Subject: Columbia/Barnard Hillel Announcements
Date: 10/23/2008
Hey Everyone!
I hope everyone had good holidays. Hillel is back in action and we have lots of programs going on! This Friday is our first Friday Night Hangout of the year. Our social va'ad has promised a great time. Next week there are lots of exciting events taking place. Check out the blurbs below!
Shabbat Shalom
Marnina Cherkin
Program Coordinator
IN THIS ISSUE:
Highlights:
1) Friday Night Hangouts kick off this Friday!
2) Kosher Deli Focus Group
3) Guatemala for Spring Break?
4) Eating out/Eating in: Jewish Gentile Boundaries over Food
5) A RED, WHITE, and BLUE Study Break!
6) Save the Date! Dance for Revolution
7) Hillel's LASERTAG EXTRAVAGANZA Committee
8) Limmud NY 2009: For Jews of All Stripes
Calendar:
See this week's events!
1) Friday Night Hangouts kick off this Friday!
Get ready for some FUN SCHMOOZING and FREE DESSERT this Friday night, October 24 at 8pm at Cafe Nana at the Kraft Center (606 W115th St btwn Broadway and Riverside, across from Schapiro)
2) Kosher Deli Focus Group
Have an opinion about The Kosher Deli at Columbia? Participate in a Kosher Deli Customer Focus Group! Visit www.tinyurl.com/KosherDeli to register. Just one hour! Participants will receive FREE lunch and 15 FREE Dining Dollars. Hosted by Columbia University Dining Services.
3) Guatemala for Spring Break?
Want to have a meaningful Spring break? Join Hillel and the American Jewish World Service for an alternative break to Guatemala. Application deadline is November Friday, November 21st at 5pm. Please go to: http://www.hillel.columbia.edu/template.php?name=asb for more information. Have questions: email Marnina marnina@hillel.columbia.edu
4) Eating out/Eating in: Jewish Gentile Boundaries over Food.
Monday, October 27th. 6:45 pm
Rm. 400 in the Kraft Center (606 115th street)
Come learn with Rabbi Ethan Tucker of Yeshivat Hadar! Dinner will be served! In this shiur, we will look at a range of sources that grapple with how to maintain Jewish distinctiveness amidst the realities of Jewish-Gentile coexistence and integration. Come learn this ancient topic that endures with contemporary relevance.
Sponsored by Lalekhet and Koach.
5) A RED, WHITE, and BLUE Study Break!
Getting excited for the election? Get ready for a RED, WHITE and BLUE study break next week! Whether voting for Obama, McCain, or Tina Fey, come at 10pm on October 28 to the 3rd floor of Hillel (606 W115th St btwn Broadway and Riverside, across from Schapiro)
6) Save the Date! Dance for Revolution
What: Dance for Revolution: Dance the night away for a great cause!!
All Women's Dance Extravaganza to benefit the Center Against Domestic Violence (CADV) in New York
When: Tuesday, October 28, 9-11 PM
Where: Rennert Hall, Kraft Center (115th St. between Broadway and Riverside)
Featuring:
*Performances by Raw Elemenz and Shalhevet*
*Dance Party!*
*Auction*
$5.00 Entrance Fee
7) Hillel's LASERTAG EXTRAVAGANZA Committee
Hillel will be hosting a LASERTAG EXTRAVAGANZA! Interested in planning it for November 20? Contact Marit at social@hillel.columbia.edu
8) Limmud NY 2009: For Jews of All Stripes
A 4-Day Festival of All Things Jewish in the Catskills January 15-19, 2009
Get away Martin Luther King Weekend with 1,000 Jews of all ages and backgrounds. Celebrate the rich diversity of Jewish life, culture, ideas and perspectives. Choose from 300+ sessions - including up to 15 at any given time - including lectures, hands-on workshops, open forums on hot topics, text study, crafts, music, film, yoga, nature walks, a variety of Shabbat services, and more. Or just hang out, relax, network, eat, meet new friends and grow your Jewish world at Limmud NY 2009, January 15-19, 2009. Student Fellowships are available for full-time undergraduate and graduate students, making the price $209 for Friday-Monday, or $244 to come Thursday night. Read about the fellowship here: http://www.limmudny.org/content/view/75/99/
For more information, and to go with other Columbia/Barnard students, contact Benjamin (who’s been to Limmud many times and LOVES it and will happily talk your ear off about it) – benjamin@hillel.columbia.edu. (Financial assistance available.)
10/23/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Room 400 |
Impact Aliyah info session |
Garin Lavi |
10/24/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
7:15 PM-9:00 PM
Student Suite |
Koach Suite Meals |
Koach |
10/25/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
11:15 AM-11:30 AM
Rennert Hall |
Kiddush |
Yavneh |
10/26/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
8:00 PM-9:00 PM
Cafe Nana (2nd Floor) |
Nana Nights presents...S'madar! |
Cultural/Education Va'ad |
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Room 400 |
Chanel's Reading |
Avanim |
10/27/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
8:30 PM-9:15 PM
Kent |
GlobeMed Information Session |
Tzedek/Social Action Va'ad |
6:45 PM-8:00 PM
Room 400 |
Eating Out/Eating In: Jewish-Gentile Boundaries around Food |
Lalekhet - Jewish Law and Modernity |
10/28/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
9:00 PM-11:00 PM
Rennert Hall |
Dance for Revolution |
Yavneh |
10/29/2008
Time and place |
Title |
Sponsoring group |
7:30 PM-8:45 PM
303 Hamilton |
Political Parlor - Election Update |
LionPAC |
9:00 PM-10:00 PM
5th Floor Auditorium |
In Session |
Wednesday Night Learning Program |
8:30 PM-9:15 PM
Kent |
GlobeMed Info Session |
Tzedek/Social Action Va'ad |
8:30 AM-8:40 AM
Rennert Lobby |
Rosh Chodesh Breakfast |
Yavneh |
Save the date:
Additional information:
THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE and CARDOZO ISRAEL ALLIANCE invite you to attend a conference at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
IS PEACE POSSIBLE?
POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
A Panel discussion Moderated by
HILLEL FRADKIN
Director, Center for Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, Hudson Institute
with
Martin Kramer
Wexler-Fromer Fellow, The Washington Institute
Shibley Telhami
Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development,
University of Maryland
Monday, November 10, 2008
6:30 pm Registration and Reception
7:00 pm Program
Please register online at www.adl.org/mideast-conference
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Avenue, at 12th Street
New York City
The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies Presents:
Prebiblical Traditions - Literary Archeology, Tuesday 10/28
Topic: "Stand still, O sun" (Joshua 10:10-15): Literary Archaeology and the Unearthing of Prebiblical Traditions
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 8:00 p.m Lecture with Yair Zakovitch in the Rotunda, Low Memorial Library, Columbia Universtiy
Yair Zakovitch is The Father Iakeji Otsuki Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Krueger Family Visiting Professor, Columbia University
