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Hillel at Miami University invites you to
participate in the following events. Click the links
within the informational areas of this email
newsletter and become more informed on programs
and
opportunities - including FREE trips to Israel!
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Special Programs - Find a JOB! & Israeli General Speaks & Bone Marrow Drive
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Israeli General
Ephraim
Lapid Speaks on "Israel and U.S: Irreversible
Alliance" Miami Students for
Israel invites you to hear Brigadier General Ephraim
Lapid
speak on Tuesday, January 30th at 5 pm in 336
Shriver. All are invited to a free dinner
following the talk at Hillel at 6:15. For questions
or more information contact Andy Bailer,
President of Miami Students for Israel.
Bone Marrow
Drive There will be a bone
marrow drive with the Gift of Life Foundation on
February 12th from 5-8pm and February 13th from
noon-3pm. Both days will be in 212 MacMillan.
Come get swabbed for the bone marrow registry- no
blood draw needed.
Volunteers are needed to help with the bone
marrow drive. If interested, contact Sarah Wolff.
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Go To Israel This Summer for FREE!
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Travel to Israel
for FREE this summer! Would you
like to travel to Israel for FREE this summer? You
may be eligible for a free trip with
Taglit-birthright israel: Hillel. Spaces on our
Hillel trip after classes end fill fast, so put the
sign-up date on your calendar - February 15th at
9am.
The Pictures Are
Up! The pictures from Miami
Hillel's birthright trip last month are now online.
Find Zarra in
Shriver! Zarra will be tabling
in Shriver from 11:30-1:30pm on each of the
following days. Find her to talk about going to
Israel this summer on Birthright!
- Tuesday, January 30
- Thursday, February 1
- Tuesday, February 6
- Wednesday, February 7
- Monday, February 12
- Wednesday, February 14
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Holocaust Remembrance Program
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We Need Your
Help! The Holocaust Remembrance
Program needs your help. We are pairing up with the
Walking Theater Project to put together a
presentation for Monday, April 16th. They would like
some members of the Jewish community to accompany
them to the Dayton Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Museum to see the Holocaust exhibit on Feb 24 .
Also, they will need volunteers for a workshop which
will either be Monday-Wednesday Feb. 26-28 or
Monday-Wednesday March 5-7 in the evenings. If
interested email Jenny with what
days work best for you.
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Association of Jewish Students Information
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Have any ideas for really great programs? Email Jenny.
Broomball! Come
play broomball with us! No experience necessary.
The schedule for the rest of the season is:
- Sat Feb 3 5:15 PM
- Sun Feb 11 6:15 PM
- Sun Feb 25 9:35 AM
- Sat Mar 3 5:15 PM
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JCSC-Zarra's Corner and J-DAP Progams
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Love Muffins in
Swing Hall Come to Swing Hall
on Tuesday, Feb. 13th at 8pm for Love Muffins! We
will be showing the movie Hitch, which will
be raffled off at the end. There will be delicious
muffins and other Valentine's Day food. After the
movie, we will be playing condom bingo.
Find the
Fellow Find Zarra this week to
chat, find out about a free trip to Israel and for a
free drink for the first 4 people to find her each
day.
- Monday, January 29 from 11-12:30 pm in King
Library Cafe
- Wednesday, January 31 from 2:30-4 pm at Starbucks
- Monday, February 5 from 2-3:30 pm in King
- Thursday, February 8 from 2:30-4 pm at Kofenya
Questions? Email or call
(523-5190).
Are you wondering
what to do after graduation? Apply to be a
JCSC Applications for the
2007-2008 Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps
Fellowship are now being accepted. All seniors who
are creative, entrepreneurial, and self-aware
leaders are encouraged to apply. Are you
interested? Talk with Zarra or click
on the link below.
Applications are due February 23.
Challah Cover
Making
Come to Emerson at 7 pm on Wednesday, January 31,
2007 to help make
challah covers. Contact Robyn Steiner
if you
have any questions!
FYSH
food Enjoy FREE dinner at
Hillel with your friends on Wednesday, Feb. 7th
at 7pm. -
FYSH ONLY! Contact Zarraif
you have any questions.
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Jewish Learning & Shabbat - FREE Dinner & Services
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Curious about Judaism? Join us for some fun, informal learning and FREE food.
Shabbat
Services and FREE *special* dinner
Join us on
Friday, Feb. 2nd for student-led services at
6:00 pm and FREE dinner at 7:00. All are
welcome for
services, dinner or both. This shabbat we will be
having deli meat and three kinds of soup! A
vegetarian entre will be available. 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
Diogo
Metz or Hillel, by
phone call Hillel
(513-523-5190). We look forward to seeing you
there.
All welcome!
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,
1/29. Come
learn with Rabbis from the Cincinnati Kollel. This
program is open to everyone, no prior knowledge
required.
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Community Events + Outside Opportunities
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Moving Toward
Freedom: A Women's Tu B'Shevat
Seder A Women's Tu B'Shevat
Seder to raise awareness of domestic violence in the
Jewish Community will take place on Sunday,
February 11th from 2-4:30pm. If interested, you
MUST RSVP to Amy or call
513-523-5190 by February 6th.
Students are free and there are scholarships
available for others. Amy will coordinate rides. All
women are welcome regardless of religion.
Counterterrorism
expert Prof. Amos N. Guiora speaks in
Dayton Counterterrorism expert
leads JCRC programs Feb. 8
Prof. Amos N. Guiora, director of the Institute for
Global Security Law and Policy at Case Western
Reserve School of Law, will present two programs for
the Jewish Community Relations Council on Thursday,
Feb. 8. At 4 p.m., he will lead the discussion
Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism in 101
Fawcett Hall at Wright State University. At 7:30
p.m., he will present Morality in Armed Conflict, at
the Boonshoft CJCE. Guiora served in the Israel
Defense Forces for 19 years, retiring at the rank of
lieutenant colonel. He was involved in the capture
of the PLO weapons ship Karine A, the implementation
of the Gaza-Jericho Agreement, the
Israeli-Palestinian-Interim Agreement, and "safe
passage" between the Gaza Strip and West Bank. At
Case Western Reserve, he teaches and develops
courses and laboratories on the legal and policy
aspects of counterterrorism. For more information,
call 937-610-1555. Do you need a ride from Oxford?
If so, contact Hillel (email or
513-523-5190).
Counterterrorism
expert leads JCRC programs
Prof. Amos N. Guiora, director of the Institute
for Global Security Law and Policy at Case Western
Reserve School of Law, will present two programs for
the Jewish Community Relations Council on
Thursday, Feb. 8. At 4 p.m., he will lead
the discussion Global Perspectives on
Counterterrorism in 101 Fawcett Hall at Wright
State University. At 7:30 p.m., he will
present Morality in Armed Conflict, at the Boonshoft
CJCE. Guiora served in the Israel Defense Forces for
19 years, retiring at the rank of lieutenant
colonel. He was involved in the capture of the PLO
weapons ship Karine A, the implementation of the
Gaza-Jericho Agreement, the
Israeli-Palestinian-Interim Agreement, and "safe
passage" between the Gaza Strip and West Bank. At
Case Western Reserve, he teaches and develops
courses and laboratories on the legal and policy
aspects of counterterrorism. For more information,
call 937-610-1555.
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Announcements
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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.
Be a Student Court
Justice As a Student Court
Justice, you can make a positive impact on the lives of
other Miami students. The application can be found
at online
and is due by Tuesday, February 20th at 5pm to
Gakill 247.
Apply for the 2007
Myrtis H. Powell
Scholarship This scholarship
will be awarded to any full-time Miami student who
has demonstrated leadership creating an inclusive
campus climate, and has evidence of involvement in
community activities. This $1000 scholarship is
given in honor of Dr. Myrtis H. Powell, who served
as Vice President of Student Affairs at Miami from
1989-2002. Applications are available in the
Women's Center (206 MacMillan Hall), the Office of
Equity and Equal Opportunity (Hanna House), the
Office of Student Financial Assistance, or online. Applications are due by January
31, 2007
Presidential Forum
& State of the Student Body
Address The State of the
Student Body Address, given by current President
Brian Alexander, will take place on Tuesday,
January 30th at 6pm in Shriver MPR A. This will
be immediately followed by an Open Question and
Answer Forum with President Hodge and other members
of the University. A reception will be held at
7:30pm. RSVPs are requested to Laura Walaszla
by January 23rd. Dress is business casual.
Honoring Miami
Students Who Make a
Difference Nominations are
being sought for three university awards for this year
- Employee Service Leadership Award
- Senior Service Leadership Award
- President's Distinguished Service Award
For more information on how to nominate
someone, go online
by Monday February 5th at 5pm.
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