Hey Everyone!

I hope everyone is surviving midterms.  Hillel has lots of great distractions for you! Purim starts Monday night and there are wonderful activities planned for the holiday. Please see the blurb below for the Purim schedule.

For more updates during the week, check out the Hillel blog www.andthoushaltblog.blogspot.com.

Good luck with midterms. Have a great weekend and Shabbat Shalom.

Marnina Cherkin
Program Coordinator

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Highlights

1)   Apply ASAP to be a JelLO Coordinator or Leader
2)   2009 Purim Schedule
3)   Hillel Formal Tickets on Sale
4)   Friday Night Hangout with S'madar!
5)   Jewish Education Workshop
6)   The State of Zionism Today
7)   Avanim Submissions
8)   LionPAC Lobby Mission
9)   Yom Hashoah Commemoration Planning Committee
10) Yom Hazikaron Commemoration Planning Committee

CALENDAR:
See this weeks events!

Additional Information

1) Brown Bag Lecture: Through the Lens of Auschwitz: Re-Writing the German-Jewish Past in Postwar Germany

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1) Apply ASAP to be a JelLO Coordinator or Leader
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 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.
Applications for coordinators are due tonight! Applications for leaders are due next Friday.
Go to: www.hillel.columbia.edu/jelloapps to access your application today. Questions? Email Marnina marnina@hillel.columbia.edu

2) Purim Schedule:
Purim this year starts on Monday night, March 9th. Here is the schedule of events for the holiday:
3/9/09 7:40pm – Megillah Reading
Women’s Tefillah – 5th Floor Auditorium of Hillel (open to all women)
Koach (Conservative) – Rennert (Basement of Hillel)
Yavneh (Orthodox) – Lerner Cinema  (2nd floor of Lerner Hall) (non-CUID holders need to be added to a guest list because of Lerner Hall security. Please email rellife@hillel.columbia.edu to add a guest)

3/9/09 9:30pm - Purim Extravaganza Party
When:  9:30pm-midnight
Where: Lerner Party Space
FREE Food, Music, Costume Contest with Prizes and general balagan!
***Non-CUID guests should email rellife@hillel.columbia.edu to added to the guest list for Purim Night in Lerner Hall (i.e. Yavneh Megillah Reading and Hillel-Wide Purim Party. ‎)

3/10/09 – 7:00am - Services and Megillah Reading
Koach (Conservative) – 5th Floor Auditorium (Hillel Building)
Yavneh (Orthodox) – Rennert (Hillel Building)

3/10/09 – 12:00-2:00pm – Purim Seudah (meal)
Join all of your friends for a delicious Israeli-style Purim lunch from Golan Heights, along with trivia, games, prizes and more. 
Where: Rennert Hall, Hillel Building
When: 12pm -2pm
Cost: $5  Payment can be made to the Hillel office, Gabe Seed or the Koach Co-chairs, Womens Tfillah and Yavneh boards.
The Seudah is sponsored by Koach, Womens Tefillah, Yavneh and the Religious Life Vaad

3) Hillel Formal Tickets on Sale
A Red Carpet Event! Hillel's annual formal will on Thursday, March 26 from 9-12 in Rennert Hall. Buy tickets online today at http://cuarts.com/calendar/view/type/4/event_id/1819 or at CUArts or the 3rd floor of Hillel! Get excited!

4) Friday Night Hangout with S'madar!
This week @ 8:40PM on the 3rd floor of the Hillel Building with special guest S'madar!
Special treats this week for Purim!

5) Jewish Education Workshop
Ever wanted to know how to lead services or read from the Torah?  Join the Jewish Education Workshop for their kick-off event, March 8 at 12pm (5th floor Hillel), and learn how!  Come make your own PB n'J with our jams, peanut butter, marshmallow fluff, and more!  Plus, enjoy some music, meet fellow participants and teachers, and fill out sign-up sheets so that you can get started!  Interested in being a teacher for the workshop?  Please contact Mitzi Steiner at mss2171@barnard.edu.  Sponsored by the Education Va'ad, BMC, Kesher, Koach, Lalekhet, WNLP, Women's T'fillah, Yavneh. 

6) The State of Zionism Today
When: Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 PM
Where: Fifth floor of the Hillel Building (606 W115 Street)
Are we in a Zionist era, a post-Zionist era, or even a post-post-Zionism era? What do these terms even mean today? The Hillel Israel Committee, the Columbia Current, and Garin Lavi invite you to a lecture on this topic by visiting Professor Derek Penslar. Dairy dinner will be provided.

7) Avanim Submissions
Avanim, Hillel's Jewish literary magazine, is currently accepting submissions for the spring edition - photography, poetry, original artwork, short stories (800 word limit). Submissions are due March 10th, 2009, and can be sent to avanim.magazine@gmail.com.

8) LionPAC Lobby Mission
Interested in the political process?  Want to make an impact on decisions made by our lawmakers in Washington, DC?  Join LionPAC and fellow activists on this FREE trip to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress and promote pro-Israel legislation. This daytrip to Washington provides an opportunity to meet important decision-makers in Washington for anyone who is interested in the political process.  Sign up soon because registration closes Sunday March 8th!  If you have any questions, please contact Sara Ashman at sa2420@barnard.edu.
To sign up, go to http://www.lionpac.org/rsvp.

9) Yom Hashoah Commemoration Planning Committee
Interested in getting involved in planning the Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) commemoration and other related programming? Please email Michal at education@hillel.columbia.edu to join the committee.

10) Yom Hazikaron Commemoration Planning Committee
Interested in helping to plan Hillel's Yom HaZikaron ceremony? Yom HaZikaron is Israel's memorial day, when we come together to remember those soldiers who gave their lives fighting for Israel. This year, Hillel's ceremony will be on the evening of April 28 in Rennert Hall (606 W 115 Street). If you are interested in helping to plan this important event or want to participate, please e-mail Brandon Hammer,  Israel Coordinator, at israel@hillel.columbia.edu.

03/05/2009

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

03/06/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
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
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bishop Library (2nd Floor)	Interfaith Journal on Religion Meeting	Interfaith/Intercultural

03/07/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
12:15 PM-2:30 PM Room 400	Lunch 'n Learn	Koach

03/08/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
12:00 PM-2:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	Jewish Education Workshop Orientation Lunch	Lalekhet - Jewish Law and Modernity

03/09/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
9:00 PM-12:00 AM Lerner Party Space	Purim Party!	Religious Life Va'ad

03/10/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
12:00 PM-2:00 PM Rennert Hall	Communal Purim Meal	Religious Life Va'ad

03/11/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
6:30 PM-8:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	The Status of Zionism Today	Israel Va'ad
9:00 PM-10:00 PM 5th Floor Auditorium	Learning Session	Wednesday Night Learning Program

Save the date:

Additional information:

1) INSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL & JEWISH STUDIES - BROWN BAG LECTURE
MICHAEL BRENNER Professor of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich
Through the Lens of Auschwitz: Re-Writing the German-Jewish Past in Postwar Germany
Friday, March 13, 2009
Fayerweather Hall, Room 513
at 12:00 noon