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ews across America were nine-year growth. Earlier this
asked by their rabbis to year, Mazon awarded emergency
give the money they grants totaling $105,000 to feed-
would have spent on food during ing programs in Rwanda and the
the Yom Kippur fast to an orga- former Soviet Union.
nization which helps feed the
hungry in the United States,
Israel and other countries.
The annual appeal by Ma-
zon: A Jewish Response to
Hunger creates a bridge be-
tween Jews' voluntary fast
on Yom Kippur with the in-
voluntary fast of millions, say
Mazon officials.
Because of the anticipat-
ed success of the appeal, Ma-
zon will grant $875,000 in
October to hunger-fighting
agencies that provide imme-
diate food assistance and
work for effective, long-term
. solutions to hunger and
poverty.
In the former Soviet Union,
The grants will bring Mazon's food packages were provided for
1994 total to $1.75 million, con- thousands of elderly Jews in re-
tinuing the organization's steady mote villages.

Artit•icas Bring Kids Together

n Israel, Jewish and Arab
will learn to respect
children do not attend classes and care for animals. 1.400 -
together and they rarely ,
Grants from Is-
interact.
rael's Ministry of Educa-
But they're getting a
tion and the Fellowship for
tion
chance to participate to-
Jewish/Arab Youth are paying
gether in a new "Kids
for the "Kids Care About An-
Care About Animals" . 4 imals" program.
program conducted by
"As Judaism has long
the Concern for Helping
recognized, fostering pos-
Animals in Israel (CHAT)
. itive attitudes and behav-

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Finally,
A Home Victory

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srael's soccer team ended a
frustrating five-year dry
spell earlier this month.
The Israelis' 2-1 victory over
Poland in a European Champi-
onship Group 1 qualifying game
at Ramat Gan was their first in-
ternational win at home since
1989.
It was March 1989 when Is-
rael topped visiting New
Zealand 1-0 in a World Cup
qualifier. Some 42,000 fans
watched that match. Only 3,500
saw the Israelis' win over
Poland.
Striker Ronnen Harazi
scored both Israel goals against
Poland, one in each half.
"This win has boost-
ed our confidence no
end," said Israel
coach Shlomo
Scharf.

organization, which is
p celebrating its 10th
anniversary.
A– Twice a month, Jew-
ish and Arab elementary school
children will be bused
to a shelter operated
by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. There, they

ior toward animals
contributes to the devel-
opment of a more hu-
mane society and an improved
quality of life for all living things,"
said Nina Natelson
of Alexandria, Va.
CHAI's founding direc-
tor.

anukah arrives
early this year —
Nov. 27 to be exact
— so it really isn't too
soon to start thinking
about a special gift for the
special person in your life.
Noise Cancellation
Technologies is hoping to
make a splash with what
it calls a "high-tech
Chanukah gift," the
NoiseBuster.
The NoiseBuster is a
portable lightweight
headphone which re-
duces low-frequency nois-
es while leaving speech,
music and the ring of a
telephone audible. It can
be used with a portable
cassette or disc player.
This is the NoiseBuster.
For further informa-
tion on the NoiseBuster
or to purchase one, call (800) 278-3526. But don't talk too loudly.

Names Needed For Encyclopedia

he first Jewish en-
cyclopedia written
in the Russian lan-
guage since the end of
the 19th century is in
the works, and the
American Jewish Com-
mittee (AJC) has lent its
support.
The AJC is seeking
the names of American
Jews of Russian origin
or Russian Jewish im-
migrants who settled
in the United States
whose prominence in
political, economic, sci-
entific, religious, social
or cultural fields war-
rants their inclusion
in the Encyclopedia of
A gathering of Russian Jews.
Russian Jewry.

Names and relevant
biographical material
should be sent to Russ-
ian Jewry Encydopedia
Project, American Jew-
ish Committee, Office
of European Affairs,
1156 Fifteenth Street,
N.W., Washington, DC
20005.
The materials will be
forwarded to Professor
Herman Branover of
Ben-Gurion University
in Israel, who is direct-
ing the encyclopedia
project under the aus-
pices of the Russian
Academy of Natural
Sciences.

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Time fa tusioi41

They're Going To Stanford

ast June, American Jews vis-
ited Tunisia on a tour for the
first time. The trip was orga-
nized by the TunisUSA tour corn-
pany of Wayne, Pa., which is offering
a return trip this fall.
The second "Jewish Heritage in Tunisia" tour
will depart from New York on Oct. 25 and return
Nov. 3. It will feature a look at Jewish life on the
island of Jerba. The Jewish community there
traces its history back 2,500 years.
"While quite small, the Jewish community on
Jerba is distinct from other North African Jewish
communities in that its people live side-by-side in
peaceful co-existence with Arabs," said 'TunisUSA
president Jerry Sorkin.
For more information on the "Jewish Heritage
in Tunisia" tour, call (800) 474-5500.

n a Round Up item in the July 29 edition of The
Jewish News, readers learned they could make
contributions to the Oral History Project of the
Secular Yiddish Schools in America.
Project director Martha Krow-Lucal sent a fol-
low-up letter to The Jewish News emphasizing
that the contributions are not going to a private
collection. They will be catalogued and housed
in the Department of Special
Collections of the Stanford
University Libraries in Stan-
ford, Calif
Contributions can be sent to
Stanford University Libraries, De-
partment of Special Collections,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
94305, attention Margaret Kim-
ball, head of special collections.

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