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 *** Serving the Jewish Community of Columbia University in New York, NY ****
 Issue #57              FRIDAY November 18, 1994               15 KISLEV 5755
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   FRIDAY
      4:16 pm  Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting)
               SHABBAT - Parashat VAYISHLACH

      Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv:
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      4:20 pm  - Koach (CJC): ?
               - Yavneh: Earl Hall Auditorium
      6:15 pm  - Reform Jews at Columbia (RJC): Schiff Room at Earl Hall
      6:30 pm  - Learners' Service: 302 Earl Hall

      6:15 pm  Pick up meal cards for Shabbat dinner: Barnard Hall
      6:30 pm  Shabbat dinner: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard

      9:00 pm  PIZMON A Cappella Oneg Shabbat, James Room in Barnard Hall

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   JEC ANNOUNCEMENTS
   To add an announcement, send electronic mail to mig@columbia.edu

   Come hear me perform with PIZMON, Columbia's own Jewish A Cappella group,
   at the Oneg Shabbat tonight, at 9:00 pm, in the James Room in Barnard
   Hall!
   Refreshments will be served.
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   Copied from a poster at the JSU:

   Selected Shorts - The hit series at Symphony Space and on public radio
   comes to Ansche Chesed Hanukah Arts Festival & Judaica Crafts Fair.
   Jewish short stories by Philip Roth, Grace Paley, Isaac Bashevis Singer.
   Vividly rendered in live readings....
   $5 with CUID at door with ID or $12.50 otherwise
   SUNDAY November 20 at 1:00 pm: Ansche Chesed, 251 W 100th St at W End Ave.

   Festival runs till 5:00 pm
   crafts exhibits and sales, also books, gifts, food, children activities.
   Discounted admission with Sel. Shorts tic. stub $3 only $1 for children

   For more information call 212-865-0600.
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   Thanksgiving Day is this Thursday.  Happy Thanksgiving!
   Hanukkah begins a week from this Sunday.

   From el75@columbia.edu in notes jewish "Chanukah":
   The Raphael Society of Columbia University Health Science Campus is
   sponsoring our annual Chanukah celebration. There will be dinner, music
   and a candle lighting ceremony.  All are welcome and it is free of charge.
   It will be Wednesday, November 30, at 6 PM in the Recovery Room at Bard
   Hall.
   Menorahs and candles will be made availabe for anyone at the Health
   Science Campus at the Bard Hall Operations Desk. The cost is $1.
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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.

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   JSU SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
   These announcements are read at JSU Shabbat services on Friday evening.
   To add an announcement or find out more, contact the JSU (info below).

   Tonight's Oneg will be featuring Columbia's own Jewish a capella
   group - PIZMON - in the James Room in Barnard Hall at 9 pm. Refreshments
   will be served.
   
   Perspectives is here!  Pick up your copy in dorms and student buildings
   around campus.
   
   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 let's do brunch!  Free bagel brunch in Carman Hall at 11
   am, followed by a delightful trip to the Metropolitan Museum.  Meet at the
   CU gates at noon for this wonderful adventure.
   
   Rabbi Chaim Brovender will be speaking on the Talmud and the Torah in the
   Technological Age in 403 International Affairs this Sunday at 2 pm.
   Contact Michelle Greenberg for more information.
   
   Come to Ansche Chesed on Sunday for their Hanukah Arts Festival and
   Judaica Crafts Fair with live readings of short stories.  Festival runs
   between noon and 5 pm, tickets $5 at the door with CUID.
   
   Do you think about how you relate to Judaism?  Maybe a friend of yours
   does?  There is a new substantive forum in town.  Check it out this Monday
   at 7:30pm in the Dodge room, or contact Avi Orlow for more information.
   
   Join us this Tuesday at 12:30 pm for a talk by Zalman Shoval, chairman of
   the Likud Foreign Relations Department and Former Ambassador to the United
   States in 602 Hamilton.  Call the Jewish Office for more information.
   
   KOACH is beginning a tutoring program for people who want to learn how to
   read Torah, Haftorah, Siddur skills, or even to pick up ideas for giving a
   D'var Torah.  It will start on Wednesday at 7:30pm on the main level of
   Earl Hall.  Also, if interested in tutoring in this program there will be
   a sign up sheet in the Jewish office.
   
   Election applications for all positions will be due on Monday, Nov. 21st.
   The JSU is seeking people to help poster, forward and run election booths.
   
   On Monday the 28th, following Thanksgiving in 511 Hamilton at 8:30 pm, you
   can meet the candidates!  Come and see who is running for office in the
   JSU.
   
   Also in progress are plans for Columbia's first annual Yiddishkeit
   Festival.  This celebration of Yiddish culture will include music, drama,
   film, and food.  If interested in helping with this exciting event, please
   contact Sarah Benor or leave a note in the Yiddishkeit Festival Box in the
   Jewish Office.
   
   If you have not been receiving any JSU phone mail that means you're not
   on our list, please come in and fill out a card.  Also, in order to vote
   in JSU Elections, you must be on the list by this Monday, November 21st.
   
   Pick up meal cards at 6:15pm
   Shabbat Dinner is at 6:30pm.			
   Shabbat Lunch will be at 12:30pm.		
   Please note that the time of our Mincha services have been changed
   slightly.
   KOACH - 3:50pm		YAVNEH - 4:05pm		
   Ma'ariv will be at 5:20pm
   Havdalah is at 5:16pm

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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.

   "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".

   Below info & more!    lynx   http://www.columbia.edu/~mig/jewish.html
   Jewish Information    gopher jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il
   Israel Information    gopher israel-info.gov.il
   NYSERNET              gopher israel.nysernet.org

   For a list of Jewish discussion e-mail lists, e-mail the word "list" to
   listserv@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il.

   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 (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
   Seminary of America Office of Student Life, 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.

   The Jewish Electronic Calendar is now on the World Wide Web!
   Type "~mig/pub/ksh/www" then select "Jewish" or, using Mosaic, Lynx,
   or another WWW browser, open URL:  http://www.columbia.edu/~mig/jec.html

   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