Shabbat Announcements 1/24/97
There will be a Tu B'Shvat seder Sunday January 26th at 8 p.m. in the Hewitt Faculty dining room as a belated celebration for the New Year of the Trees.
Watch next week's Spectator regarding Jewish Studies classes and Beit Midrash programs. Registration begins this week in the Jewish Office.
Hillel of New York is sponsoring a free trip to Israel this summer for students who have never been to Israel. Information is available in the Jewish Office.
Join Bat Kol, CU's Women's Jewish A Cappella group. Auditions being held next week, sign up in the Jewish Office. Speak to Robyn Puro or Yeal Oppenheim for more information.
Congregation Ramat Orah invites all Columbia students to a major kiddush-lunch on Shabbat Shira, Jan. 25th. Services are at 9 a.m. Kiddush at noon. Ramat Orah is at 550 West 110th Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam. All welcome.
Planning for the Third Annual Yiddishkeit Festival is underway. If you are interested in helping to organize this exciting event, please come to a meeting on Tuesday at 9pm in Wallach Lounge or leave a note for Amy Zwas in the Yiddish Club box in the Jewish Office.
The Academic Journal of Jewish Studies is looking for an artist to design its cover. If you are interested, please leave a note in the Journal's box in the Jewish Office.
Wednesday evening, January 29th at 7:30pm in the Dodge room of Earl Hall, Rabbi Joshua Bermanrman, the director of admissions of Nishmat, will give a shiur entitled "Can We Make Sense of Sacrifices?" and is based on his book, The Temple: Its Symbolism and Meaning Then and Now.
Mazal Tov to Stephanie Mindlin upon her engagement & to Shani Offen, who has won the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
Please join us for the first oneg of the Spring semester to honor the outgoing executive board and meet the new board. Tonight in Wallach Lounge at 8:45 p.m.
Rabbi Sheer will be giving a Chumash class in the Beit Midrash at ~11:30 a.m. following the Yavneh kiddush. The topic will be, "Miracles in the Torah - are they for real?".
Friday evening services:
Yavneh - 4:50 p.m.
Koach - 4:45 p.m.
RJC - 6:15 p.m.
Shabbat meal time: 6:45 p.m.
Saturday morning services:
Yavneh - 9:15 a.m.
Afternoon (Mincha) services:
Yavneh - 4:20 p.m.
Koach - 4:15 p.m.
Havdalah: 5:46 p.m.
Columbia Jewish Information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/