Shabbat Announcements 3/6/98
Join 11-11 pluralism Shabbaton & the Oneg Committee Friday night for an original performance "Looking at Judaism through your eyes" 9:30PM in John Jay Lounge.
Rabbi Charles Sheer will give a special class on the Purim Megillah after the Yavneh kiddush Sabbat morning.
Come CLIMB with the JSU! Show off your skill this Sunday. Meet at 116th & B’way at 1:30PM. Call Avi Weisberg & Jessica Rezak for more info.
Lain with Ilana Garber Sun. 3/8 at 8:30PM in the Earl Hall Dodge Room then stay for a Women’s T’fillah discussion at 9:30PM.
This Sunday 3/8, Mincha will be at 5:30PM followed by a Shuir by Dov Weiss on Women & Megillah reading. Maariv will follow at 6:30PM.
Do you want to help end hunger? Here’s your chance! Work on the Passover Hunger Initiative this Mon. 3/9 at 8:30PM in 401 Hamilton. Talk to Aaron Dobish for more info.
JSU nights at the Steven Wise Homeless are back this Monday & every Monday! Both single sex & mixed staff nights are available by request. Call Rebecca Scharbach for more details.
Shiur ha Shiurim starts this week! A chance to learn a new topic in a new location from a new Columbia student each Monday night at 9PM. Call Rebecca Scharbach for more details & look for the signs.
Get involved in the Interfaith Peace Seder. Work with members of other religious groups & recreate the Passover Seder based on themes of redemption from Oppression. Come to a planning meeting Mon. 3/9 at 8:30PM in 401 Hamilton. Call Rahel Lerner fo r more details.
If you want to be on the men’s women’s or co-ed Intramural Floor Hockey team this season contact Bayla Maza at brm14@columbia.edu Deadline is 3/9.
PURIM STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY:
The Fast of Esther is Wednesday. Following the fast a buffet dinner in Hewitt South at 8:15PM will be served.
All are welcome to hear Megillah Wed. evening at the following locations:
Yavneh - Horace Mann Auditorium, Teachers College at 6:30PM
Koach - James Room, Barnard College at 6:30PM
RJC - 424 Kent at 7PM. Come participate in a Bibliodrama.
Women’s T’fillah - Dodge Room, Earl Hall at 6:30PM
The JSU Purim Chagiga will be Wed. 3/11 at 9:30PM in both levels McIntosh. Join us for dancing, refreshments, live music, a Purim shpiel & raucous fun! All are welcome cost is $3 w/CUID $5 w/o.
Look for boxes in your building to deposit cans & packaged foods to be delivered to the homeless on Purim.
Thursday Megillah reading will be at 7AM in Earl Hall Auditorium (Yavneh) & Earl Hall Schiff Room (WTG). Yavneh will also be holding a second reading at 8:30 AM in the Auditorium.
No time to make Purim baskets or give gifts to the needy? Look for our convenient stand on College Walk- Purim day 3/12 between 10am-2pm.
A Purim Seuda (meal) will take place Thurs. at 3:30PM. Sign up in Hewitt by Tuesday night.
Would you like to participate in the Israel 50 & Beyond Coffeehouse on March 30th? If you sing, dance, play music, recite poetry- we want you! Talk to Rebecca Zausmer to sign up.
Hillel is offering a unique 3-week trip to Germany this summer. Learn about German-Jewish history, Jewish life in Germany today, & modern Jewish politics & culture. Cost is $200 & includes travel, accommodations & most meals. Juniors, Seniors & graduate students welcome. Contact the Jewish Office for applications.
Don’t miss your chance to buy a ticket for the David Broza concert, part of the Israel 50 Years & Beyond celebration. Tickets are $10 w/CUID in the Jewish Office 12N-5PM. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Be part of JelLO – the Jewish Life Orientation. Applications available in the Jewish Office Orientation box. Advisors will shape the exciting first Shabbat for anxious first years. Applications due Friday, 3/27. Talk to Andy Halpert, Yehuda Kurtzer, Ilana Garber or Chani Bloom with questions.
The Israeli Consul for Cultural Affairs has put together a schedule of exciting events honoring Israel’s 50th birthday. Events include the 14th Israeli Film Festival, the acclaimed Kibbutz Dance Company, etc. Get your schedule in the Jewish Office. Contact Elisha Rabin with questions.
Jewish Singled Out – the MTV gameshow is coming to Columbia immediately after Spring Break. If you want to be a spectator, contestant or "Singled-Out" email Amy Beth Siemens at abs40@columbia.edu Mark your calendars now!
Stay here over Spring Break! Help build a home on 134th street with Habitat for Humanity. For more info, ask Susan Field or Lisa in the Baptist Office.
Interested in an Alternative Spring Break? Join Interfaith Rebuilding Partnership & spend 7 days in Summerton, South Carolina, March 14-21, working to rebuild the Prayer House Mission. The trip is coordinated by Tim McCarthy, and sponsored by Commu nity Impact. For more info, call CI.
This year’s Holocaust Commemoration will be a compilation of student reactions to the Holocaust. We want your poetry, creative writing, music & artwork. So bring in your personal responses to the Holocaust. If you want to participate in or help pla n Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) Commemoration, contact Rahel Lerner. Our first meeting is Tues. 3/10 at 8PM in 507 Hamilton.
Brandeis University's Conservative organization invites you to the "Pluralistic Judaism in Contemporary Society" Shabbaton 3/20-22 w/special guest Judith Hauptman, Prof. of Talmud at JTS. $15 - call Miriam Kalnicki or Eliav Boch for details.
If you have never been to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, this is your chance! Join a group of Jewish and African American College students from across the Northeast for a unique trip - cost is $25 & includes travel, museum entrance , and hotel! Call Jewish Office for more details.
If you interested in attending a concert of Jewish cantors singing Hebrew & Aramaic prayers, contact Angelique. Rabbi Jennie Rosenn will be a facilitator of this Spring Urban New York program.
Anyone interested in attending the Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership & Values Conference, May 17-21, please contact the Jewish Office for more info. The conference includes meetings with top public policy officials, highlights of the ‘98 A IPAC annual conference & study of Jewish texts related to policy issues.
The Hartley Deli is open from 11-8 Monday-Friday. Come in for soup, knish or a sandwich. See Chaya Baskin for catering & employment opportunities.
There’s a men’s Gemara Shiur, taught by Dov Weiss, given Sundays in 326 IAB & Tuesdays in 401 Hamilton from 7:15-8:30PM.
Check out the new feature on the Jewish Office website on our home page, click on "Upcoming Events," and see our new weekly visual calendar. Thanks to Yair Hakak! >www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu
P>The Jewish Meditation group meets Fridays 4pm in 901 IAB. All are welcome. No previous meditation experience necessary.Wednesday Night Learning every Wednesday at 8:30PM in Earl Hall. For a partner, contact Natalie Stein.
Israeli dancing every Monday evening from 7:30-11:30 PM.
The Jewish Office has listings posted on the bulletin board for Israel study, internships, job opportunities, travel, etc. Come by & check them out in Carolyn’s new binder system.
Earl Hall would like to remind students that the building closes at 11 PM. Please cooperate.
If you are a new student, have a room, phone, or e-mail change or want to get the weekly announcements, please fill out a JSU card in the Jewish Office. We now have ~1600 students in our database & want you to be a part of the JSU too.
SHABBAT TIMES:
Morning Services:
Yavneh: 9:15 a.m.
Koach: 10:00 a.m.
Shabbat lunchtime: 12:30 p.m.
Afternoon services:
Koach: 5:10 p.m.
Women’s T’fillah: 5:10 p.m.
Yavneh: 5:20 p.m.
Havdalah: 6:35 p.m.
Columbia Jewish Information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/