****•1•1111•11•11115-D IGIT 02906 241 01/ 31 /95 ** 26 R. !. JEWISH HISTORI CA L ASSOC IA 130 SESSIONS ST. PROVID ENCE RI 02906 Rhode Island Jewish Special Occasions HERALD PAGE 10 & 11 The Only English-Jewish Weekly in Rhode .Island and Southeastern Massachusetts VOLUME LXIV, NUMBER 50 CHESHVAN 29, 5755 /THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1994 . 35t PER COPY Israeli-Jordan Treaty Guarantees Normalization JERUSALEM- (JT A) In the with weapons for self-defense. peace treaty signed on Oct. 26 Water: Israel agreed to pro­ by Israel and Jordan, the two vide Jordan annually with 1.4 sides pledged to achieve and billion cubic feet of water from guard a peace based on liberty', the Yarmuk River. Israel will equality, justice, honor and ba­ provide an additional 350 mil­ sic rights. lion cubic feet of water to Jor­ What follows are key points dan from desalination of brack­ of the agreement between the ish water sources near the Sea two countries, base9 on reports of Galilee. in the Israeli press: In addition, the two coun­ Border demarcation: Israel tries will construct two dams on will return more than 120 square the Yarmuk and Jordan rivers. mile!, of previously disputed The two sides will seek interna­ land to Jordan. The two coun­ tiona l financing for these tries agreed to overall bound­ projects, which could yield an ary definitions created in 1921 additional 3.5 billion cubic feet during the period of the British of water annually. Mandate. Security: Neither side will Gang Way! They also agreed ·that Israeli join alliances that could threaten A member of the Providence Rugby Club carries the ball, while a player ~om Harv~rd farmers would not be forced off the security of the other. They Business School tries to tackle him. Providence, 8-1-1, won the game easily and W1l1 be traveling landscurrentlybeingcultivated. also agreed not to allow other to Virginia this weekend for the playoffs. The club is celebrating their 25th anniversary. Story Jordan accepted some 12 square nations to deploy within their on page 16. Herald photo by Neil Nachbar miles of land in the Arava in borders to threaten or attack the exchange for these lands. other country. Other areas will come under The two countries also agreed Jordan sovereignty, but will be to take all necessary and effective Doctoral Conservative Leader Aims to immediately leased back to Is­ measures to counter terrorism. rael for a period of 25 years, Refugees: Israel agreed to with an option to renew. consult with Jordan before it Fellowships Recruit Jews in Hollywood These areas include 500 acres negotiates the fate of refugees by Tom Tugend Horowitz touted the gathering farmed by Kibbutz Tzofar in the from the 1948 War of Indepen­ Available LOS ANGELES (JTA) - as "the first identifiable conser­ Arava and 200 acres near the dence, an issue Israel is sched­ The National Foundation for Whenever David Horowitz is vative event in Hollywood in a Yarmuk River at Naharayim in uled to discuss in the final-sta­ Jewish Culture has announced asked how to advance the con­ generation." the north. Israeli police will be tus talks with the Palestinians. the availability of doctoral dis­ servative cause in America, he The meeting carried the im­ allowed to enter these areas (Continued on Page 19) sertation fellowships in Jewish answers, "Recruit more Jews." primatur of two of its sponsors, studies for the 1995 to 1996 aca­ When Horowitz recently or­ William Buckley's National Re­ demic year. ganized a Conservative Sum­ view and the Center for the These highly competitive mit tci do battle with the "liberal Study of Popular Culture, a Los awards have been made yearly establishment" in Hollywood, Angeles-based conservative to deserving doctoral students he must have been delighted think tank, headed by Horowitz. since the program's inception that some of the sturdiest bat­ The center d elights in in 1961. To date, the NFJC has tlers in the ranks were indeed skewering the "liberal bias" of granted fellowships to more Jewish. the Public Broadcasting Service than 400 scholars who today The formal theme of the Con­ and most else in the American form the core of theJewishstud­ servative Summit, which took media. ies professorate- at American place on a mid-October week­ The mood of the 250 partici­ universities. In 1994, the foun­ end, was "The Dream llactory pants seemed that of a belea­ dationawardeda totalof$75,000 and the American Dream: Hol­ guered minority fighting coura­ to 10 recipients nationally. lywood and American Culture." geously against Hollywood's Applicants must be citizens But beyond this innocuous title, (Continued on Page 19) or permanent residents of the United States and must have completed all academic require­ Carpe Diem! ments for the doctoral degrees A "Volunteers For Israel" program departs for Israel on Nov. 14. except the dissertation. Prefer­ The price is a surprise- $599. The trip is being organized by the ence is given to individuals pre­ Bureau of Jewish Education of Rhode Island. paring for academic careers in The flight will depart from Newark Airport. "Volunteers" is a Jewish studies, although occa­ 23-day program of volunteering on an Israeli base. It is open to sionalgrantsareawarded to stu­ those 18 and older. dents in other fields of humani­ . The program offers world Jewry the chance to participate in the ties or social sciences who dem­ national effort of the Jewish people in the state of Israel. Volunteers onstrate a career commitment will participate in various duties currently being performed by to Jewish scholarship. overburdened Israelis, thus lightening their load by volunteer efforts. She's Sweet On Dinosaurs The amount of the grant, The trip will also include organized tours, educational lectures, which is for one academic year, evening programs and more. Rebecca Engel perches proudly beside a dinosaur she ranges from $6,000 to $8,000. If there is sufficient interest, a two-week program may be created from sugar syrup on blue construction paper. Rebecca Recipients will be selected by arranged. calls her creation a "Sugar-o-saurus." To learn more about a the NFJC's academic advisory For more information, call Ruth Page at the Bureau of Jewish local dinosaur epedemic turn to page 20. committee, chaired by Robert Education of Rhode Island at 331-0956, or contact the Volunteers Herald photo by Aliso11 Smith (Continued on Page 19) office in New York at (212) 643-4848. l 2 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1994 1-NSIDE THE OCEAN STATE R.I. Foundation Announces nity health center, we know .Recipients of Feinstein Award good nutrition is an integral part of good health." The Nu­ Wood River Health Services, $6,000 to the charities· of his tritious Nook Food Pantry was the Blackstone Valley Emer­ choice. established in 1983 through a gency Food Center, and the The awards are named for joint effort of the center and Reverend Emil John of .Provi­ Cranston philanthropist Alan community members. It pro­ dence were honored recently Shawn Feinstein, who is- well vides three- to seven-day food with the prestigious 7th annual known for his anti-hunger ef­ packages which are nutrition­ Feinstein Community Service forts in Rhode Island as well as ally balanced, based on a Award for their exemplary ef­ for his support to community model formulated by staff nu- forts combatting hunger in service programs in the state's . tritionists. · Rhode Island communities. schools. Past winners have in­ The Rhode Island Founda­ The two organizations will cluded, among others, Amos tion convened an advisory r.eceive $5,000 cash awards and House, McAuley House, Provi­ committee to select the Check It Out John will be able to direct dence7 n-Town Churches, and awardees, using as its criteria the R.I. Food Bank. the individual or agency's long A representative of the Newport Yachting Center (left) March Down To John established the Trinity history of service, , creative or presents a check for $12,000 to United Cerebral Palsy. The Soup Kitchen 12 years ago to innovative programming and money was raised during the recent Octoberfest celebration. The Job Fair provide Sunday night suppers effective management of re­ when other soup kitchens are sources. The Rhode Island National seldom in operation. The pro­ Assisted Living Center Opens Guard and the Rhode Island gram, which is now based at Committee for Employer Sup­ the Salvation Army's Commu­ "The Courtyard" at The Vil­ "The Courtyard" is an as­ port of the Guard and Reserve nity Center in South Provi­ Recycle for lage at Waterman Lake is open­ sisted living facility designed will sponsor the third annual dence, has served more than ing on Nov. 10. specifically to meet the needs Milita~y Job Fair, Nov. 9, from 100,000 people. A~vent House 'of clients suffering from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the War­ The Blackstone Valley Emer­ Advent House,' a nonprofit Alzheimer's disease. It is the wick Armory, Airport Road, gency Food Center is a fully­ homeless shelter, is sponsoring first such facility in Rhode Is­ Warwick. volunteer program serving an aluminum can recycling land. The job fair wil l feature over people in Pawtucket, Central drive. Call 949-1333 to arrange for 40 employers from the Rhode Falls, Cumberland and Lincoln. The_ organization is asking a visit or tour. Island area who have available The center is the result of the consumers, particularly those positions with their companies. support of 14 churches plus who are hosting meetings or Mothers of Twins Also featured at the job fair Project Hope and Proyecto Es­ parties, to drop off aluminum are seminars on resume writing peranza, who pooled their food cans at the house, 102 Linwood Support Each Other as well as application and inter­ and FEMA checks to distribute Ave., Providence.