High Holiday Information
High Holiday Ride Share
This Week at Hillel: Jewish Awareness Month Begins
Broomball Sign-up
Upcoming Events
Parents Weekend
Opportunities
Hillel has new e-mail addresses!
YOM KIPPUR BEGINS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 2003
HIGH HOLIDAYS 2003/5764: The High Holidays are approaching. If you are going to be in Oxford for the holidays, join the Miami University community for services and meals. The schedule is below. Please sign-up in advance by coming to Hillel. Each service is $5.00 for students and $10.00 for community members. Blue and Gold Card holders do not have to pay for services. (Please remember to come by Hillel and pay for your blue and gold cards.) If you would like to participate in any of the services or service preparation--read Torah or Haftorah, read something in English or something in Hebrew, open the ark, serve as an usher, etc., please e-mail us at muhillel@muhillel.org so that we can include you.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner
Fri. 9/26, 5:00 pm at Hillel
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
Fri. 9/26, 7:00 pm at Sesquicentennial Chapel
Rosh Hashanah
Sat. 9/27, at 10:00 am at Sesquicentennial Chapel
Rosh Hashanah
Sun. 9/28 at 10:00 at Hillel
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre)
Sun. 10/5 at 7:00 pm at Sesquicentennial Chapel
Yom Kippur
Mon. 10/6 at 10:00 am at Sesquicentennial Chapel
Yizkor, Neila, Break the Fast
Mon. 10/6 at 6:30 pm at Hillel
HIGH HOLIDAY RIDE SHARE
Sarah S. is looking for a ride to Cleveland for Rosh Hashanah. Please e-mail her at sobelsl@muohio.edu if you can help her.
Sarah K. is looking for a ride to Cleveland/Akron. Please e-mail her at kollersb@muohio.edu if you can help her.
THIS WEEK AT HILLEL: JEWISH AWARENESS MONTH BEGINS
Schedule change: PBJAM has been moved to Wednesday, October 8
Monday, September 22, Greek/Jewish Monday Night Football, 8:30 pm at BW3's
Tuesday, September 23, Discovering Judaism, at 7:30 pm, dinner included
Thursday, September 24, Nosh Til You Drop, Jewish Holiday Grub, First Year Student Event, 7:00 pm, at Hillel
Friday, September 25, Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner, 5:00 pm at Hillel
Friday, September 25, Erev Rosh Hashanah Service, 7:00 pm at Sesquicentennial Chapel
Saturday, September 26, Rosh Hashanah Service, 10:00 am at Sesquicentennial Chapel
Sunday, September 27, Rosh Hashanah Service, 10:00 am at Hillel
Monday, September 29, Happy Jew Year, Ladies Night, 7:15 pm at Hillel
Tuesday, September 30, MSI Elections and Opening event, MacMillan 227
Tuesday, September 30, Discovering Judaism, 7:30 pm at Hillel, dinner included
BROOMBALL SIGN-UP: If you want to be a part of Jews on Ice, sign up at Hillel or e-mail Ilya at charnai@muohio.edu
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Traditional Jewish Customs, October 2 at Hillel
Learners Shabbat Service, October 3 at Hillel
Yom Kippur, October 5-6 (see schedule below)
PBJam, October 8, 11:00 - 3:00 pm at Shriver
Mel Brooks Movie Night, October 9, e-mail Matt Levi at levima@muhillel.org
PARENTS WEEKEND: Parents Weekend is October 10-12, 2003. If your parents still need a place to stay, Hillel offers a Bed and Breakfast service in partnership with the Jewish community of Oxford. The cost is $50.00 per night per person and is a donation to Hillel. Beds are offered on a first come, first served basis,
so have your parents sign-up early! Contact Amy at director@muhillel.org or have your parents call (513) 523-5190 for more information.
Don't forget about our Parent's Weekend Brunch on Saturday, October 11, 2003 from 10:30 am - 2:00 pm at Hillel. Bring your parents and join us for the blinzes, bagels, and all the fixings. The brunch costs $7.50 per non-student person if you sign-up in advance and $10.00 per non-student person at the door. Contact Amy at director@muhillel.org or call (513) 523-5190.
OPPORTUNITIES:
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Fall College Colloquim is October 10-12, 2003. The theme of the Collogium is "Just Another Manic Movement?: Reform Judaism in the 21st Century" Contact the youthprograms@huc.edu for more information.
Register now for KESHER Convention 2003! This year's convention will take place at the UAHC Biennial, November 6-9, 2003, bringing 150 KESHER participants together with 5,000 Reform Jewish activists at the largest event of its kind. For more information and registration, check out www.keshernet.com The early-bird deadline is October 3, 2003. Questions? Contact kesher@uahc.org.
Hillel International Board of Governors Chairman Edgar M. Bronfman and Hillel Director of the Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning Rabbi Avi Weinstein present the webinar "A Time to be Out of Time: Preparing for Rosh Hashanah" on September 23, 2003 at 4 p.m. EST. Participants will call a toll-free number and log onto a Web site to join in the session, and must be at a computer with Internet access and a phone line. Contact Tova Serkin at tserkin@hillel.org.
Ohav Shalom Congregation, a conservative congregation in Cincinnati, has generously offered to host students for meals and services during the High Holidays. If you are interested contact Rabbi Meirovich at 513-489-3399.
Beth Israel Congregation in Hamilton is looking for a Sunday School teachers. Contact 868-2049 for more information.
Hillel at Miami University is looking for a systems analyst on a temporary,part-time basis. E-mail Amy at director@muhillel.org. Make money while having fun!
Work with Jewish youth in Cincinnati leading monthly activities at the Cincinnati JCC for Young Judaea. For details, contact Rachel Warach at 847-492-9602 or Kim Streiffer at 513-761-7500 x. 249. Young Judaea is Sponsored by Hadassah.
HILLEL HAS NEW E-MAIL ADDRESSES!
We can now be reached at:
General e-mail address: muhillel@muhillel.org
Amy Bebchick, director's address: director@muhillel.org
Skip Edwards, administrator's address: admin@muhillel.org
Check us out on line at www.muhillel.org!
.
