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When Johnny Carson was honored Sunday night at a celebrity-studded dinner to raise money for scholarships in his name to Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he noted that a large telescope was being built in Hawaii and said: “Even with that telescope, I still wouldn’t be able to see why Hebrew University is honoring this Gentile.” Jihan Sadat, the wife of slain Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, praised Carson as “an American who is a household name throughout the world, a man who has humorously chided us for our shortcomings and brought laughter into our lives.”