C O L U M B I A J E W I S H E L E C T R O N I C C A L E N D A R ISSUE #24 FRIDAY, September 3, 1993 17 ELUL 5753 Mincha (afternoon) and Shabbat services: 6:15 pm - Conservative Jews at Columbia (CJC): 501 Schermerhorn - Learner's Service: 302 Earl Hall - Reform Jews at Columbia (RJC): Dodge Room in Earl Hall - Yavneh (Orthodox): Earl Hall Auditorium 7:10 pm - Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative): 122nd Street and Broadway 7:05 pm Hadlakat Nerot SHABBAT (Candle-lighting) 7:30 pm JSU Welcomes new Students: Earl Hall Auditorium 8:30 pm Shabbat Dinner: - Orientation: Hewitt Hall at Barnard College - JSU: John Jay Hall 10:30 pm JSU Oneg Shabbat featuring PIZMON (a cappella): Wien Lounge SATURDAY 9/4/93 Torah Portion: KI TAVO, D'varim (Deuteronomy) 26:1-29:8 Haftarah: Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 60 9:30 am Shabbat morning services: - CJC: Dodge Room in Earl Hall - Yavneh: Earl Hall 5:00 pm "An Hour of Learning, Discussion, and Insight" - Rabbi Charles Sheer: "Choosing Your Major at Columbia/Barnard: A Talmudic Perspective" - Rabbi Susan Oren: "A Downhome Prayer for a Wandering People" Locations to be announced. Check Earl Hall. 6:00 pm Yavneh Mincha (afternoon) service: Earl Hall followed by Seudah Shlishit (third Shabbat meal): Earl Hall 7:10 pm CJC Mincha (afternoon) service: JTS (122nd & Broadway) Ma'ariv (evening) service: 8:00 pm - Yavneh: Earl Hall "Community-wide Havdalah": Earl Hall Auditorium steps 8:10 pm - CJC: JTS (122nd & Broadway) 8:05 pm Havdalah (Shabbat ends and the new week begins) SUNDAY 9/5/93 1:00 pm JSU visits the Jewish and Guggenheim Museums Bring $9 for admission and $2.50 for transportation: meet at the Barnard Gates at 117th Street and Broadway 5:00 pm JSU Museum Trip participants return MONDAY 9/6/93 LABOR DAY UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY (The University offices will be closed!) 1:00 pm JSU Barbecue for new and continuing Jewish Students, bring some money: Furnald Lawn 4:00 pm JSU Barbecue ends TUESDAY 9/7/93 COLUMBIA CLASSES BEGIN - Columbia late registration, changes of program periods begin. 9:30 am List College Opening Breakfast: JTS (122nd and Broadway) 10:30 am JTS Opening Assembly: Feinberg Auditorium at JTS 8:00 pm JSU "Get the Scoop" (ice cream) with: "Inside tips on the best professors and classes" provided by continuing students: Carmen Lounge WEDNESDAY 9/8/93 JTS CLASSES BEGIN - Last day to sign up for Shabbat meals at Hewitt Dining Hall: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard College - Last day to sign up for the List College Shabbat Dinner: Sign up in the JTS Student Life Office, 2nd floor Unterberg at JTS, telephone 678-8838, or contact Stephanie Fingeroth. THURSDAY 9/9/93 5:00 pm Yavneh Pizza Party: John Jay Lounge 6:00 pm JTS Barbeque. $6 with JTS ID: JTS Quad (122nd and Broadway) 7:30 pm JTS Barbeque ends 10:00 pm Yavneh Pizza Party ends FRIDAY 9/10/93 - List College regular registration period ends today. BERUCHIM HABAIM! Welcome back everyone for the Fall 1993 Semester! I can't wait to greet the many returning students and meet the incoming students at the many exciting Jewish events! Return, o ye students! The shofar is being sounded throughout the world. Selichot is next weekend. Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the Jewish year) are right around the corner! Don't forget to notify your teachers in person and in writing of any Yom Tovim which conflict with their classes. Let them know right away from which classes you will be absent, and request advance notice of assignments and exams! Ask them to change the Yom Tov exam dates! Don't be afraid to ask for an alternate date or an extension. 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Corrections and comments on its format should be sent to mig@columbia.edu. All comments for discussion should be sent to jewish@columbia.edu, or posted directly to "notes jewish". Be sure to include your name and e-mail address in all messages. If you are using a Barnard free e-mail account, don't forget to send e-mail outside of Barnard's network via the "Internet gateway". For example, e-mail to mig@columbia.edu should be addressed to: INTERNET mig "notes jewish" is an open forum for Jewish-related discussions, on Columbia's cunix systems. If you know of a Jewish event or a rally, post it there. If you add the word "jewish" (without quotes) to ~/.notesrc, cunix will automatically check for new messages in "notes jewish". I hope you enjoyed this edition of the Jewish Electronic Calendar. Shabbat Shalom! Meir Israel Green