Hello everyone!

Welcome (or welcome back) to Columbia/Barnard Hillel! We hope you’re as excited as we are to start the busy semester! There’s so much going on at Hillel and we encourage you to come check things out, say hi, tell us your ideas, and meet our new staff members. See below for some program highlights!

Shabbat shalom!

--Karen Plotkin
Senior Director of Programming 

[Highlights]:

1) Welcome Back Brunch: Diner Style
2) [STUDY] BREAK IT DOWN is back! 
3) Want to go to Israel for FREE???
4) Arts on the Move - - Graffiti program
5) Opening Meeting of Avanim – Hillel's Literary Magazine
6) Stay tuned for Friday Night Hangouts
7) Join the Hillel Inter-cultural Committee!

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Where’s that? 606 115th Street, between Broadway and Riverside, across from Schapiro Hall.

Who? Everyone who wants some delicious food and company.

When? Sunday, September 7, 12 pm.

2) [STUDY] BREAK IT DOWN is back! 

Every Tuesday night at 10pm Hillel will spice up your week with an awesome study break.  Come get the year started with STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE this Tuesday, September 9, on the 3rd floor of Hillel (115th Street between Broadway and Riverside, across from Schapiro).  For more information, email social@hillel.columbia.edu. 

3) Want to go to Israel for FREE???

Join Columbia/Barnard Hillel’s Taglit-Birthright Israel trip!

Registration opens on September 10th – sign up early!

Never been on an organized peer trip to Israel before?  Are you between 18-26 years old?  Want to experience Israel with your Columbia/Barnard peers, and make new friends as well?  Hillel's Campus Explore Israel Trip is the program for you!  This 10-day trip will give you the chance of a lifetime to explore the land and the people of Israel, FOR FREE!

WHEN? Winter Break

WHAT? ISRAEL! For Free!

HOW? Go to www.freeisraeltrip.org and be sure to choose “Campus Explore Israel Trip” – register on September 10.

Any questions?  Email Benjamin at benjamin@hillel.columbia.edu as soon as possible.

And don’t forget to join our Facebook group for updates:  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=25981919038  

4) Arts on the Move - - Graffiti program

Do you love art?  Working with kids? Take advantage of this great social action opportunity!

Come to a graffiti-making workshop run by artist Dani Mozeson!  We will teach pediatric patients how to create stencils in order to tag and personalize their wheelchairs. This fantastic project is available for 15 Columbia/Barnard students, who will help facilitate the workshop and work one-on-one with Mozeson beforehand to formulate their own designs.

There will be a mandatory info session with Mozeson on Wednesday, September 10th at 8:00pm at Hillel. The workshop itself will take place on Friday, September 19th at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian. We will meet at Hillel to go together. (Exact timing TBD – the event will likely be from late morning to early afternoon).

To sign up for this exciting two-part program, email Chanel at cd2303@columbia.edu.  Spots are limited! 

This program is a partnership between Arts on the Move and Columbia/Barnard Hillel.  For more information on Arts on the Move, visit http://www.avodaarts.org/index.php?page=programs-arts-on-the-move. 

5) Opening Meeting of Avanim – Hillel's Literary Magazine

Do you love to write? Do you often find yourself writing about things that are close to your heart, such as your Jewish experiences or time you've spent in Israel? Do you express yourself through photography or drawing or painting?

Avanim is a Jewish publication for Columbia/Barnard/JTS students to express themselves through writing and art — a forum where Jewish writers and artists can share their work with other Jewish students, as well as with the Jewish and overall campus community.

Come on out to our first meeting of the year on Sunday, September 14th at 7:30 in Bishop Library on the second floor of the Kraft Center to discuss ways to get involved with this wonderful publication and bounce around program ideas for the upcoming semester.

Check out our latest issue at: http://www.hillel.columbia.edu/avanim2008.pdf

If you have comments or questions, or if you just want to express your enthusiasm for this exciting publication, email Aaron at agr2114@columbia.edu. Looking forward to seeing you!

6) Stay tuned for Friday Night Hangouts

Friday Night Hangouts will be back next week!  Get ready for some serious hanging out with Hillel time.  More info to follow.  Questions?  Email social@hillel.columbia.edu. 

7) Join the Hillel Inter-cultural Committee!

Interested in connecting to students from various cultural and faith backgrounds in the Columbia community? Join the Inter-cultural committee and explore your interests in various inter-cultural and inter-faith dialogues. You can establish relationships with other campus faith groups, throw dialogue based events, or just bring people together to hang-out and connect to various communities.

If you're interested in joining the committee e-mail Josh at: 

vpi@hillel.columbia.edu. Looking forward to hearing from you!

09/04/2008

No public events scheduled

09/05/2008

No public events scheduled

09/06/2008

No public events scheduled

09/07/2008

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
12:00 PM-2:00 PM Gottlieb Terrace	Welcome Back Brunch: Diner style	E-board
6:30 PM-8:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	Opening Eat for Israel	LionPAC

09/08/2008

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
7:30 PM-8:15 PM Room 400	Tzedek Info Session	Tzedek/Social Action Va'ad

09/09/2008

No public events scheduled

09/10/2008

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
9:00 PM-10:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	In Session	Wednesday Night Learning Program
7:00 PM-9:30 PM C555	Cooking Class	Social Va'ad

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