------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 #34 FRIDAY, December 10, 1993 26 KISLEV 5754 FRIDAY 12/10/93 HANUKKAH - Second Day 4:09 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) HANUKKAH - Third night Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SHABBAT 4:10 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 5:30 pm Pick up meal cards for Shabbat dinner: Barnard Hall 5:45 pm Shabbat dinner: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard 6:15 pm Learner's Service: 302 Earl Hall 8:00 pm Oneg Shabbat by Project for the Homeless: John Jay Louge SATURDAY 12/11/93 SHABBAT HANUKKAH - Third Day Torah reading: Parashat MIKETZ, Bereshit (Genesis) 41:1-44:17 Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 12:30 pm Shabbat lunch: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard 3:50 pm Yavneh afternoon services - Mincha: Earl Hall Seudah Shlishit: Earl Hall 5:10 pm evening services - Ma'ariv: Earl Hall Shavuah Tov - Shabbat ends Havdalah: Earl Hall 7:30 pm Israeli Party with Israeli Rock Music and Dining: Hebrew Suite on the second floor of East Campus 10:30 pm Israeli Party ends SUNDAY 12/12/93 HANUKKAH - Fourth Day 6:30 pm Leave for Kumzitz: Gates at 116th St and Broadway 7:00 pm Lights In Action Kumzitz/Jewish Woodstock for the '90s and Hanukkah Celebration: Washington Square Park For information call 1-800-Jews-Act 8:00 pm Third Annual Latke Vs. Hamantash Debate: 501 Schermerhorn Featuring Adina Shoulson and Evan Serpick with professors TBA MONDAY 12/13/93 HANUKKAH - Fifth Day 7:30 pm Israeli Folk Dance instruction: Earl Hall Auditorium 8:30 pm Israeli Folk Dancing 11:00 pm Israeli Folk Dancing ends WEDNESDAY 12/15/93 HANUKKAH - Seventh Day Last day to sign up for Shabbat meals: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard 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 This is the last Learn-in of 1993. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JSU SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS - DECEMBER 10, 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. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 - The Hebrew Suite invites you all to an Israeli Party on the 2nd Floor of East Campus from 7:30-10:30 P.M. . Come for Israeli rock music and Israeli dining. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 - LATKE VS. HAMENTASHEN DEBATE -Come see Evan Serpick challenge Adina Shoulson discuss the better of the two. 8:00 P.M. in 501 Schermerhorn. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 - This is the last evening for the Wednesday Night Learning Program for the year. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 - Join CJC for a Shabbat-dinner-suggested donation of $5.00., part of the money will go to tzedekah. Please see Naomi Bloom for details. Rabbi Sheer had expected to be here this Shabbat and would have made the following announcement however, he is not here this evening since his son, Daniel became engaged last night to Nava Fried. Rabbi Sheer decided to stay home and celebrate with his children. We would like to thank Jeff Wechselblatt, JSU President, as well as all the members of the Executive Board , for their leadership this past year. Columbia Jewish Life is created by our student leaders. As their term comes to a close, we wish to thank the Executive Board and JSU group leaders, for their dedication and service. A special thank you to Tova Mirvis who coordinated a most successful Chanukah celebration on the First Night. Much Thanks Tova. Columbia Hebrew sweatshirts are on sale in the Jewish office . They are 25.00 and there is a LIMITED supply. If you are interested in dancing, singing, theater and organizing, contact the chair people of the Fourth Annual Collegiate Festival of the Performing . Contact Sarah Feinberg and Carol Kohn. The Jewish Theater Ensemble needs the following positions filled for the production of Mikado: Director, Musical Director, Choreographer, Stage Manager, Lighting Engineer/Set Designer and Publicity Coordinator. Please contact Avni Klein at x36771. A "Y" in Little Neck seeks to employ a student to teach a course in basic Judaism one night a week. Please see Rabbi Sheer for details. Shabbat Oneg will be sponsored by Project for the Homeless at 8:00 in John Jay Lounge Talk with Tony Strickland, a local homeless man, about the problems he faces everyday. Good Luck with your finals and have a very Happy and Healthy New Year. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HANUKKAH CANDLE LIGHTING - The Hanukkah candles should be lit every night of Hanukkah after sundown. However, the Hanukkah candles should be lit before the Shabbat candles, on Friday. - Place the candles in the Hanukkiya (menora) from right to left. The number of candles is the same as the night of Chanukkah; for example, on the third night of Hanukkah, place and light three candles. If possible, place the hanukkiya where it can be seen by the public, as they pass by. But be careful; place the hanukkiya where is will be SAFE and not cause a fire hazard! - Light the shamash (additional "helper" candle) only. Recite "...lehadlik ner shel hanukkah" and "...she asah nisim". Use the shamash to light the other candles, from the leftmost until the rightmost candles. "Hanerot hallalu" is sung while lighting the candles. "Maoz Tsur" is sung at this time. - Chag Sameach! 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. 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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! Chag sameach! Meir Israel Green