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 Issue #55               FRIDAY November 4, 1994                1 KISLEV 5755
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   FRIDAY
   ROSH CHODESH KISLEV
      4:29 pm  Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting)
               SHABBAT - Parashat TOLEDOT
               Mincha, followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv:
      4:30 pm  - Koach (CJC): 501 Schermerhorn
      4:30 pm  - Yavneh: Earl Hall Auditorium
      ?    pm  - Reform Jews at Columbia (RJC): Dodge Room at Earl Hall
      ?    pm  - Learners' Service
      6:15 pm  Shabbat dinner: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard
      8:30 pm  Oneg Shabbat, John Jay Lounge

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   JEC ANNOUNCEMENTS
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   Don't forget to check "notes jewish" (Available only with an account on
   cunix.columbia.edu) for the latest Jewish information.

   JSU SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
   To add an announcement or find out more, contact the JSU (info below).

   KOACH is sponsoring tonight's Oneg at 8:30 in John Jay lounge.  The topic
   for discussion is "Is Denominationalism Good For The Jews".

   Tonight there is also a women's tische at 8:30 in 1008 East Campus.  All
   Jewish women are invited.

   If you are interested in doing Bikur Cholim, visiting the sick, at St.
   Luke's Hospital on Shabbat afternoon.  Meet in Hewitt Dining Hall after
   lunch around 2pm.

   The Homeless lunch program cosponsored by AEPi, the JSU and Hewitt Dining
   Hall will meet Sunday at 12:30 in the faculty dining room in Hewitt to
   make and deliver lunches to the homeless.  Contact Howie Teitelman or Ari
   Moses for more information.

   This Sunday, the American Zionist Movement and City University Graduate
   Center will be holding a day long conference on Zionism at the Jewish
   Theological Seminary starting at 9am.  Rabbi Sheer will be speaking at
   1:15pm on the topic "Can Zionism Feed the Spiritual Hunger of Younger
   Jews".

   RJC is sponsoring a trip to see "Bullets Over Broadway" Monday night.
   Come to the Jewish Office for all details.

   The Jewish Office will be closed on Tuesday, Election Day.

   This coming Thursday is Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass when in
   1938 attacks on many Jewish communities took place.  We will be holding a
   special program at 7:30pm in 309 Havemeyer featuring a talk by Dr. Yaffa
   Eliach, professor of Judaic studies at Brooklyn College.  Dr. Eliach has
   written many books on the Holocaust and is a survivor.  She collected
   thousands of photographs of her little village that was destroyed by the
   Nazis and has created a special exhibit of these photographs, The Tower of
   Life, for the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.  She will show slides
   of this exhibit and talk about "Reconstructing My Vanished Shtetl".
   Pizmon will offer musical selections.

   Chug Aliya Shabbaton is approaching on November 11-12th. Due to popular
   demand the deadline for applications has been extended to Wednesday.  Stop
   by the Jewish Office for one or call Melissa Goldwag.

   Cornell University is holding their Intercollegiate Shabbaton on November
   11th.  See Laurie in the Jewish Office for additional info.

   Hillel of New York is sponsoring a fabulous Winter Mission to Israel for
   $600.  Check it out in the Jewish Office.

   Hillel of NY also has a special grant for a free plane ticket for any
   student that has never visited Israel.  Subsidies begin this summer,
   contact the Jewish office.

   Planning is underway for the annual Intercollegiate Jewish Arts Festival
   in February.  If you are interested in singing, dance or theater and would
   like to be on the planning committee contact the Jewish Office or Naomi
   Bloom.

   There is an elderly, visually impaired man who would greatly appreciate a
   student helping him out who can read Hebrew or Yiddish to him.  Please
   come to the Jewish Office to sign up for this mitzvah.

   The JSU is establishing a social committee to plan study breaks, parties
   and trips off campus.  If interested contact Steve Furer.

   If interested in helping organize 2 Chanukah Casino nights, please contact
   Beth Silver or Steve Furer.

   The JSU is taking part in a city-wide toy drive. Please bring used or new
   toys of no more than $5 in value to the Jewish office or to the Israel
   Programs Fair on November 16.  If you have any questions, see Evan Serpick
   or Carol Kohn.
 
   Elections are coming up and applications for all positions will be
   available on Nov. 14th. The JSU is seeking people to help poster, forward
   and run election booths.  In order to vote on the elections you must put
   your name on the mailing list by November 21st so please come in and do
   it.

   Congratulations to the JSU 1 volleyball team, champions of the Barnard
   Intermural League.

   At 6:00pm students eating on meal plan must go to Barnard Hall to pick up
   a meal card which gets you into Hewitt and the dining room.

   Shabbat Dinner is at 6:15pm.			
   No Shabbat Lunch this Saturday		
   Please note that the time of our Mincha services have been changed
   slightly.  KOACH - 4:10		YAVNEH - 4:30 
   Ma'ariv will be at 5:30pm.
   Havdalah is at 5:31P.M.

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   JEWISH INFORMATION

   NB: All times are now in Eastern Standard Time
   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.

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         Jewish Student Union (JSU)
         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
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   of the events relevant to the Jewish community of Columbia University.
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   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
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   I hope you enjoyed this edition of the Jewish Electronic Calendar.

                                                    Shabbat Shalom!
                                                    Meir Israel Green