Come sing and have fun with the Sephardic Club at Oneg Shabbat this
week. 9:00 pm John Jay.
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.
Donate your Shabbos leftovers to Project for the Homeless. Bring all
leftovers to Earl Hall on Sunday at 12:30. Speak to Danielle Wininger
or Lisa Meister.
The Ninth Annual Jewish Collegiate Festival of the Performing Arts is
this Sunday at Feinberg Auditorium at JTS. There are two shows, at 1
& 4 pm. We will have over 15 groups performing it's sure to be a
great show. There will be a limited number of tickets available at
the door. Contact Ilan Glazer or Todd Surden.
Join Kesher/Reform Jews at Columbia for Pizza & Theology, a
stimulating conversation about Reform theology led by Rabbi Rosenn.
Bring a few dollars for pizza & tzedakah. Tuesday, February 23 from 7
to 8 pm in 304 Hamilton.
Rabbi Avi Weiss will deliver a shiur on Thursday at 7:30 pm. The
topic is: Synthesizing our Responsibilities to God & Humanity.
Thursday at 7:30 pm in 413 Kent.
Next Shabbat is the Yachad Shabbaton. 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. Also
note that Shabbat dinner next week will be delayed to accommodate our
guests. Dinner at Hewitt will begin at 8 pm. Look for sign up tables
this week at Hewitt during lunch.
Please note the availibity of food in Hewitt Saturady nights is still
being aranged, and will not be ready this week. Stay tuned for details.
How many chocolate bars can you eat? Hurry and sign up for Purim gift
baskets/Mishloach Manot in the Jewish Office, Hewitt, or Buttler.
Deadline is Wednesday the 24th.
Do you think a carnival at the chagiga/Purim celebration would be
great? Come up with a booth and volunteer. Speak to Ayalah Scher or
any Purim committee member.
The Social Va'ad is excited to announce the first ever Masquerade Bash
in honor of Purim. Next Saturday night in Wein lounge. DJ! Food!
Prizes for best costume! Want to help? Contact Erica Wagner ew149.
A Purim Cabaret with Kesher/Reform Jews at Columbia! Perform silly
skits in groups, schmooze, sing eat, and watch next Sunday at 8 pm in
Postcrypt coffee house. Contact Chelsea Wald ctw8 or Penny Sinanoglou
pjs37 to sigh up to perform or for more information.
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.
Julia Klein does it for 40 minutes. Andrew Jakabovics does it for 23.
Giselle Kotzer got pulled off the street and did it in 45 minutes.
Robert Sherer takes 27. What are we talking about? Running in
Central Park, of course! The Seixas (pronounced say-shus) Harriers is
a group of people who run in organized 5k's in Central Park. All
skill levels are welcome, and every one has a good time. If
interested, contact Robert Sherer at rhs10. How long does it take you?
The Beit Midrash is accepting applications 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
The Office of the University Chaplain's Co-Sponsorship fund is
available to Columbia University's undergraduate, graduate and
professional students. This fund provides administrative and/or
financial support to programs that focus on religion, spirituality,
race, ethnicity, sexual identity, gender, social justice and community
service. The Office of the University Chaplain's Co-Sponsorship fund
is available for recurring events, as well as first-time innovative
programs. Applications are available in 203 Earl Hall. APPLICATION
DEADLINE: Friday, March 5, 1999 by 4:00pm. Students will be notified
by March 31, 1999 of their award notice.
Are you looking for work experience in healthcare, publishing,
business, or law? Do you want to spend the summer at camp? Fridays
working at the Jewish Museum? Next year fighting for social justice,
working in Israel or lobbying Congress? Come by the Jewish Office and
check out the large array of jobs & internship opportunities!
The Hartley Kosher Deli is now open! Come in Monday-Thursday from
11am & 8pm for great food. Located at 101 Hartley Hall. Contact
Shari Katz at sbk16 for catering & employment opportunities.
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.
You are cordially invited to attend the Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture
to be delivered by Serge Schmemann, Jerusalem bureau chief for the New
York Times, 1995-1998, currently on special assignment. "Three Years
in Israel: A Reporter's Notebook" Tuesday, February 23, 1999 at 5:30
p.m. The Jewish Theological Seminary. Free admission. RSVP 678-8802.
Stay in NYC this summer and be part of the Collegiate Leadership
Summer Internship Program (CLIP)! Join 50 Jewish students who intern
in organizations throughout the city for four days out of the week and
meet together for a seminar on Jewish topics for one day of the week.
20 students will also have the opportunity to go to the Brandeis
Collegiate Institute in Simi Valley, Ca -- all expenses paid -- for
two weeks out of the summer. The organizations in which interns are
placed vary from Jewish social service organizations to accounting
firms; there is a modest (but livable) stipend. For more information,
get an application in the Jewish Office or contact Simon Amiel, the
coordinator, amiels.hillel@jn.cjfny.org, or Chelsea Wald, who was a
participant in last year's program, ctw8@columbia.edu.
Enjoy Columbia student's 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.
If you've been meaning to register for an extra curricular Jewish
study's class but haven't yet-it's not too late. Come by the Jewish
Office to register for Jewish Mysticism, Yiddish, Torah Cantillation
and many more.
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 starting to go up. We invite you to take a
look and watch our home being built at 115th street between Broadway
and Riverside Drive, across from Schapiro.
Shabbat Night
Shabbat dinner: 6:45 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: 4:50 pm
Koach services: 4:50 pm
Yavneh services: 5:00 pm
Havdalah: 6:18 pm
Columbia Jewish Information: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jsu/