IN THIS ISSUE:

HIGHLIGHTS:

1) FRESH

2) Los Judios de Cuba

3) Mix it up Suite Meals

4) Lalekhet Friday Night Services

5) Hillel Theater Group

6) Becoming Americans:Writing The Immigrant Experience - A Columbia University event

1) FREE Screening of FRESH, the movie

October 22nd, 7:30 pm

Rennert Hall, Hillel Building (606 W. 115th St)

FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

Sponsored by Hillel Social Justice as part of 350 @ Hillel: A Week of Climate Action.

**Part of the Hillel Film Festival **

2) Los Judios de Cuba

October 27th, 7:00 pm

Rennert Hall, Hillel Building (606 W. 115th St)

Los Judios de Cuba Premiere Film Screening

Join us for the New York City premiere of Los Judios de Cuba (The Jews of Cuba)with Director and producer, Milos Silber, will be at the screening and host a Q&A after the film. Through interviews and footage of life and scenes in Cuba, Los Judios de Cuba is a documentary telling the story of Cuban Jewry in a post-revolutionary Cuba. This film portrays the transformation of Jewish life and identity in Cuba, and highlights the struggles and achievements of Jewish culture and faith for Cuban Jews today and for the future. Cosponsored by: Columbia/Barnard Hillel, University Council of the Cuban American National Foundation, and Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association.

**Part of the Hillel Film Festival **

3) Mix-It-Up Suite Meals!

On Friday, November 6, the Shabbat Meals Committee invites you to come and join as a host or as a guest and participate in Mix-It-Up Suite Meals! We will be putting everybody into groups and then you will eat Shabbat dinner in small groups in people's suites and apartments. No need to worry about cooking- all the food will be provided by Aramark. There are 2 steps to sign up, and please make sure to do both.

1. Please email suitemeals@gmail.com  (Please note that this email address is different than our committee's usual email. We will just be using this one to keep track of the sign ups for this event.)

-If you would like to be a GUEST, please send us your name and your email address. (If you would like to be paired with a friend, then please also send us the name of one friend. You definitely do not need to do this, we are just leaving it as an option for those who would prefer it.)

-If you would like to be a HOST, please send us your name, your email address, and the maximum number of people that you can host. (If you will be hosting the meal with anybody else, please let us know the names of the other people so that we place one group of guests with you, and we don't give you each groups of guests.) The DEADLINE for this sign up is THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 at 5 pm.

Remember to do this part of the sign up you just need to email us!

2. You also have to SIGN UP and pay for your meal just as you would for any other week ONLINE. In order to do so, please sign up on the HILLEL WEBSITE. (If you do not have any kind of meal plan, then you will have to do this part of sign up by going to the Aramark office in Hewitt.) This sign up can ONLY be done between Monday, November 2nd and Thursday, November 5 at noon. Once you do step 1 we will email you and remind you to do step 2.

We are so excited for your participation in this event! Please feel free to spread the word to any friends who you think might be interested. If you have ANY questions please feel free to email mailto:shabbatmeals@hillel.columbia.edu

10/22/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
9:00 PM-11:30 PM Off Campus	Hillel Goes to Coolooloosh	Israel Va'ad
7:30 PM-8:45 PM Rennert Hall	FRESH: A Film Screening	Tzedek/Social Action Va'ad

10/23/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
10:00 AM-2:00 PM Rennert Lobby	Open for Business - Kraft Clothing Pantry	Kraft Clothing Pantry
7:30 PM-10:00 PM Lewis Parlor (Barnard)	Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in the Jewish Community	Hillel General
8:30 PM-11:30 PM Cafe Nana (2nd Floor)	Friday Night Hangouts	*GENERAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS

10/24/2009

No public events scheduled

10/25/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
12:00 PM-3:00 PM Off Campus	Lower East Side Historical Tour	Koach

10/26/2009

No public events scheduled

10/27/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
9:00 PM-11:00 PM Rennert Hall	CU Swing Dance Rehearsal	Hillel General
7:00 PM-8:30 PM Rennert Hall	Jews of Cuba Film Screening	Social Va'ad
6:00 PM-7:30 PM Room 400	Nefesh B'Nefesh	Garin Lavi
9:00 PM-10:00 PM 3rd Floor	Study Break	*GENERAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS

10/28/2009

Time and place	Title	Sponsoring group
8:00 PM-10:00 PM Low Steps	Table at Halloween Film Festival	E-board
8:00 PM-11:00 PM 3rd Floor	Watch the World Series at Hillel!	Social Va'ad

Save the date:

 4) Lalekhet Friday Night Services

Join us at 5:40pm on the third floor Kraft Center and experience the spirited Shira Chadasha-style services for which Lalekhet is famous! Kiddush to follow. Contact us to request to lead a service or recite part of Shir HaShirim before mincha. This week we will have the privilege of hearing a d'var Torah from Avram Sand, former Lalekhet board member and current Program Coordinator for Mechon Hadar.

5) Hillel Theater Group

Join us on Sunday October 25 in Kraft room 404 for the first Hillel Theater Group Meeting. We are the only shomer shabbat theater group on campus and produce plays of Jewish interest. No experience is neccessary and all are encouraged to participate. We'll be discussing roles for this semester's production (a collection of one acts.) If you can, bring a monologue of your choosing but if not sides will be provided. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at mrk2119@columbia.edu and aw2322@barnard.edu  We look forward to seeing you there!

Additional information:

6) The Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies and The American Studies Program of Columbia University together with The Library of America presents Becoming Americans: Writing The Immigrant Experience

with Ilan Stavans, Jhumpa Lahiri and Gary Shteyngart

on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.in the Teatro of Casa Italiana,Columbia University 1161 Amsterdam Avenue (south of 118th Street)