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    Jewish Electronic Calendar Issue #144

    Serving the Jewish Community of Columbia University in New York, NY

    Friday, April 24 - 26 Nissan 5757 13th Day of the Omer

    Friday:
    Candlelighting: 7:26 pm
    Mincha:
    Yavneh: 7:30 pm in the Earl Hall auditorium
    KOACH: 7:20 pm in 312 Math
    KESHER: 6:15 pm in the Schiff room of Earl Hall

    Shabbat Announcements 4/24/98

    Come hear the Clefhangers perform acapella Fri. night sponsored by Koach & the Oneg Committee, 10:30PM in the Dodge Room.

    The Beit Midrash welcomes scholar-in-residence, Rabbi Jack Bieler of Silver Spring, MD. Rabbi Bieler is the Rabbi of Kemp Mill Synagogue & Judaic Studies principal of the Hebrew Academy in Washington. Join the Beit Midrash & Rabbi Bieler for Fr iday night dinner at Hewitt. Rabbi Bieler will also be giving a class on Shabbat morning in the Schiff Room after Yavneh davening.

    Rabbi Silber, Director of Drisha, will give a special class 5:30PM in the Schiff Room. Men & women are welcome.

    Come for a pizza & discussion Melava Malka with scholar-in-residence Rabbi Bieler Saturday night 9pm in Earl Hall.

    Tuesday night, Rabbi Chaim Brovender will give a special shiur on Yom HaZikaron. The shiur will be at 9:30 at a location TBA. For more information contact Jeremy Kadden or Daniel Feldman.

    The Koach dinner, with speaker Chancellor Ismar Schorsch, Jewish Theological Seminary, will be on May 1st. Sign up in the Jewish Office (w/cash) or Hewitt (w/points) by Wednesday, 4/29.

    RJC is no more!!

    ....We're changing our name. Our new name is Kesher, which is the national organization that supports Reform student groups on campus!!

    Volunteer at the Peace Games Festivals! We need volunteers for Fri., 5/1 from 9am-3pm to play with kids and lead games. Free kosher breakfast, lunch, and Ben and Jerry’s ice cream plus a free T-shirt! Come to one of two mandatory trainings on Mon., 4/2 7 at 8:30pm in Carman Lounge or Tues., 4/28 at 8:30pm in Schapiro Lounge. Contact Amy Spar with questions.

    Give peace a chance. Join in the last studybreak & make a your own tye-dyed tee-shirt. You supply the shirt, we’ll supply the rest. Tues. 4/28, 6PM in Lewishon Lawn.

    WNLP is on Tuesday, 4/28 this week.

    Celebrate the establishment of Israel’s 50th anniversary Wed. 4/29 with a memorial for fallen Israeli soldiers with a speaker from the Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers & a community wide celebration with music, dancing & food.< /P>

    Join us on Thurs. 4/29 for the Annual Yom Ha’Atzmaut/Independence day BBQ. Come for Volleyball, Frisbee & Israeli dancing etc.

    Rabbi Charles Sheer is looking for a student to serve as Masgiach (Kashrut Supervisor) at Barnard Meal Plan. Please contact him as soon as possible. Good pay, moderate hours & a guaranteed seat in the world to come.

    Pick up a copy of ‘Iggrot Ha’Ari,’ the Columbia University Student Journal of Jewish Scholarship in the Jewish office. We are looking for computer editors, copy editors, and editorial board members for next year. We are also soliciting papers on any su bject related to Jewish studies for publication. If you are interested, contact Chelsea Wald or see our website www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/journal

    Celebrate Israel’s 50th on Thurs., 5/30 with a boat trip on the Hudson. Be one of the 450 plus students going from area universities and register to win a round-trip ticket to Israel on ELAL. Tickets are $10 contact Ari Raucher or Maia Sharon for tickets & details.

    The Jerusalem Fellowships Internship for Leaders is offering two programs this summer. The Jerusalem Fellowships Internship for Leaders, geared for a select group of student leaders who are motivated to ignite Jewish pride and unity on college campuses throughout North America. For more details, call Rabbi Chaim Dubin at 1-800-FELLOWS, or check out the website at www.jerualemfellowships.org

    SHABBAT TIMES:

    Shabbat dinnertime: 9:00 p.m.

    Morning Services:
    Yavneh: 9:15 a.m.

    Shabbat lunchtime: 12:30 p.m.

    Afternoon services:
    Koach: 7:00 p.m.
    Women’s T’fillah: 7:00 p.m.
    Yavneh: 7:10 p.m.

    Havdalah: 8:31 p.m.


    Shabbat Shalom!
    Scott Susser

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    Copyright © 1998 Scott Susser, email: sas104@columbia.edu.

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