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. Prior applicants may apply again, but not prior winners.

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 TOMORROW Tuesday, December 5, 2006!

Ladies' Night Pre-Finals Spa Night of Relaxation
Lights on Campus, Association of Jewish Students, and Interfaith Circle invites you to enjoy a spa night of FREE massages, hand waxes, yoga, spa products, comfort food, movies, hot rocks massages, crafts, hot drinks, and fun company this Thursday, December 7, 2006 from 9:00pm-midnight at Campus Ministry Center, 16 S. Campus Ave (near the Phi Delt Gates). This event is FREE FOR ALL and ALL FOR YOU!
Do you have questions? Email Elizabeth Gartenberg. Do you need a ride? Call 523-4848. See you there!

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.

Tell us what you think of the food on Shabbat
Take our survey to let us know how we are doing. Share with us what you like, don't like, and want to see done next semester. The survey will take no more than 4 minutes.

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 Wednesday between 2 and 4pm. 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. 8th 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. This week's dinner features stirfry! There will be stirfry with brisket, strifry with chicken, and vegetarian stirfry. There will also be soy meat available. 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!

Lunch and Learn
Enjoy a free lunch at Hillel and discussion of the story of Hanukkah - including some lesser-known elements of the holiday. Discussion is led by Amy on this Wednesday, 12/6 from noon-1 pm at Hillel. All are welcome.

GLOBAL FESTIVAL OF HOLIDAYS
Sponsored by Diversity Affairs Council and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers With Support from Associated Student Government and the Office of Diverse Student Development Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 5 7:00pm Shriver Center, 1809 Diving Room
Learn how cultures from around the world celebrate the holidays! Be entertained with music, dance performances, free food and gifts!
Admission is 2 non-perishable food items, hats, scarves or gloves. All donations will go to support a local charity.

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.

Hillel Participants on MTVU tomorrow!
Eric Sunray and Dan Albert are hosting a TV show on MTVU this Tuesday and it is airing Tuesday at 10AM and 4PM then the rest of the week at 6PM. It can be viewed on channel 76 of the cable network on Campus and on MTVU.com all the time. Watch, support them and get high ratings.

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!

Whose Judaism Is It Anyway?
The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Department of Youth Programs Annual College Colloquium is February 2-4, 2007 on the campus of HUC-JIR. This year's event is "Whose Judaism is it anyway? Jewish denominationalism on the college campus." In the past this program has attracted college students from across the USA to explore various Jewish topics which enjoying social activities both on and off the campus. Further information pertaining to the HUC-JIR College Colloquium may be obtained by e-mail at youthprograms@huc.edu or phone at (513) 487-3232.

Young Zionist Leadership Conference
Join North Americans Activitists, Israeli analysts, and well-known educators for a weekend of engaging debate and interactive lectures on Zionism!
This year's conference is January 19-21, 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida.
For more information and registration go to Registration and Additional Information or call 800-27-ISRAEL.

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.

Textbook Exchange
Want to sell your old textbooks to other students? Looking for cheap books from other students? Post what you have or are looking for to our new forum!

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 this week!