------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 #40 FRIDAY February 25, 1994 14 ADAR 5754 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FRIDAY 2/25/94 PURIM 5:23 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SHABBAT 5:25 pm Mincha, followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv - Conservative Jews at Columbia (CJC): 501 Schermerhorn - Learner's Service: 302 Earl Hall - Yavneh: Earl Hall Auditorium 6:45 pm Pick up meal cards for Shabbat dinner: Barnard Hall 7:00 pm Shabbat dinner: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard SATURDAY 2/26/94 Torah reading: Parashat KI TISAH, Shemot (Exodus) 30:11-34:35 Haftarah: Melachim Aleph (I Kings) 18:1-39 12:30 pm Shabbat lunch: Earl Hall 5:10 pm Yavneh afternoon services - Mincha: Earl Hall Seudah Shlishit: Earl Hall 6:25 pm evening services - Ma'ariv: Earl Hall 6:25 pm Shavuah Tov - Shabbat ends Havdalah: Earl Hall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JSU SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS 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: Purim day, Yavneh will be sponsering 2 morning services followed by Megillah readings. The 1st service will be at 7am and the first megillah reading at approximately 7:35am. The 2nd service is at 9am, and Megillah reading approximately 9:35. The Homeless lunch program is on Sunday at 12:30 in Hewitt Dining Hall. Come join us to pack and distribute lunches to homeless persons living in our neighborhood. A variety of programs will be taking place in Israel this summer; for information about travel and study, and about special scholarships available for people who have never been to Israel, contact the Jewish Office. The JSU is planning to publish a cookbook. Contact Sarah Bronson to help with all aspects of this great project. Yavneh will be sponsering a Beatachon-Kol Achai concert on Saturday the 26th at 8:30 pm in Earl Hall Auditorium. Yavneh is also having a Siyum Tanach on March 6. The entire community is urged to sign up and learn a chapter. The sign up sheet is on the door of the Beit Midrash. Teva, the Jewish Environmental group is sponsoring a discusssion entitled: Environmental problems in Israel and New York - And what you can do about them. at 7:30 PM Tuesday in the Jewish Office. Interested in spending the summer in NYC? The BBH-JACY summer internship program offers students an opportunity to work for a Jewish agency, learn about the Jewish community, and earn $$$ too. Project renewal is currently accepting applications for summer internships in Israel. Contact Rabbi Oren for more information. Horizons is a new series of extracurricular mini courses sponsored by Columbia. Rabbi Sheer will be giving a session about the conflict between science and religion and will be discussing Galileo on Monday at 4:30 pm in Ferris Both Hall. A Hebrew musical production of Peter Pan will be performed at JTS on February 26th at 8pm, and February 27th at 2pm. Advance discount tickets can be purchased from cast members or at the JTS Student Life Office. Shabbat Shalom! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NB: The Jewish day begins at sundown of the previous secular day. Ex: PURIM is Feb 25 so it begins the evening of Feb 24 and ends Feb 25. WEDNESDAY is the last day to sign up for Shabbat meals in Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard. WEDNESDAY NIGHT EGALITARIAN SERVICE: 8:00 pm, JSU Office in 105 Earl Hall WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEARN IN: 8:30 - 9:30 pm, Earl Hall Auditorium Over 150 students fill the Earl Hall Auditorium to study Jewish Texts, Hebrew, etc. You choose the topic, we provide a study partner amd light refreshments. No charge. Several people have e-mailed to suggest that I e-mail the JEC earlier than Friday afternoon. I, too, would like to send it earlier. In order to send the JEC on Thursday, I would need all of the materials for that edition by Thursday afternoon. However, the JSU staff has been unable to provide their Shabbat Announcements until after 12:30 pm on Friday, and often later. I feel that the Shabbat Announcements are integral to the JEC, therefore I must wait for them. If enough people feel that this is important to them, then perhaps it would be possible to petition the JSU to finish at least a subset of the Shabbat Announcements by Thursday. Please e-mail me your comments on this and I will pass them along in print to the Rabbi if they are appropriate. Thank you. --Meir 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. Chag Purim same'ach! Shabbat shalom! Meir Israel Green