Subject: Columbia/Barnard Hillel Announcements
Date: 02/14/2008
Hi everyone!
Hope you enjoyed the snow earlier this week and that you managed to stay relatively dry during the rainstorms! It's definitely warm and dry in Hillel, so stop by anytime and see what's going on!
Shabbat shalom,
--Karen Plotkin
Senior Director of Programming
IN THIS ISSUE:
[Highlights]:
1) Israel at 60 Kickoff Party!!
2) Melavah Malkah
3) Friday Night Hangout
4) Is Torah Recyclable?
5) Study Break
6) Final Call for Submissions to the Hillel Art Show 2008!
7) Bone marrow drive
8) Celebrate Purim Katan with a HILLEL-WIDE CARNIVAL
9) Free Summer Trip to Israel: Register Today!
10) Idol and Ice Cream
[Calendar]
See this week's events
[Additional information]
1) Register NOW for the CLIP program
2) Applications for the new editorial board of THE CURRENT are now available!
3) New York area Hillels trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC
1) Israel at 60 Kickoff Party!!
Play to Win a Free Trip to Israel!
We're celebrating Israel's 60 years! Come kick off a series of events highlighting Israel's achievements and world contributions.
Play Who Wants to be a Millionaire with the chance to Win a Free Trip to Israel!
Israeli music and food! Israeli dance lessons provided by Shalhevet!
Learn about upcoming events, including: Human Rights, Cultural Diversity, Technological Development, Women's Empowerment, Black History, Gay Activism, and more!
Sunday, February 17
8:00-10:00 pm
Rennert Hall, Kraft Center (606 W. 115th Street between Broadway and Riverside)
How to play Millionaire:
Email your name to ecn2113@columbia.edu or drop your name in the raffle when you arrive at the event. Contestants will be chosen by lottery. Winner will compete with winners from other schools.
2) Melavah Malkah
Feb. 16th, 6:30 pm
We Jews love Shabbat so much, we don't want it to leave. That's why after Shabbat on February 16th, we are all coming together for a Melavah Malkah!
What's a Melavah Malkah, you ask? It's a chance for us to come together to sing, dance, tell stories, speak words of Torah and rejoice.
Featuring: Rabbi Danny Nevins leading a drum circle.
Where: The Kraft Center (115th between Broadway and Riverside), 5th floor
When: After Shabbat, Saturday February 16th, about 6:30pm
Why: Because we love Shabbat!
3) Friday Night Hangout
Hillel is hanging out all night in Cafe Nana. Stop by anytime between 8pm and midnight to have some cookies, tea, and learn how you can go to Israel this summer with Birthright!
4) Is Torah Recyclable? Guidelines for Geniza in the Modern World
This Friday Night at 9 PM, Rennert Hall
The Jewish people have always regarded our physical texts with the utmost respect. With modern printing methods from Gutenberg to Xerox, we are producing more Torah texts than ever before. Is there room for the traditional Jew to address growing ecological concerns while remaining authentic to the letter of Halakha? Please join Rabbi Dave and Tzedek Hillel for an in depth study of the issues from a traditional Halakhic perspective.
5) Study Break
Make Your Own Hamentashen!
As always, every Tuesday come eat yummy food at 10pm on the 3rd floor of the Kraft Center (115th St between Broadway and Riverside, across from Schapiro).
6) Final Call for Submissions to the Hillel Art Show 2008!
If you would still like to submit work to the Hillel Art Show: "All Actual Life Is Encounter," please email artshow@hillel.columbia.edu for an application and for more info. Final submissions are due by Monday February 18! All Barnard, Columbia, JTS students are invited to apply.
Mark your calendars for the show's OPENING: FREE RECEPTION AND VIEWING. MARCH 6 from 6-8pm at the Kraft Center.
7) Bone Marrow Drive TUESDAY at Hillel
Save a life! Come take a few minutes out of your day for bone marrow testing. It requires a simple, painless, and quick procedure, and you'll be in and out in minutes!
This Tuesday, February 19, from 12-6pm in Rennert Lobby (basement) of the Kraft Center (606 W. 115th Street between Broadway and Riverside, across from Shapiro).
Looking forward to seeing you there!
8) Come Celebrate Purim Katan with a HILLEL-WIDE CARNIVAL
When: Wednesday February 20th from 7- 9pm
Where: Room C555 Lerner Hall
Who: Raw Elementz and a band featuring Daniel Freedman and Daniel Bendavid.
What: Food, games, prizes, and raffle with all proceeds going to the Met Council on Jewish Poverty.
What is Purim Katan? Funny you should ask. Purim Katan occurs only during Jewish leap years and it falls out one month before regular Purim. It is known as little Purim for that reason.
Costumes are encouraged in the spirit of the holiday. What will you wear?
9) Free Summer Trip to Israel: Register Today!
WHAT: 10 free days of summer-time exploration in Israel! Camel rides, swimming in the Dead Sea, entering Jerusalem for the first time, exploring religion, politics, culture, and more. And it?s actually free! To be eligible you need to be an 18-26 year-old Columbia/Barnard student, Jewish (one parent on either side will do just fine), and this needs to be your first peer Israel trip.
WHERE: Israel!
WHEN: mid May (post finals)
FMI: D'ror Chankin-Gould, jic2110@columbia.edu
REGISTER TODAY: http://www.hillel.org/israel/travel/bri_hillel/brim.htm
10) Idol and Ice Cream
WHAT: Wanna watch American Idol with other fellow fans while eating ice cream? Eat ice cream and ogle at other people's obsessions? Join us for an awesome time.
WHERE: Kraft Center, 606 W. 115th St., 3rd Floor
WHEN: Thursday February 21st 8:00pm
FMI: jic2110@columbia.edu
02/14/2008
No public events scheduled
02/15/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
8:00 PM-11:30 PM
Cafe Nana (2nd Floor) |
Oneg |
Social Va'ad |
02/16/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
5th Floor Auditorium |
Melavah Malkah! |
Religious Life Va'ad |
02/17/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
7:45 PM-10:00 PM
Rennert Hall |
Israel at 60 Kickoff Party |
Israel Va'ad |
02/18/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
7:45 PM-8:45 PM
Room 404 |
Shiur with Rav Yair Kahn |
Beit Midrash Program |
02/19/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Rennert Lobby |
Bone Marrow Drive |
E-board |
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Lerner Cinema |
Towards Israel at 60: Speaker |
Israel Va'ad |
10:00 PM-11:30 PM
3rd Floor |
Study Break |
Social Va'ad |
02/20/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
7:00 PM-9:30 PM
C555 |
Purim Katan Carnival |
Hillel General |
9:00 PM-10:00 PM
5th Floor Auditorium |
In Session |
Wednesday Night Learning Program |
Save the date:
Additional information:
1) Register NOW for the CLIP program!
The Collegiate Leadership Internship Program (CLIP) is a competitive, paid, summer internship experience in New York City for Jewish college undergraduates. CLIP matches interns with meaningful and engaging internships at a variety of for-profit, non-profit, and Jewish communal organizations throughout the city. Interns spend four days a week during the summer engaged in a professional work environment and one day a week with their fellow CLIP interns in meaningful, peer-driven, seminars with some of the city's best and brightest leaders.
CLIP is open to rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors who attend school in the NYC area or have permanent residency within a 50 mile radius of NYC. To learn more and apply, please visit the CLIP website at www.nyu.edu/bronfman/clip.
Applications are due no later than Friday February 22nd and received on a rolling basis.
2) Applications for the new editorial board of THE CURRENT are now available!
Columbia's journal of politics, culture and Jewish affairs, THE CURRENT runs thoughtful articles on a wide variety of subjects. If you're interested in publishing about anything from human rights to international affairs, literature, the arts, New York City, and religion--get involved with us!
Check out our application and website at [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/].
And if you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with David Feith at djf2103@columbia.edu.
3) New York area Hillels trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC
Saturday Evening, March 8, 2008 through Sunday, March 9, 2008
New York area Hillels are sponsoring a trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. for Jewish students and students of color. The students will leave New York on Saturday night, March 8, and will be staying overnight at the Holiday Inn, Greenbelt, MD. On Sunday, March 9, the students will visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and return to New York on Sunday evening. One bus will be leaving from Brooklyn College Hillel and one bus will be leaving from Queens College Hillel. There will also be a pick-up and drop off stop at NYU Hillel in Manhattan.
The cost is $40.00 per student. The requirement is that this be a first time visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for the student. An interview will be necessary with a Hillel staff member, and each student must fill out a personal information form found on the web (http://www.qchillel.org - click on ?Holocaust Trip? tab on top of page complete all fields , click submit and end by clicking continue and if you encounter any problems, please call 718-793-2222).
If interested, please contact Karen at karen@hillel.columbia.edu. DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 25th!
