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Thursday, May 4, 2006 Congratulations to Yitzi Greenbaum on being named the SEAS Valedictorian. It is a great accomplishment for our community! a) Shabbat Times, etc. b) Yavneh Dinner Volunteers c) Sunday - Yavneh Study Break d) Finals Minyan Times (starting tom.) e) Kraft Extended Hours f) Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor Speaking TODAY g) Develop a Tanach Program with Barnard Alum h) Jewish Dialogue Fellowship Program ------------------------------------------------- a) PARSHAT ACHAREI MOT SHABBAT TIMES: Yavneh- Candle Lighting: 7:38Koach- Friday Mincha: 7:40Hewitt Meals- Yavneh Dinner (LL Mac): 9:00This week's Friday night Dvar Torah will be given by former Yavneh president and graduating senior Jen Rubin. Senior Abby Deift, former Hillel president and former Yavneh VP, will be speaking between Shacharit and Kiddush. Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by a generous alumni donation and will be a joint Kiddush with Koach. The HOT FLEISHIG Kiddush will be in Rennert ten minutes after davening. ------------------------------------------------ b) YAVNEH DINNER VOLUNTEERS Anyone who wants to help set up and decorate for the Yavneh dinner can come to Lower Level Mac tomorrow at 4:15. Thank you! ------------------------------------------------ c) SUNDAY - YAVNEH STUDY BREAK Sunday night after mincha/maariv (7:45 on 5th floor) Yavneh will be coordinating a study break sponsored by Columbia first-years. (If you have Columbia points that you would like to donate please email Shira - shira.irwin@gmail.com) ------------------------------------------------ d) FINALS MINYAN TIMES Shacharit tomorrow thru Thursday will be at 7:45 am every day (except Shabbat at 9:30 and Sunday at 8:30). Mincha/Maariv Sunday thru Thursday will be at 7:45 pm, on the 5th floor (even on Sunday). ------------------------------------------------ e) KRAFT EXTENDED HOURS For finals week, the Kraft Center will be open Motzei Shabbat until 10 pm and Sunday thru Friday until 2 am! Tables and chairs are set up in Rennert and on the 5th floor for your studying convenience. ------------------------------------------------ f) OLDEST LIVING HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEAKING TODAY Unbroken Will: Leopold Engleitner, Holocaust Survivor 4:00 PM in 1501 IAB Born in 1905 in Salzburg, Mr. Engleitner became a Jehovah's Witness in his late twenties. In 1938, when Austria was annexed into the Nazi Reich, Mr. Engleitner was frequently imprisoned for “promoting an unacceptable religious faction” and spent the next five years in three different concentration camps. He was subjected to severe physical labor and demeaning treatment from both his SS guards and his fellow prisoners. Throughout his internment, Mr. Engleitner was offered freedom in return for signing a declaration renouncing his beliefs. Time and time again, he refused. Finally, in exchange for agreeing to work solely in agriculture for the remainder of his life, he was released from the Ravensbreck concentration camp on July 15, 1943. Since 1999, Mr. Engleitner has been speaking to groups at universities, schools, and holocaust memorial sites. He has been instrumental in furthering the teaching of Holocaust and Nazi atrocities around the world. ------------------------------------------------ g) DEVELOP A TANACH PROGRAM WITH A BARNARD ALUM My name is Atara Newberger, and I am currently working on developing a program via the Drisha Institute that, I believe, will strongly appeal to those who are either teaching Tanach, or are interested in serious Tanach scholarship. My wish is to develop an intensive Tanach program at Drisha that would serve to help day school educators become proficient in content material that is stimulating for their own self-growth and is also applicable to a modern orthodox educational setting. The program would be built upon the literary and thematic style of studying Tanach that has been pioneered by teachers such as Rabbi Menachem Leibtag and Shani Taragin. It would meet either two or three times a week, for a couple of hours each time. (Please email Atara at ataran25@aol.com if you are interested or have any questions) ------------------------------------------------- h) JEWISH DIALOGUE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Are you interested in fostering dialogue within the Jewish community about the Israel-Palestinian conflict? If so, the Jewish Dialogue Fellowship program is great for you. The program will meet next semesters every other week for a few hours each time, and participants will receive a $200 stipend. If you are interested in applying, email ari@jewishdialogue.org (the application due date is this SUNDAY). Any questions? Email Jeremy at job2101@columbia.edu. ------------------------------------------------ Shabbat Shalom and good luck on finals! Jeremy, Taryn, Shira, Gaby, and Eric |
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