Hey Everyone!

I hope you are having a great Passover holiday. Monday, April 20 is Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day. Hillel is holding a commemoration ceremony at the Kraft Center on Monday night which will feature a Jewish partisan, who resisted and survived against the Nazis. This will be followed by a 24 hour name reading of victims of the Holocaust at the Sundial on College Walk. On Tuesday night, Hillel is sponsoring a concert featuring the MOTYL Chamber Ensemble who will be playing music composed and performed in the Terezin concentration camp. We hope to see you at some of these events.

Have a happy rest of Passover and a great weekend. Shabbat Shalom!

Marnina Cherkin
Program Coordinator

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Highlights

1) Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
2) Surviving Suppression: Music from Terezin
3) 24 Hour Name Reading for Yom Hashoah
4) Kraft Center Passover Information
5) The Righteous and the Holocaust

CALENDAR:
See this weeks events!

Additional Information

1) Who Said Genocide Couldn’t be Funny?
2) Blooming Through the Ashes: An International Anthology on Violence and the Human Spirit

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1) Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
Please join us for a commemoration ceremony honoring the memory of victims of the Holocaust. The ceremony will include a conversation with former Jewish partisan Frank Blaichman and will be followed by a 24 hour name reading of Holocaust victims.
When: Monday, April 20th 7:30 PM
Where: Hillel Building, Rennert Hall (606 115th St between Broadway and Riverside)

This year’s Yom Hashoah program has been made possible through the generosity of Columbia/Barnard Hillel board member Dr. J. John Mann, his wife Margot, and the Mann Family in loving memory of his mother Melena Mann, z’’l – a courageous Shoah survivor whose Yarzheit is this month.  

2) Surviving Suppression: Music from Terezin
Recently seen at Carnegie Hall, the MOTYL Chamber Ensemble is coming to Columbia for a unique Yom Hashoah Commemoration event. They will be performing music composed and produced in the Terezin concentration camp, as well as describing the musical and artistic life there. Additionally, the ensemble will present a slide show of photographs from Terezin, as well as original watercolors, drawings and poems from children at the camp.
When: Tuesday, April 21st at 7:30pm
Where: Earl Hall Auditorium

This event is free and open to the public, brought to you by  Arts on the Move and the Columba/Barnard Hillel. For more information, contact marnina@hillel.columbia.edu.

3) 24 Hour Name Reading for Yom Hashoah
There will be a 24 Hour Name Reading Ceremony to memorialize victims of the Holocaust at the Sundial from the evening of April 20th through the evening of April 21st. The event will start directly after the commemoration ceremony in the Kraft Center and continue at the Sundial starting at 10:30pm. Please email education@hillel.columbia.edu if you would like to sign up for a half hour slot to read names aloud.

4) Kraft Center Passover Information
As a reminder: THE KRAFT CENTER IS KOSHER FOR PASSOVER. Please do not bring any food items into the building, unless it has a Kosher for Passover certification.

Building hours this week:
Tuesday, April 14 – 8:00am-10:00pm
Wednesday, April 15 – 8:00am-10:00pm
Thursday, April 16 – 8:00am-10:00pm

Regular building hours resume on Friday, April 17th.

5) The Righteous and the Holocaust
A Light Amidst the Darkness: What does it mean to be a righteous person - even in the most terrifying of times?  Come meet Jewish Holocaust Survivors together with representatives from Poland including Catholics who at enormous risk to themselves hid Jews during WWII. Light lunch will be served.

When: Friday April 17th, 1:30 pm
Where: Café Nana, the Kraft Center

Please RSVP to rabbi@columbia.edu
Sponsored by: Catholic Campus Ministries, Columbia/Barnard Hillel, Office of the University Chaplain.

04/14/2009

No public events scheduled

04/15/2009

No public events scheduled

04/16/2009

No public events scheduled

04/17/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
8:00 PM-11:59 PM Cafe Nana (2nd Floor)	Friday Night Hangout	Social Va'ad
1:30 PM-3:30 PM Cafe Nana (2nd Floor)	A Light within the Darkness	Cultural/Education Va'ad
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

04/18/2009

No public events scheduled

04/19/2009

No public events scheduled

04/20/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
7:30 PM-9:00 PM Rennert Hall	Yom Hashoah Ceremony	Cultural/Education Va'ad

Save the date:

Additional information:

1) Who Said Genocide Couldn't be Funny?
In a world where corporate think tanks dictate public policy, a cold and calculated approach always yields the most sensible result . . .except when the wrong questions get processed.  “Next issue on the docket.  Should we or should we not kill the Jews.  The floor is open for discussion.”
A Modest Suggestion, a new comedy by Ken Kaissar
Who said genocide couldn’t be funny?
Directed by Amy Kaissar
Starring: Paul Domencic*, Ethan Hova, Josh Koenigsberg, Jonathan Marballi, Steven Schellhardt*, and Ken Simon*
3 performances only! Thursday 4/16 @ 8:30pm, Sunday 4/19 @ 8pm, Wednesday 4/22 @ 8pm
At Riverside Theatre (91 Claremont -btwn 120th & 122nd Sts
Admission FREE . . . Reservations: newplays@columbiastages.com
*member Actors Equity Association

2) Blooming Through the Ashes: An International Anthology on Violence and the Human Spirit
The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents:  
Blooming Through the Ashes: An International Anthology on Violence and the Human Spirit (Rutgers University Press, 2008) With editor Clifford Chanin, The Legacy Project; Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York University; and dramatic readings from the anthology
"Much of the literature of the past century is a de profundis on behalf of the desperate and the deprived … it has had the paradoxical effect of raising spirits and creating hope." – Seamus Heaney
This program will explore, through art and staged readings, how societies rebuild and heal through remembrance. 
Wednesday, April 22, 7 P.M.
$10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members
Advance reservations recommended
Presented in honor of Yom HaShoah
Produced in association with Bisno Productions

TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=943284&pl=jewishheritage
OR CALL 646.437.4202

TO RESERVE TICKETS:
On-line:  Visit www.mjhnyc.org  Phone: Call 1.646.437.4202/4203
In Person: Visit the Museum Box Office at 36 Battery Place, Battery Park City, New York.
Advance ticket purchases are recommended. All sales are final. Internet orders are subject to service charges. Programs, performers, dates, and times are subject to change.

GENERAL INFORMATION
1.646.437.4200