dais included Spielberg's wife, actress Amy Irving; master of ceremonies Richard Dreyfuss; former honorees Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence; Quincy Jones; George Lucas; Whoopi Goldberg; Harrison Ford (who never, but never attends parties); John Williams; and Michael Jackson ...

Backstage, the principals gathered for a photo opportunity:

Stars pose at Scopus Award

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