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Volume 9, No.4 Summer 1991 NEWS AND INFORMATION Public Lectures Buddhist-Christian-Jewish Dialogue 227 A series of four public Buddhist-Christian-Jewish conversations, free and open to the public, will be held around the state of Indiana. These conversations are intended especially for interested members of academic and religious communities. The series includes the following dialogues: 1) "Interfaith Relations and World Peace," a Buddhist-Christian conversation between Masao Abe and Marjorie Suchocki, November 8, 1991, Purdue University, West Lafayette. 2) "Interfaith Dialogue and the Future of Theology," a Buddhist-Christian conversation between Masao Abe and Wolfhart Pannenberg, April 23, 1991, Earlham College, Richmond. 3) "Interfaith Perspectives on the Holocaust, God and Evil," a Buddhist-Jewish conversation between Masao Abe and Richard L. Rubenstein, November 11, 1992, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. 4) "The Inteffaith Encounter of Zen and Christian Contemplation," a BuddhistChristian conversation between Masao Abe and Keith 1. Egan, April 1, 1993. Masao Abe is a leading figure in the Kyoto School of Buddhist thought in Japan and has become one of the world's foremost Buddhist philosophers involved in the Buddhist-Christian-Jewish dialogue in Asia, the United States, and Europe. He will be in residence at Purdue University from Fall 1991 through Spring 1993. For more information about the Interfaith Dialogue Series contact: Donald W. Mitchell, Purdue Interfaith Project, Department of Philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1360. Fellowships Yad Hanadiv and the Barech Foundation Fellowships In an effort to enhance the quality of courses, instruction, and research in Jewish Studies at universities throughout the world, a visiting fellowship program has been established by Yad Hanadiv and the Barecha Foundation. Fellowships are awarded each year to scholars in Jewish Studies who hold non-tenured university positions or who have received tenure after 228 SHOFAR September 1990. Fellows will spend a year in Israel participating in a structured program in their field of study. Candidates wishing to apply for a fellowship for the academic year 1992/1993 must meet the following criteria: maximum age of 40 by September 1, 1992; fluency in Hebrew; permanent, non-Israeli residence abroad; involvement specifically in the teaching of courses in Jewish Studies. The fellowships for 1992/93 will be in the amount of $20,000. The deadline for applications is November 30, 1991. For information and application forms write to: Yad Hanadiv/Barecha Foundation Fellowships, 16 Ibn Gvirol Street, Jerusalem, Israel 92430. Touro National Heritage Trust Fellowship The Touro National Heritage Trust of Newport, Rhode Island, in cooperation with nearby learned institutions in New England, will offer one three-month fellowship in 1992-93 for research on some aspect of the Jewish experience in the Western HemifPhere prior to ca. 1860. The Touro Fellowship is open to scholars from any country, and candidates may be engaged in pre- or post-doctoral, or independent, research. The fellowship carries a stipend of $900 per month, plus a research travel reimbursement allowance of up to $300. The Touro Fellow must be prepared to participate in symposia or other academic activities and may be called upon to deliver one or two public lectures. For information and application forms, write to: Director, John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912. Telephone: 401-863-2725. Deadline for application is January 15, 1992. Rose and Isidore Drench Fellowship The Yivo Institute for Jewish Research is'offering the Rose and Isidore Drench Fellowship to post-doctoral scholars conducting research in American Jewish History at the YIVO library and archives. Special consideration will be given to individuals who are working on aspects of the Jewish labor movement. The stipend is $2500 for a one- to three-month period in 1992. Deadline: December 1, 1991. For application information contact: Jessica Kligman, (212) 535-6700. Talmud Text Databank The Saul Lieberman Institute for Talmudic Research of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in Jerusalem has established the Sol and Evelyn Henkind Talmud Text Databank with the goal of entering on Volume 9, No.4 Summer 1991 229 computer all manuscript evidence, as well as early printed editions, of the Babylonian Talmud for dissemination to scholars of rabbinics. The institute, directed by Professor Shamma Friedman, was founded through grants...