Hey Everyone!

I hope everyone had a great week! Make sure you check out the new Hillel Blog www.andthoushaltblog.blogspot.com. The 3 Rabbi Panel is this weekend and has three amazing speakers on it.  There is also a free Matisyahu concert on campus and a bagel brunch sponsored by Garin Lavi. Hope to see you around Hillel!

Have a good weekend and Shabbat Shalom!

Marnina Cherkin
Program Coordinator

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Highlights

1) Register ASAP for a FREE Israel Trip!
2) JelLO Coordinator and Leader Applications are Now Available
3) Garin Lavi Bagel Brunch
4) Three Rabbi Panel
5 FREE Call+Response Screening and Live Concert with Matisyahu
6) Crazy Communal Purim Seudah (Meal)

CALENDAR:
See this weeks events!

Additional Information

1) Silence of the Lambs? New Voices of Religious Environmentalism
2) Batsheva Dance Company at BAM
3) Call for Multimedia Curators

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1) Register ASAP for a FREE Israel trip!
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 free! To be eligible you need to be 18-26 years old, a Columbia/Barnard student,  and this needs to be your first peer Israel trip.
WHERE: Israel!
WHEN: May/June (after finals)
HOW: Register now through Friday, February 27 at www.freeisraeltrip.org and choose the Campus Explore Israel trip!
QUESTIONS?  Email Chanel at cd2303@columbia.edu

2) Applications for JelLO Leaders and Coordinators are Now Available
Did you love first year orientation? Do you want to meet the incoming first year class? Do you want to be part of their first experiences at Columbia/Barnard Hillel? If so, you can apply now to be part of the JelLO leadership team. This is a great opportunity to introduce Columbia and Barnard to the class of 2013! And it's a lot of fun!

The 3 coordinators plan the entire orientation experience for the first years, plus first year programs through the year. The 20 or so leaders are  required to help out with the JelLO weekend specifically. Please look at the JelLO applications for more specifications. Go to: www.hillel.columbia.edu/jelloapps to access your application today. Questions? Email Marnina marnina@hillel.columbia.edu

3) Garin Lavi Bagel Brunch!
Like Israel? Like Bagels? Come meet other students thinking about aliyah (moving to Israel). Eat bagels at Garin Lavi's first event of the semester.
When: Sunday, March 1, at 11 A.M.
Where: Room 400, Hillel (606 W 115 St.)
 Hope to see you there!

4) Three Rabbi Panel
THE FUTURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
Three Diverse Perspectives from a THREE RABBI PANEL
When:  Sunday, March 1st  @ 6 PM
Where: 5th Floor in the Hillel Building (115th between Broadway and Riverside, across from Schapiro)
Come engage in a riveting conversation about the future of the Jewish people with major leaders of the Jewish community, featuring prominent Conservative, Orthodox, and Reform rabbis.  The panel will feature: Rabbi Saul J. Berman, Rabbi Daniel Freelander, and Rabbi Judith Hauptman.
Q & A to follow. Bring any and all questions!
Free dinner will be served!
This event is co-sponsored by Hillel Education Committee, Kesher, Koach, Yavneh, BMC and the Religious Life Committee.

5) FREE Call+Response Screening and Live Concert with Matisyahu
Thursday, February 26 @ 7:00 pm
Miller Theater - Columbia University (doors open at 6:30pm)
Join us as we continue the conversation on morality, by looking at the modern human trafficking industry.  We'll explore the value and the nature of human beings through music, photography and film. Award winning recording artist Matisyahu will kick-off and close the evening with a live concert.

CALL+RESPONSE (www.callandresponse.com) is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals that there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in 2007, Slave Traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined.  This is a particularly important conversation for Columbia since thousands of slaves are trafficked through New York. Justin Dillon, creator and director of the film, will be there to talk about the modern day slave trade. The photography project Sex and Money: a Global Search for Human Worth, will also be featured.

Free tickets will be available at the Lerner Hall Box Office (non-CU ID tickets are limited)
Co-sponsors for the Veritas Forum include InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Remnant Christian Fellowship, Korean Campus Crusade for Christ, and Columbia Students for Christ. Co-sponsors for this event include Columbia/Barnard Hillel Social Justice, Blue Key Society, and Ferris Reel.

6) Hillel's Crazy Communal Purim Seudah (Celebratory Meal)!!!
Join all of your friends for a delicious Israeli-style Purim lunch from Golan Heights, along with trivia, games, prizes and more.  The appointed time and place, by Royal Decree, is 12-2 pm on Purim Day, Tuesday, March 10, in the Rennert Hall Presidential Palace, basement of the Hillel Building. 
All this for a nominal charge of $5.  Look for online RSVP info soon.  Payment can be made to the Hillel office, Gabe Seed or the Koach Co-chairs , Womens Tfillah and Yavneh boards.
Sponsored by Koach, Womens Tefillah, Yavneh and the Religious Life Vaad

02/26/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
6:45 PM-7:45 AM Room 403	Women and Halacha with Miera Levinson	Beit Midrash Program

02/27/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
9:00 PM-11:00 PM Other space	Gayava Kiddush	Gayava
8:00 PM-12:00 AM Cafe Nana (2nd Floor)	Friday Night Hangout	*GENERAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS
9:00 PM-11:59 PM Beit Midrash	Tea & Torah	Beit Midrash Program

02/28/2009

No public events scheduled

03/01/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
1:00 PM-3:30 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	Israel and Jewish Identity Workshop	Tzedek/Social Action Va'ad
5:00 PM-9:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	3 Rabbi Panel	Cultural/Education Va'ad
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Room 400	Bagel Brunch!	Garin Lavi
4:00 PM-6:00 PM 511 Kent	Gayava Study Break!	Gayava

03/02/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
8:30 PM-9:15 PM Beit Midrash	Conclusion (Siyum) of Tractate Megillah	Beit Midrash Program

03/03/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
7:00 PM-8:00 PM Cafe Nana (2nd Floor)	Cafe Ivrit	Israel Va'ad
6:30 PM-8:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	The Druze of Israel	Israel Va'ad
9:00 PM-10:00 PM 3rd Floor	Study Break	*GENERAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS

03/04/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
9:00 PM-10:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	Learning Session	Wednesday Night Learning Program

Save the date:

Additional information:

1) Silence of the Lambs ? New Voices of Religious Environmentalism
Moderator: Prof. Robert Pollack, Director, CSSR
Do you care about the environment? Are you passionate about sustainability? Are you a person of faith? Is there a connection?
Join faculty, activists and students with environmental concerns and religious interests for an informal interfaith discussion on the connection between faith and environmentalism.
Is there a theological basis for it? Care for creation? The morality of sustainability? Social Justice? Spirituality and nature?
Is the religious voice loud enough on the environment? Is it embraced by the environmental movement? if not, why?
Come to listen and to share your own beliefs, feelings and experiences!
Refreshments will be served.
Thursday, February 26th, 6-7:30 PM. The Postcrypt Coffeehouse (in the basement of St. Paul's Chapel. Enter through the left side entrance and walk down the stairs).
For details, contact rf2241@columbia.edu
The event is organized by the Interfaith fellows of the office of the University's Chaplain, The Center for the Study of Science and Religion and the Sustainable Development PhD Student Group.

2) Batsheva Dance Company at BAM
Under the artistic direction of American-Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, Tel Aviv’s world-renowned Batsheva Dance Company thrills us with this dizzyingly fast, audacious, and sensual new work, Max.  Marvelously skewed solos melt into sprawling ensembles, in playful, sexy movements at BAM.  
Naharin and his dancers represent a vibrant contemporary Israeli culture, and we hope that you and your community will be able to join us in support and celebration of the troupe’s new program.  With this in mind, I wanted to remind you about BAM’s incredible Student Rush program.  BAM offers $10 tickets to students under 25, the day of a performance.  To purchase tickets, you can call BAM Ticket Services (718.636.4100) beginning at 3pm the day of show to confirm that student rush will be offered. Then, come to the BAM Box Office no earlier than 90 minutes prior to the performance time to purchase your tickets.

3) CALL FOR MULTIMEDIA CURATORS
If you were around in the 05-06 school year, you most likely remember collision—from the subway party on the way to Brooklyn to partying in an art-filled warehouse/former bathhouse with more than 1,000 of your classmates right after finals ended.  If not, you might have heard of collision. Neither of the above? Read on. [Of course, read on even if the above applies to you.]
collision is a not-for-profit arts and multimedia festival organized  by Columbia students for Columbia students.  It used to be an annual end-of-the-year tradition.  The last time collision saw the light of day [or night], however, was in 2006.  [collision was miniaturized into minilision in 2007 and was the last gig Vampire Weekend had before they blew up.] This year, we're bringing it back.
collision is made possible by student curators, artists, musicians, dancers, slam poets, technicians, guerilla publicists, and all around awesome people, and we need you to help out!
Until February 25 we will be calling out to all interested curators [no experience necessary, just commitment]. As a curator of dance, spoken word, visual arts, film, or music, you will be responsible for finding and curating as many Columbia artists as possible for collision on Friday, May 15. E-mail collision09@gmail.com as soon as possible if you are interested.