------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J E W I S H E L E C T R O N I C C A L E N D A R Serving the Jewish Community of Columbia University in New York, NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Issue #32 FRIDAY, November 12, 1993 28 CHESHVAN 5754 FRIDAY 11/12/93 4:21 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SHABBAT 4:25 pm Mincha, followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv - Conservative Jews at Columbia (CJC): 501 Schermerhorn - Yavneh: Earl Hall Auditorium 5:30 pm Reform Jews at Columbia (RJC) Services 5:45 pm Pick up meal cards for Shabbat dinner: Barnard Hall 6:00 pm Shabbat dinner: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard 6:15 pm Learner's Service: 302 Earl Hall 6:30 pm Egalitarian Chavurah pot luck dinner with services and discussion: Hepburn Lounge 8:00 pm Oneg Shabbat, "Are Faith and Criticism Compatible" with Professor David Weiss-Halivni: John Jay Lounge SATURDAY 11/13/93 SHABBAT Torah reading: Parashat TOLEDOT, Bereshit (Genesis) 25:19-28:9 Haftarah: Shmuel Aleph (I Samuel) 20:18-42 Women's Tefillah Group Shabbat Services followed by Kiddush: Schiff Room in Earl Hall 12:30 pm Shabbat lunch: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard 4:10 pm Yavneh afternoon services - Mincha: Earl Hall Seudah Shlishit: Earl Hall 5:22 pm evening services - Ma'ariv: Earl Hall Shavuah Tov - Shabbat ends Havdalah: Earl Hall 9:00 pm? Barnard A Cappella Jam: Brooks Living Room PIZMON will perform at approximately 10:00 pm. SUNDAY 11/14/93 ROSH CHODESH KISLEV New York City Marathon 12:00 pm Training Session for Russian Immigrants - TLC - Training, Language and Conversation: 902 International Affairs Bldg (IAB). 2:00 pm Project for the Homeless meeting to prepare and distribute food to the homeless in our area: Hewitt Dining Room at Barnard 6:15 pm first celebration of Rosh Chodesh with the Jewish Women's Coalition: Schiff Room in Earl Hall MONDAY 11/15/93 ROSH CHODESH KISLEV 7:30 pm Israeli Folk Dance instruction: Earl Hall Auditorium 8:00 pm Yavneh Lecture Series welcomes Rabbi Tuvia Kaplan 8:30 pm Israeli Folk Dancing 11:00 pm Israeli Folk Dancing ends TUESDAY 11/16/93 7:15 pm UJA Kickoff Meeting: 203 Sulzberger Hall at Barnard 8:30 pm "The Middle East Peace Agreement, Beyond the Handshake: Will it Work?", a teach-in by Columbia & Barnard faculty with three top speakers, followed by a question and answer period: 501 Schermerhorn WEDNESDAY 11/17/93 Last day to sign up for Shabbat meals: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard Israel Action Committee Annual Israel Programs Fair 8:00 pm Wednesday Night Egalitarian Service (CJC), bring Siddur Sim Shalom if you can: JSU Office in 105 Earl Hall 8:30 pm Wednesday Night Learn-in: Earl Hall Auditorium THURSDAY 11/18/93 8:00 pm The Jewish Theater Ensemble's The Merchant of Venice begins tonight: Feinberg Auditorium at JTS, 122nd St and Broadway. Tickets on sale at the JSU office. Additional performances: Sat. 11/20 at 8:00 pm and Sun. 11/21 at 2:00 and 8:00 pm. 8:00 pm A Shayna Maidel: Minor Lathan Playhouse at Barnard College. Reservations required: call 853-1573. 3rd show on 11/20. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JSU SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS - NOVEMBER 12, 1993 We will be most happy to see you when you stop by our office at 105 Earl Hall to find out about all of the following info. LECTURES - [Next] Friday and Saturday there will be two lectures sponsored by AGUNOT, a group of women who are not allowed to obtain a GET. If you are interested in doing Bikur Cholim (visiting the Jewish sick) at St. Lukes Hospital tomorrow afternoon, please speak with Israel Kochin. The Jewish Office is looking for an office assistant who enjoys working with Mac Graphics.. It would be for about 10 hours a week and the hours are flexible. Let us know. This is the last call for buying mezuzot. They are available at our office until Friday, November 19. Please note RJC's Shabbaton has been canceled. Here's more worthwhile news...The Jewish Office has many English and Hebrew books available for FREE. They are on a first come first serve basis. They are located on a table outside of the office. Yet another reason to come by. For Yavneh Students only - A study is being made of Yeshiva High School students who did not spend time studying in Israel. We would appreciate if such students would come to the Jewish Office to complete a brief and interesting survey. If you wish to help with Social Service projects then you will be interested to know that the JSU is going to start a Gemilut-Hasidim Committee. Please call Dara at 749-9799 for more info. If you are interested in dancing, singing, theater and organizing all of this into one performance...then the chair people of the Fourth Annual Collegiate Festival of the Performing Arts invite you to join as a committee member. Please contact Sarah Feinberg. Don't Forget to buy your tickets for Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach for his concert of Peace and Joy. Tickets are on sale now. If you haven't been receiving phone messages or mailings like the first calendar of the year, please stop by the office. Next year the first day of classes is on Rosh Hashanah. Please have your parents write to the Dean of your college - Graduate schools as well - to ask that all necessary accommodations be made. This includes a copy of the Professor's notes and a copy of the syllabus be made available and of course all deadlines be adjusted. Also, please ask that a copy of this letter be sent to Rabbi Sheer. Next Thursday the JSU and OXFAM will be helping the staff at Columbia raise awareness and collect money to end world hunger. If you are interested please call Dara at 749-9799. In a few weeks elections will take place for various positions on the JSU Board. We are pleased to announce that Jenny Levin will be serving as Election Commissioner. There are also various positions that students may apply for that are determined by a selection committee chaired by President Jeffrey Wechselblatt. Students who are considering running for office are invited to speak with current Board members or our Rabbis. Applications to run for office are available and must be completed by Monday, November 15. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Check out the "Jerusalem One Gopher" of Jewish information! Type "gopher jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il" (without the quotes). To view the Jewish Electronic Calendar there, select: " 4. Events/ " Also check out the NYSERNET gopher: "gopher nysernet.org". For a list of Jewish discussion e-mail lists, e-mail the word "list" to listserv@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il. "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". You can also post there by sending e-mail to "jewish@columbia.edu". 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. Jewish Student Union 105 Earl Hall (117th Street and Broadway) Columbia University New York, NY 10027 212-854-5111 If you have any questions about any Jewish activities in the Columbia area or events on this calendar, please feel free to call or stop by the JSU office. JTS events are coordinated through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, telephone number 212-678-8839. The Jewish Electronic Calendar (JEC) is a free weekly electronic schedule of the events relevant to the Jewish community of Columbia University. The Jewish Electronic Calendar and its e-mail list are separate from the JSU, its calendars, mailing and membership lists. Although the JSU Shabbat announcements are provided through the cooperation of the JSU staff, the JEC is published for free as a public service to the Jewish community, and receives no funding. I welcome any volunteers, funding, and ideas about the future direction of the Jewish Electronic Calendar. With more support, it might be possible to prepare the calendar sooner, publish some copies on paper, offer mailbox distribution, and include more information or, perhaps, a D'var Torah for the week or an electronic mailing of Columbia Perspectives magazine. Let me know what you think and, especially, if you can help out! 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. 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. Subscribe to the free e-mail distribution of the calendar by sending your request to mig@columbia.edu. The calendar is also posted on "notes jewish" on Columbia's CUNIX systems, and on ColumbiaNet under "4: Calendar, Events & Schedules" (telnet columbianet.columbia.edu). 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 I hope you enjoyed this edition of the Jewish Electronic Calendar. Shabbat shalom! Meir Israel Green