Come to the Oneg tonight at 9:00 John Jay Lounge sponsored by Lights
in Action and the Oneg committee. This will be an oneg like you've
never seen before!
Is Jewish mysticism your secret interest? Torah study your practice?
Justice your passion? Yiddish your curiosity? Come to the Jewish
Office & check out our new extra-curricular classes & workshops. The
classes this semester include:
Secrets of Jewish Mysticism
Beginning Yiddish
Maimonides on Evil Speech
The Torah of Money: Judaism & Economic Justice
What Page Are We on?: Finding your way through Shabbat Services
Introduction to Judaism
Weekly Torah Portion
Tanya - Hassidic Thought
Learning Torah Cantillation
Come to the Jewish Office to register immediately. Classes begin this
week. Questions? Speak to Rabbi Rosenn.
The Blauner Lecture presents one of the most exciting Jewish events on
this campus since last year's Blauner Lecture. Divided We Stand:
Three Faces of Judaism in America, this Sunday, February 7th. Leaders
from each of the three major movements will speak on the ideologies
and core values of their movements. Rabbis Ismar Schorsch
(Conservative), Walter Wurzburger (Orthodox) and Sheldon Zimmerman
(Reform) will teach individual classes at noon and speak together in a
forum at 1pm in IAB. Get there early if you want a seat.
Join Bikkur Cholim, visiting the sick on Saturday at 2:45 pm. Meet in
front of Ramat Orah, on 110th street near Broadway. Contact Matt
Jacobs or Talia Swartz.
Can you feel the love? Come get some good lovin' at the JSU Lovefest.
Tuesday from 10 to 11 in Schapiro lounge. Free Snacks!
Come to Wednesday Night Learning. Every Wednesday from 8:30 to 9:30
pm in Earl Hall Auditorium. Learn anything about Judaism that
interests you. For a new partner or information contact Natalie Stein
or Rachel Furst.
The Beit Midrash of Columbia presents the second annual winter week of
Learning.
Sunday: 4 pm in 413 Kent, Rabbi Herschel Schacter on Machtzit Hashekel.
Monday: 7:30pm in 603 Hamilton, Rabbi Shaya Karinsky on Disputes for
the Sake of Heaven: Jewish Unity & Diversity.
Tuesday: 6:30 in 310 Fayerwether, Rabbi Michael Rosensweig
on Baal Tosif:
The Integrity of the Halachic Process.
Wednesday: Join us for Wednesday Night Learning at 8:30 pm in Earl Hall.
Thursday: 7:30 pm in 603 Hamilton, Dr. David Luchins on Is the Party
Over: Jewish Political Power in the 90's.
"Renegade Jewish Studies!" a brown bag lunch with Professor Jim
Shapiro. Wednesday, February 10 from 12 to 1 pm in 1101 IAB. Bring
your lunch, we provide drinks and dessert. Sponsored by "Iggrot
ha'ari, The Student Journal of Jewish Studies. Contact Rachel Furst
RF175.
LionPAC is hosting dessert & coffee with a representative from AIPAC.
Come and learn about the latest from Israel and the current political
scene. Tuesday February 9 at 7 pm in . 501B in IAB.
The Beit Midrash is accepting applications this week for a new
committee of coordinators. Applications can be picked up from &
returned to the Beit Midrash mailbox in the Jewish Office.
Responsibilities include program planning, fundraising, book buying,
shiur planning and room maintenance. Deadline is Feb. 28. Contact
Judith Roth, Yosie Levine, or Yehuda Kurtzer.
Tickets are now on sale for the Ninth Annual Jewish Collegiate
Festival of the Performing Arts. Pick them up in the Jewish Office or
at the Office of Student Life at JTS. Contact Ilan Glazer or Todd
Surden. Don't miss a great concert!
Purim is coming! Purim gift baskets or Mishloach Manot, need to be
delivered on Tuesday March 2nd. Let the JSU do the dirty for you.
Sign up in the Jewish Office. If you would like to help please see
Rachel Dobkin or Ayalah Scher.
The Yachad Shabbaton is coming Feb. 26th and 27th. If you can host
Yachad members or if you have dining services meals or points you can
donate for Shabbat meals please email Stephanie Schneider at ss66
The Social Va'ad is excited to announce the first ever Masquerade Bash
in honor of Purim. February 27 in Wein lounge. DJ! Food! Prizes for
best costume! Want to help? Contact Erica Wagner ew149.
The Beit Midrash is having its annual seforim (book) drive. Help the
Beit Midrash update its library. Please make checks payable to the
Beit Midrash of Columbia and give them to Yosie Levine, Yehuda Kurtzer
or Judith Roth.
Dorot, the JSU's project for the elderly, needs volunteers to visit
local shut-ins. If you have even just an hour to spare, email Eric
Goren, eng7 or Dosi Trooper, ht88.
Have you not yet been to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC? Join
Jewish & African American students on March 14th to visit the museum.
Sponsored by Hillel of NY. Space is limited. Come by the Jewish
Office for more information.
If anyone is interested in helping with Study Breaks this semester
send an e-mail to Shira Tropp at srt14.
There are JSU T-shirts available for sale in the Jewish Office for $5
each. Size and quantity are limited.
On Feb 14th and Feb 15th Edah, an organization dedicated to promoting
modern Orthodoxy, is sponsoring a conference entitled "Orthodoxy
Encounters a Changing World". The conference includes presentations
on "Where do Chumrahs come from", "Reflections on the heritage of the
Rav" and "Feminism in Orthodoxy". Distinguished speakers include Rabbi
Shlomo Riskin, Rabbi Avi Weiss, Blu Greenberg, and our own Rabbi
Sheer. The cost of the conference for students including all meals has
been reduced from $210 to $30 but requires advanced sign up. For
information, contact Ari Shrage (ahs33) or Chani Bloom (ksb22).
A graduate student at Yeshiva University is doing research on factors
that affect body image and eating behaviors. She would greatly
appreciate students filling out surveys she left in the Jewish Office,
Thanks!
Update on the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life
As you know this past summer the construction of the Kraft Center for
Jewish Student Life began at 115th street between Broadway and River
Side Drive.
At the current time, excavation of the sight is completed and the
steel structure is now starting to go up. We invite you to take a
look and watch our home being built.
Shabbat Night
Shabbat dinner: 6:30 pm in Hewitt.
Shabbat Morning
Yavneh services: 9:15 am in the Auditorium.
Koach services : 10:00 am in the Dodge Room.
Rabbi Sheer's class: 11:30 in the Schiff Room.
Shabbat Afternoon
WTG services: 4:30 pm
Koach services: 4:30 pm
Yavneh services: 4:40 pm
Havdalah: 6:02 pm
Columbia Jewish Information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/