Weekly
Announcements
Goodbye, Daylight
Savings...Edition
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November 4, 2010
Parashat Toldot
Candle Lighting: 5:24 PM
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Hi Hillel,
With only two weeks left until Thanksgiving,
we have a lot of great events coming up before the break! At bagel
brunch on Sunday, we will have a special visitor from the Jewish
Historical Society of Greater New Haven giving a special talk. Stay
tuned next week for information about Jews Around the World week,
which will start with a special Shabbat dinner next Friday!
All our best,
Sarah and Edie
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Thursday
Evening Music Series
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Tonight
at 8 PM
Tonight's performance will feature Micheline Soley SC '13
singing classical music and jazz and playing classical guitar. On
November 11, Steven Fiefke will play jazz piano.. The performances
are held in Susman Hall, and always accompanied by desserts.
Contact Jonathan Fisher for more info or if you're
interested in performing.
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Learn
About Jewish New Haven
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Sunday,
November 7, 12-12:45 PM
Learn about the history of Jews in New Haven from the
historians of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven
and Orchard Street Shul. The talk will take place in the seminar
room in the Slifka dining hall. Contact Sam Hamer for more info. |
Torah
on Tap at Mory's (Seniors Only!)
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Tuesday,
November 9, 9-10:30 PM
Presented by
Scroll and Kippah! An intimate discussion with Yale's Jewish
chaplain in the newly renovated Mory's on "Jews and Spirits: The
Use of Alcohol and Religious Search." Please RSVP by Friday to Ben
Chaidell.
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Hillel
Lounge
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Wednesday,
November 9, 9-10 PM
From now on,
Hillel is going to have a weekly lounge (think study break but
cooler) on Wednesdays with different activities. Check out our
second one next week: theme TBD. Contact Sam Gardenswartz for more
info.
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Freshman
Dinner
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Wednesday,
November 9, 6-7 PM
Come eat dinner with your fellow Class of 2014ers. We will be
chilling, meeting people, and planning fun events for the Class of
2014 like movie nights, havdallah parties, trips, and study breaks.
Whether you've ever been to an FPC meeting before or not, come this
week! Contact David Carel or Justine Bunis for more info. |
Shabbat
and Holidays Committee Meeting
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Thursday,
November 11 at 6 PM
The time has come to reconvene to talk about everyone's
favorite winter holiday, Hannukah! So, bring your wonderful ideas
and creativity to dinner at Slifka. Contact Adam Berman for more
info.
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Upcoming
Events with YFI
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Vigil for
Peace
Thursday, November 4 at 7
PM
Come mark the 15th anniversary of Yitzchak
Rabin's assassination with a vigil for peace, which will involve a
very brief service and candle-lighting. November 4th has become a
central day for peace activists in Israel over the years, so please
join us in making a strong statement about our support for a
peaceful future for the region. (In Dwight Hall) Co-sponsored by
Yale Hillel, JStreet, and YFI. Contact Sam Greenberg for more info.
Student Discussion with Yale Student
Roundtable
Israel
and Palestine:
What Should Our Dialogue Look Like?
Saturday,
November 6 at 7:30 PM
What does it mean for Israel to be a
"Jewish" state? What does it mean for Palestine to be a Palestinian
state? What role should the international community play in
conflict resolution? How should individuals criticize the side with
which they generally agree? Contact Ryan Hollander for more info.
Israeli Tech Tour
2010
Thursday, November
10th at 7:30 pm
High tech startup companies from Israel and the Palestinian
territories who are pioneering the fields of social and mobile
communications will be coming to Yale! The companies will discuss
their innovations, entrepreneurship, and hot trends in technology
and Israeli business. The event will be held at Slifka. Contact Sam
Greenberg for more info.
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JAM
Interfaith Prayer Exchange
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November 5 at 12:45 PM and 5:45 PM
Interested
in learning more about the prayer services of the Jews and Muslims
on campus? At 12:45 p.m. join the Muslim community for jummah
prayer at Dwight Hall Chapel, with lunch afterwards in the Dwight
Hall Common Room. And at 5:45 p.m., sit in on the Shabbat services
at the Slifka Center, at 80 Wall Street. Everyone is invited
directly afterward to eat Shabbat dinner at Slifka at 7
p.m.
To RSVP to
attend the Jewish services, Muslim services, or Shabbat dinner,
e-mail Aliyya Swaby, specifying which of the
three you are planning to attend. Feel free to attend just one or
all of them!
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Meet
the New Rabbis of Slifka
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Ask-a-Rabbi
Lunch
Tomorrow, November 5, 11:30 AM-1 PM
Do you have Jewish questions keeping you up at night? Did you
always want to know about Jewish perspectives on the afterlife, or
why we have two loaves of bread on Friday night? Come to our first
ever ask-a-rabbi lunch, featuring Rabbi Megan Doherty and sponsored
by the Morse/Stiles Jewish Life Fellows. Everyone is invited to eat
with her in the Morse dining hall. Come by yourself or bring a
friend! Contact Sam Gardenswartz for more info.
Rabbi Open
Hours
Today from
3-5 PM
Come stop by Blue State (on Wall Street) to talk with Rabbi
Megan or just to grab a cup of coffee (on Slifka!) in between
classes. Come if you have questions about Judaism, want to talk
about life, or just want to meet one of the new Rabbis!
Lunch and Learn
with Rabbi Megan Doherty
Wednesdays at
noon
Join Rabbi Megan in the Slifka dining hall for lunch!
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KOACH
Shabbat
with Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb
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Friday-Saturday,
November 5-6
This Shabbat,
join us for a series of fascinating talks on Judaism and
contemporary events with visiting scholar Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb,
Director of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem! On Friday night
after Shabbat dinner, Rabbi Goldfarb will speak on the topic
of "From the Titanic to Chile-In a crisis,
who's saved first?" in the Slifka Chapel. On
Saturday following lunch, the topic will be "How Green is My
Judaism?" Don't miss
these great opportunities to explore where Judaism and the modern
world intersect! Contact Harris
Eppsteiner for more info.
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Branford
Master's Tea with Mark Helprin
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Wednesday,
November 10 at 4 PM
Mark Helprin is the author of the novels Winter's Tale, A
Soldier of the Great War, Freddy and Fredericka, and Swan Lake, as
well as the story collections The Pacific and The Dove of the East.
He has won both the National Jewish Book Award and the Prix de
Rome. His most recent book is Digital Barbarism: A Writer's
Manifesto, a controversial defense of authors' rights in the
digital age.
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Transfigurations
Performance
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Thursday,
November 11 at 7 PM
A unique performance to be held at Slifka as part of
Trans/Gender Awareness Week. To be held at the Slifka
Center.
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Community-based
Organizing SJN Workshop
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Friday,
November 5 at 4 PM
Come join the Social Justice Network member groups for a
60-minute workshop on techniques for political advocacy and
service-related organizing within congregations and
religious communities. The training will cover techniques for
persuading religious leaders, identifying and activating non-clergy
leaders within congregations, building inter- and
intra-denominational coalitions, and understanding the structure of
diverse religious organizations. Contact Sam Hamer for more info.
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MAZEL TOV!
Every Week, Yale Hillel wants to recognize YOUR incredible
accomplishments. Whether you finished your thesis, scored a goal in
IM soccer, or simply did laundry for the first time in two months,
we want to hear about it. Tell us about something you did, or tell
us about something a friend did, and we'll put it in!
Mazel tov
to...
Hody Nemes for getting Richard Kahn to vote.
the delegation going to the General Assembly in New Orleans.
Yael Zinkow, on her win in "Bunny, Bunny."
Shepping nachas? Want to tell us? Email Rebecca Suldan.
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Service
Times:
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Friday
Night:
Text Study/Meditation: 4:30 PM in Rabbi Ponet's office
Reform: 5:45 PM in Beit Midrash
Egalitarian: 5:45 PM on 3rd floor
Orthodox: 5:45 PM in the Slifka Chapel
Saturday:
Urim: 9:15 AM in the Beit Midrash
Orthodox: 9:00 AM in the Slifka Chapel
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Click here, or email Adam Berman for more information about service
times and locations.
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