Scholarship!

The Schahet-Hillel Scholarship provides partial tuition/room and board scholarships to Jewish students currently attending Miami University. The scholarship is awarded based on financial need, demonstration of leadership qualities, and involvement in Hillel and its groups (Association of Jewish Students, Miami Students for Israel, and others) that facilitate Jewish life on campus.

Download the application from the Hillel website, complete the information and give yourself the chance for some help with second semester tuition and fees.

Application Due by email Tuesday, December 5, 2006!

Do you have questions about our Hillel and the choices which our staff or leadership make? Please feel free to contact us at any time. Our Director Amy Greenbaum has an open door policy and is happy to speak with you at any time on any matter, including questions about Hillel itself. You can call Amy in the office (513-523-5190), stop by for a visit, or email her. (By the way, Amy is happy to take you to lunch or for coffee - her treat. Email, call or stop by Hillel to calendar a free meal with her.)

Light the Menorah in Uptown Park
Come to the Oxford Holiday Festival in Uptown Park on Friday, Dec. 1 at 7:30pm. If interested in being a part of the lighting ceremony, contact Amy or Rosie.

Dreidle Making
There will be dreidle making at the Oxford Community Art Center on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 1-3pm. We will be making edible dreidles. All are welcome! For more information, contact Amy.

ELECTIONS!

Be part of programming & decision making at Hillel! Do you have a great programming idea that you want to see happen? Do you enjoy creating facebook events, emails and flyers? Would you like to see services done differently? What about using those business classes to take care of AJS's financial well-being? Great! You are just the kind of person we need. Run for a position at Hillel. Submit an application to be on the AJS Executive Board or Program Board.

This website has information on the the positions available, applications to complete and registering to vote. Contact the person who currently holds the position in which you are interested, by clicking the link to the current AJS Exec and Program Boards.

Applications are due to Amy Greenbaum via email or to her or Zarra Keith in person at Hillel by Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 6 pm.

Candidates for the positions will be publicly listed on the Hillel bulletin board and on this website as applications are submitted.

Elections will be on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 6:30 pm at Hillel. Dinner will be provided and free!

AJS Program Board applications are reviewed by the new AJS 2007 Exec Board with appointments announced after the AJS 2007 Exec. Board's first meeting.

Plan a Program for Hillel and AJS
Would you like to plan a program for Hillel and Association of Jewish Students? Programming grants for any program being put on between December 2006 and Spring Break in March are due this week! You must talk to Amy or Rachel Cahn by next Wednesday.

Walking Theater Project/Hillel Initative
The Walking Theater Project will be holding a workshop sometime during the next month to help generate ideas for their presentation about the Holocaust. They would like everyone to come prepared to just talk about being Jewish and life at Miami. If you have any Holocaust survivors in your family, please come in honor of them. For more information email Jenny Jacob. The day and time are TBD, so currently we are just trying to generate interest.

Thrift Sale
Going home for winter break? Bring back with you any gently used clothing, shoes, purses, and anything else you can think of for our community thrift sale. The proceeds will be donated to a local charity. Questions? Email href="mailto:fellow@muhillel.org">Zarra.

Find the Fellow
Come to Starbucks this Tuesday between 3 and 4:30pm. The first five people to find Zarra will get whatever they want off of the menu for free!

Discovering Judaism
This weekly free class and free dinner will be every Monday beginning at 7:15 pm at Hillel. The next session will be Monday, 11/27. Come learn with Rabbis from the Cincinnati Kollel. This program is open to everyone, no prior knowledge required.

Shabbat Services and FREE dinner
Join us on Friday, Dec. 1st for student-led services at 6:00 pm and FREE dinner at 7:00. All are welcome for services, dinner or both. Dinner is free, kosher and has vegetarian options. Come connect with old friends, meet new friends and enjoy great food! Hillel gratefully thanks the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati for sponsorship of the Shabbat Dinner Program. Questions? Via email send a message to Rosie Landau or Hillel, by phone call Hillel (513-523-5190). We look forward to seeing you there. All welcome!

Miami-Oxford Jewish Community Pot-Luck Dinner
The Jewish community in Oxford is having a pot-luck dinner on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 5:30pm hosted by two local community members. If interested in attending, RSVP to Amy by Tuesday, 11/28 for more details. Children are welcome.

Speaking Opportunity for Women:
Would you like to speak at the Women of Color luncheon on Wednesday, March 7, 2006 at 11:00am? If so, please contact Amy.

MUvement
The student organization called the MUvement, a social group dedicated to creating events, projects, etc., that helps make Miami's campus feel more inclusive needs your help! They are working on a collage that represents the diverse backgrounds and lives that students bring to Miami. On Hillel's website is a document titled "Side By Side", it will be used as the foundation for their collage project. What makes this collage special is that the students are not only the source of inspiration, but ultimately, you will also be the artists. However, what they need are contributors. So please, visit the website, fill it out and bring it to one of their meetings. Meetings are every Thursdays at 8 p.m. in Laws 018 (which is in the basement) until the end of the semester to create ample opportunities.
Contact Justin Rifis, President of the MUvement, with any questions.

Pledge An Hour- Help Volunteer to Repair the World
One of our donors was so inspired by our efforts that she offered a challenge grant, giving Hillel's Tzedek program $1 for every new person who volunteers through our Pledge an Hour campaign, up to $10,000.
The goal of this campaign is to help repair the world by encouraging people to volunteer some time, making a difference in their community or in the world. It doesn't take much, whether you spend an hour changing light bulbs in your home to eco-friendly ones, or visit the sick in the hospital.
And now, giving just an hour of your time can help fund some of Hillel's social justice activities on campus.
For more information, visit Pledge An Hour HERE!

We welcome all submissions to the JewsPaper
If you would like your announcement to be published, please send it to muhillel@muhillel.org by no later than 10AM Monday morning, and it will be placed in the JewsPaper for that week.

Cleveland Federation Needs Your Help
The Israel Action Committee or the CRC at the Cleveland Federation has decided to launch a big effort regarding the kidnapped Israeli soldiers.

We are trying to collect several thousand signatures to send to the U.N. Secretary General and the U.S. Congress. You have the capability to reach out to a lot of people including family, friends and colleagues. We are encouraging people to go to Sign The Petition and click on the link to 'Sign a petition'. For more information email Rachel Kaplan.

Broomball Sign-ups!
If you are interested in playing broomball next season (January-March), email Jenny. Signups are next week!