This weeks oneg is a tish sponsored by the Oneg committee & Yavneh
starting at 9:00 pm John Jay, featuring soloist: Ari Hakimi...
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 began last
week, but you can still sign up. Questions? Speak to Rabbi Rosenn.
For those who signed up in advance, remember the Koach dinner tonight
at 6:30 in the James room.
Join Bikkur Cholim, visiting the sick on Saturday at 3:15 pm. Meet in
front of Ramat Orah, on 110th street near Broadway. Contact Matt
Jacobs or Talia Swartz.
Shabbos leftovers? Donate them to Project for the Homeless! Bring
all leftovers to Earl Hall on Sunday at 12:30. Speak to Danielle
Wininger or Lisa Meister.
This Sunday & Monday in the Edah conference entitled "Orthodoxy
Encounters a Changing World" being held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel
starting at 9 am. If you wish to attend, and have not registered in
advance, please note that you must come early to insure attendance.
There are only a few places left. For more information, contact Ari
Shrage (ahs33) or Chani Bloom.
Come celebrate Rosh Chodesh with Women's Tefillah. Tuesday &
Wednesday mornings at 7:50 am in the Schiff Room. Come Sing! There
will be kiddish too.
Come to 603 Hamilton on Tuesday, February 16th at 7 pm to hear about
the controversial issue of the Trans-Israel Highway. Light
Refreshments will be served. Contact Suzie Patt or Ari Roucher for
more info.
Jewish? Vegetarian? If you are, or if you don't mind eating tofu,
come to the first-ever meeting of AYTBT (As Yet To Be Titled),
Columbia's soon to be announced, Jewish vegetarian society. Tuesday
the 16th at 9 pm in Earl Hall Schiff Room. Be there, or be a
carnivore. Contact Josh Reich or Laura Baron.
Jewish Women! Eat, talk & celebrate Rosh Chodesh, the New Month, with
the Jewish Women's Coalition! Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 8 pm in 707 Hamilton.
Come eat your heart out at the First Annual JSU PIE EATING CONTEST!!!
Come get messy, have lots of fun & maybe win a prize! Tuesday in
Schapiro lounge from 9 to 10 pm.
Join Jews for Social Justice and be part of the Spring Hunger
Initiative. Held in April on Low Plaza, this exciting event raises
awareness about hunger in NYC and offers immediate ways for people in
the Columbia community to address the issue. If you are a Jew who
cares about justice, come to 313 Hamilton, Tuesday February 16 at
8:00pm to be part of this event. (If you are interested but can't
come to this meeting, contact Mirka Feinstein, Miriam Sheinbein, or
Rabbi Rosenn.
Come share your own ideology and learn about other student's
ideologies in a follow up to last week's "Divided We Stand". Don't
worry if you weren't there the first time. Feed your mind. Feed your
face. Pizza will be served. Wednesday 7pm in 511 Kent.
This Thursday there will be a Sephardic cooking class at 7:30 pm in
H60 East Campus. The meal will be served after minyan on
Friday. Sign up by Wednesday in the Jewish Office.
Come party in suite H406 East Campus Thursday the 18th from 8 to 10:30
pm to welcome all transfer & visiting students. If you know anyone
who is new to our community please contact Yael Silk so she can
formally invite them.
Tickets are now on sale for the Ninth Annual Jewish Collegiate
Festival of the Performing Arts. The Festival will be on February
21st and will have over 15 groups performing. Pick up tickets in the
Jewish Office or at the Office of Student Life at JTS. Contact Ilan
Glazer or Todd Surden.
Save the Date: this year's Yachad Shabbaton is coming on Feb.26th and
27th. If you can host a Yachad member, lend sleeping bags/futons, or
donate dining services meals/points email either Stephanie Schneider
or ss669 or Eric Goren eng7.
Purim is coming! Purim gift baskets or Mishloach Manot need to be
delivered on Tuesday March 2nd. Let the JSU do the dirty work for
you. Sign up in the Jewish Office. If you would like to help please
see Rachel Dobkin or Ayalah Scher.
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 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.
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
eng7 or Dosi, ht88.
Come to Wednesday Night Learning. This and 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.
Barnard-Columbia Education Project (BCEP), Community Impact's program
that teaches writing and SAT's and offers college guidance has
volunteer positions available. We meet on Wednesdays from 5:30 to
7:30 pm at Barnard. Kosher pizza dinner is served. Please contact
Debbie Katz at dk208 for information.
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.
Enjoy Columbia students first trip to Israel with the UJA Winter
Student Mission. Check out the web page designed by Barry Mason at:
www.columbia.edu/~bmm221/israel
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.
There are JSU T-shirts available for sale in the Jewish Office for $5
each. Size and quantity are limited.
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
At the current time, excavation of the site is completed and the
steel structure is now almost all up. We invite you to take a
look and watch our home being built at 115th street between Broadway
and River Side Drive, across from Schapiro.
Shabbat Night
Shabbat dinner: 6:30 pm in Hewitt.
Shabbat Morning
Yavneh services: 9:15 am in the Auditorium.
Koach services : Not this week.
Shabbat Afternoon
WTG services: 4:40 pm
Koach services: 4:40 pm
Yavneh services: 4:50 pm
Havdalah: 6:10 pm
Columbia Jewish Information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/