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 #27 WEDNESDAY, September 29, 1993 14 TISHRI 5754 EREV SUKKOT 6:22 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SUKKOT 6:25 pm Mincha: JTS at 122nd & Broadway THURSDAY 9/30/93 SUKKOT 9:30 am Services: JTS at 122nd & Broadway 6:25 pm Mincha: JTS at 122nd & Broadway 7:24 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SUKKOT FRIDAY 10/1/93 SUKKOT 9:30 am Services: JTS at 122nd & Broadway 6:15 pm Reform Jews at Columbia (RJC) Services: Dodge Room in Earl Hall 6:19 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SHABBAT 6:20 pm Mincha: JTS at 122nd & Broadway SATURDAY 10/2/93 SHABBAT HOL HAMOED SUKKOT SUNDAY 10/3/93 HOL HAMOED SUKKOT MONDAY 10/4/93 HOL HAMOED SUKKOT 10:00 am Registration for festival meals and wristbands; guests only: Earl Hall 6:00 pm Registration ends for the day TUESDAY 10/5/93 HOL HAMOED SUKKOT 9:00 am Registration for festival meals and wristbands; guests only: Hewitt Dining Services Office at Barnard 11:00 am Registration ends WEDNESDAY 10/6/93 HOSHANAH RABBAH 3:30 pm Guests must register and pick up wristbands: Earl Hall 5:30 pm Guest Registration ends 6:10 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SHEMINI ATZERET Memorial candles SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS are not currently being published by the JSU. The following excerpts are from the previous Jewish Electronic Calendar: Every Monday evening you are all invited to come to Israeli Folk Dancing in Earl Hall Auditorium. 7:30 is instruction and then from 8:30 until 11:00 there is open dancing. It is fun, it is different and it is free! If you are interested in participating in preparing for Sukkot, please call Tova Mirvis at 853-4778. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FESTIVAL SERVICES IN THE COLUMBIA AREA...October 6-9, 1993 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday October 6 October 7 October 8 October 9 Conservative: Jewish Theological Seminary 6:10 PM 9:30 AM 9:30 AM 9:30 AM 6:10 PM 6:05 PM 8:15 PM Hakafot Orthodox: Old Broadway Synagogue 9:15 AM 9:15 AM 9:00 AM 9:15 AM 5:45 PM 5:45 PM Ramath Orah 6:20 PM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM Yizkor 6:20 PM 6:20 PM 6:45 PM Hakafot Reform: Steven Wise Synagogue 7:30 PM Hakafot 10:30 AM 8:00 PM 11:00 AM Reconstructionist: West End Synagogue 9:30 AM 7:00 PM Congregation Ramath Orah Stephen Wise Free Synagogue 550 West 110th Street 30 West 68th Street 222-247 877-4050 Jewish Theological Seminary West End Synagogue 122nd and Broadway 270 West 89th Street 678-8837 866-3100 Old Broadway Synagogue 15 Old Broadway and 126th Street 662-9767 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Jewish Electronic Calendar needs YOU to help gather information, prepare, edit, and distribute the Calendar. If you would like to see something new in this publication, make it happen! Learn computer skills and help out your community. YOUR help is needed! Please email mig@columbia.edu or call 222-2718. The Calendar will again be published early, this Wednesday, before SHEMINI ATZERET begins. 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. "Major religious holidays" are listed towards the front of your Columbia school Bulletin. Your professors are required by school policy to accomodate you in these matters of serious religious belief. Remember to sign up early for Shabbat and Yom Tov meals at Hewitt Dining Hall. Sign up in Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard College. If you know the e-mail address of an alumnus of Akiba Hebrew Academy, in Merion, PA, or have been affiliated with Akiba yourself, please send the e-mail address to mig@columbia.edu to be added to the Akiba Email List. For a list of Jewish discussion e-mail lists, e-mail the word "list" to listserv@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry B. and Marjorie Epstein Program of Jewish Studies An extracurricular series of courses sponsored by the Jewish Office at Columbia University. LANGUAGES Beginner Hebrew Rabbi Susan Oren Tuesday 5:30-6:30 224 Pupin Conversation Hebrew Shibolet Zait Monday 6:15-7:15 Yiddish Pasqual Fiszman Tuesday 6:30-7:30 522D Kent JEWISH THOUGHT/HISTORY Jewish Life Cycle Rabbi Charles Sheer Tuesday 4:30-5:30 105 Earl Hall Tanya - Hassidic Thought Rabbi Y. Fried Tuesday 7:00-8:00 507 Hamilton A Study of Rescue During the Holocaust Rabbi Susan Oren Monday 4:30-5:30 313 Pupin BIBLE Weekly Torah Portion Rabbi Charles Sheer Thursday 4:30-5:30 105 Earl Hall *Shmot/Exodus Rabbi Nati Helfgot Tuesday 8:30-9:30 509 Hamilton Topics in Tanakh Thursday 7:00-8:30 507 Hamilton WORKSHOPS Torah Reading Irving Ruderman Tuesday 6:30-7:30 522B Kent TALMUD AND JEWISH LAW *Intermediate Talmud Rabbi Charles Sheer Tuesday 5:40-6:45 105 Earl Hall *Advanced Talmud (Men) Rabbi Y Sacks Thursday 4:30-5:30 307 Mat *Advanced Talmud-Women Thursday 7:00-8:00 411 Hamilton *Advanced Beit Midrash Rabbi Waxman Monday/Wednesday 6:00-7:30 *Topics in Jewish Law Rabbi Y. Sacks Thursday 5:40-6:40 425 Pupin WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEARN IN Over 150 students fill the Earl Hall Auditorium between 8:30 and 9:30 to study Jewish Texts, Hebrew, etc. You chose the topic, we provide a study partner amd light refreshments. No charge. REGISTRATION: SEPTEMBER 20-28, 1993, MONDAY-THURSDAY, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM 105 EARL HALL CLASSES START SEPTEMBER 27 PLEASE CALL 854-5111 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION A contribution of $25.00 per class is requested except for the Beit midrash Program classes, which have various tuition fees. (Beit Midrash classes are noted by an asterick iin front of the class titles.) Some of the class times are flexible. Please advise if you are interested in a class but at another time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make sure all of your group's Jewish events are included in the next calendar! Events for inclusion in this calendar should be submitted to the Jewish Student Union office by Thursday at noon. Specify that you want your event in the Jewish Electronic Calendar, as well as the printed calendars. 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Events/ 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. Chag sameyach! Meir Israel Green