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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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Upcoming Programs
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Hey Seniors-Grab
Dinner with Your Friends at
Hillel! All seniors are invited
to dinner on Thursday, February 8th at 7pm at
Hillel . For more information email .
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, February 6
- Wednesday, February 7
- Monday, February 12
- Wednesday, February 14
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Holocaust Remembrance Program
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Trip to Wright
Patterson Air Force Base Holocaust
Exhbit We are going to the
Holocaust exhibit on Saturday, Feb 24 . We
will leave from Oxford at 11am and return around
4pm. If
interested email Jenny BY FRIDAY.
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Association of Jewish Students Information
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Pledge
Shabbat Hillel will honor all
of the Greek pledges during the Shabbat service on
Friday, February 24th. Afterwards, we will
have a special kiddush. For more information, talk
to Jesse Manders,
Greek Life Chair.
Pottery
Night! Come to Hillel on
Thursday, March 1st for a special pottery
event. We
will meet at 6pm for dinner and Hamantaschen making.
At 7pm we will head over to "You're Fired" to paint
some pieces of pottery. For more information, talk
to Elizabeth
Gartenberg. This program is open to everyone.
Purim
Shabbat Mark your calendars
because Friday, March 2nd is Purim Shabbat.
Come to
Hillel dressed as your favorite Purim character. We
will have a costume contest, festive holiday
decorations, a hamantaschen! For more information
talk to Marissa
Sims or any member of Exec.
Time is running out for AJS to apply for funding
for programs. If you have any ideas you would like
to see AJS put into action for this year, email Jenny.
Broomball! Come
play broomball with us! No experience necessary.
The schedule for the rest of the season is:
- 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
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, 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.
FYSH
food Enjoy FREE dinner at
Hillel with your friends on Wednesday, Feb. 7th
at 7pm. -
FYSH ONLY! Contact Zarra if
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 dinner
Join us on
Friday, Feb. 9th 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
Diogo
Metz or Hillel, by
phone call Hillel
(513-523-5190). We look forward to seeing you
there.
All welcome!
Introduction to
Judaism Class
Have questions that you've always wanted to ask? Are
you looking for some information about Judaism? Then
this informal class is for you. On Tuesday,
February 6, 2007 at 8 pm our Director & Rabbinic
Resource, Amy, will lead a discussion on three of
the core elements of Judaism, G-d, Torah & Israel.
All are welcome. Questions? Email or
call Amy
(523-5190).
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,
2/5. 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 Tuesday, 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 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.For more information,
call 937-610-1555. Do you need a ride from Oxford?
If so, contact Hillel (email or
513-523-5190).
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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 part of the
Government Fellows Program, under the auspices of
the Menachem Begin Heritage Center
Age: 21 - 30 with a Bachelor's degree from a
recognized academic institution.
Language: fluent English, as well as a fair level
of spoken and written Hebrew. For non-native English
speakers, an English fluency test will be administered.
Experience: (Preferred) previous experience in
public and community involvement with a desire to
continue in the field of public and community affairs.
Skills: Good inter-personal communication, positive
outlook and personal initiative, computer literate
in a variety of applications.
For more information go online or email.
Be a Dubois Card
Rep!
Students will go around
to businesses and sign them up for the new card
(create a card of your
own/follow the existing card). He will be coming in
town in the next
month and will train the students on how to go about
doing everything.
Also...CDC offers representatives exposure to facets
of business such
as management, finance, and sales. As a
representative, you will be able
to earn good money while gaining valuable hands-on
business experience
that future employers are looking for on your
resume.You will work about 10 hours a week and get
paid around $500 a month to do it. If interested
email Bruce
Twersky or apply on the website.
Looking for
Spring Break Plans? The Lambda
Sigma Society at MU is seeking participants in a
Spring Break Service Trip to Mississippi to build
homes for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina. We
are able to keep the cost for the trip to only $100
per student plus some meals and minor expenses.
Read all about the trip, the details, the Civil
Rights Tour in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the day of
R&R in Nashville, TN on the way back to Oxford and
how to sign up for the trip by going to our
website. Click on the Spring Break Service Trip
logo for all of the details. E-mail Jenn Mouch if
interested ASAP.
Steiner Internship
in Yiddish Studies The
Steiner Summer Program for College Students at the
National Yiddish Book Center selects 18 students for
eight weeks of immersion in Yiddish culture. Interns
study the Yiddish language, the Jewish culture of
Central and Eastern Europe, and work with the
Yiddish Book Center's comprehensive collection of
Yiddish literature. Each intern is awarded a
stipend and provided with free housing; university
credit for two upper-division courses is available
at no extra charge. The Steiner Internship is open
to all full-time university students and runs from
June 3 to July 27, 2007. Applications are due by
March 1, 2007.
The Israel
Project's Summer Media Fellowship
Program
The World's Most Exciting Israel Advocacy Paid
Summer Internship in
Journalism & Strategic Communications
This summer, The Israel Project (TIP) is offering
its premier pro-Israel leadership program for
up-and-coming journalists, political scientists and
pro-Israel advocates.
For nine intensive weeks, 20 of the best and the
brightest college students and recent graduates will
work with TIP in one of two locations:
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Washington, DC
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Jerusalem, Israel
Since the media is the number one source of
information on Israel, this program teaches
participants how to reduce anti-Israel sentiment and
enable people to more fully understand Israel's
current and future challenges.
TIP Media Fellows will benefit from this unique
opportunity by gaining the broad, out-of-classroom
experience that is vital for securing serious
post-graduate career opportunities.
In both exciting media-concentrated locations, The
Israel Project Media Fellows will learn cutting edge
skills in strategic communications, journalism and
public relations. For more information visit the
website.
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Dig in Israel this Summer for 6 Credits!
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Dig in
Israel
June 4th - July 6th
REL 499/599 6 credits
In this 5 week summer field course, students will
participate in the Lahav Research Project IV, an
archaeological dig in southern Israel. We will
excavate the material remains of an Iron Age II city
(ca. 700-586 BCE) to understand ancient Near Eastern
history, daily life activities, gender and society
roles, space utilization, town planning, trade,
political relations, and the development of the
religious traditions of ancient Israel.
No previous archaeological training is necessary;
students will learn the techniques and methods of
modern Near Eastern archaeology including field
excavation, pottery analysis, laboratory processing,
and the recording and interpretation of artifacts.
Daily lecture, workshops, and organized weekend
trips to archaeological, historical and religious
sites will be lead by professional archaeologists
and scholars. Students will live in a kibbutz
guesthouse (2-3 to a room) with dig participations
from other US and international universities.
Enrollment in the field course is limited to 25
students with the director's permission. Students
will earn 6 credits (graduate or undergraduate) in
Comparative Religion which can also be applied
towards the Jewish Studies minor.
Costs:
$1375 for Room, Board, Dig Fee, and transportation
to/and from airport to dig site in Israel.
Plane fare to Israel
Miami tuition for 6 credits = Approx $2400
Contact: Julye Bidmead
bidmeaj@muohio.edu
513 529-4309
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