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The JewsPaper April 9- April 15, 2007
News and Info. from Hillel at Miami University
April 9, 2007
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Passover Information
 
Celebrate Passover with the Jewish Community at Miami!

Passover Meals on Monday and Tuesday

Eat at Hillel during Passover. Hillel will be offering brunch on Monday and Tuesday and dinner on Monday for Passover. Brunch will be served from 10:30 am - 2 pm. Dinner will be served from 5:00 - 7:30 pm.

What do the meals cost? At the door, brunch is $6 each and dinner is $8 each. What is the menu? All meals are strictly kosher. Lunches will be dairy and include such items as tuna or egg salads, cheese and fruit, cottage cheese, veggies, matzah pizza or fried matzah, drinks and sweets. Dinners may offer turkey, brisket, meatloaf, salmon patties, baked or barbecued chicken, soups, salad, potatoes and veggies. Menus subject to change. Do you have a special request? See Amy, Zarra or Paula. Please note that Miami University provides Kosher products and Kosher for Passover style options throughout campus. Refer to Dining Services for more information.

Hillel wishes you and yours a very joyous and Happy Passover.

Break Passover with us Tuesday Night
Come to Hillel for FREE pizza at 8:50pm on Tuesday, April 10 to celebrate the end of Passover.


Miami University's Remembrance and Awareness Program
 
THIS Friday, April 13- Monday, April 16

Miami's Holocaust Remembrance and Awareness Program

Friday Night Service and Dinner
We are having a very special Shabbat service and dinner at Harris Dining Hall on Friday, April 13th at 6pm. There will be Holocaust readings in the adapted service and we will hear from Conrad Weiner, a Cincinnati Holocaust survivor. Other survivors will be available for a small group sharing of their stories during dinner. We will also make butterflies to send to the Austin Holocaust Museum as part of their program to receive 1.5 million butterflies in memory of the 1.5 million children who were murdered.

For dinner we will be having brisket, chicken, pasta, mashed and roasted potatoes, green beans, corn, soup, challah, brownies, fruit salad, and much much more.
The service and dinner are free and open to everyone.

Sunday Cincinnati Holocaust Program
Cincinnati is having its community-wide remembrance program on Sunday, April 15th at Northern Hills Synagogue in Fields Ertel at 2pm.
Amy Greenbaum is coordinating rides, so if you would like to go either email Amy or call 513-523-5190 by Friday, April 13.

Monday On-Campus Programs
There will be a few things going on around campus on Monday, April 16th Stop by the seal all day to check out our posters lining the walkway with facts and statistics about the Holocaust.

At noon, Professor Gerardo Brown-Manrique will be giving a lecture on "LIVES LOST, LIVES SAVED: Victor Fürth, Rudolf Fränkel, Their Families, and Their Clients, in Interwar and Wartime Europe" in 001 Alumni Hall.

At 7pm, the Walking Theater Project will be giving a performance in Leonard Theater at Peabody Hall. That will be immediately followed by the showing of Europa, Europa and a discussion led by Professors Erik Rose and Mia Biran.


Association of Jewish Students Events & Information
 
Programs & News from the Student Leaders of AJS

The Executive Board meets most weeks at 6:30pm Sundays at Hillel. The board meetings are open to everyone to attend. This week's meeting is Wednesday, 4/11 at 3:45 pm at Hillel.

Help plan High Holiday Services and programs for next fall. Join the High Holy Day committee. Please email your interest in the committee to Amy (director@muhilllel.org) and come to a short committee meeting on Wednesday, April 25th at 3 pm at Hillel. We want your voice to be heard!


JCSC-Zarra's Corner
 

Are you still thinking about what to do next year? Consider being a JCSC Fellow. Call me to make a date for coffee or lunch so we can chat! Zarra (523-5190, fellow@muhillel.org)

Choices: A Night of Discussion
An evening where students will have the opportunity to participate in an open forum discussing issues about reproductive freedom. This program will take place on Monday, April 16 from 5-7:00pm in MacMillan 212 (Great Room). There will be a screening of "Sacred Choices and Abortion:10 New Things to Think About." Following the movie, there will be a panel of professionals and students that will speak on behalf of their religious views regarding reproductive freedom. Questions? Speak with Zarra Keith, JCSC Fellow, 513-523-5190 or email.


Jewish Learning & Shabbat - FREE Dinner & Services
 
Curious about Judaism? Join us for some fun, informal learning and FREE food.

Shabbat Services and FREE dinner
Join us on Friday, April 13 for a very special service and dinner at 6:00 pm at HARRIS DINING HALL. The This service is part of the Holocaust Remembrance Program. Additional information can be found in the beginning of this email.
All are welcome for services and dinner. The program committee gratefully thanks the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, and Associated Student Government (among countless others) for sponsorship of this very special Shabbat Dinner. Questions? Via email send a message to Jenny Jacob or Hillel, by phone call Hillel (513-523-5190). We look forward to seeing you at HARRIS DINING HALL (SOUTH QUAD). 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, 4/16. Come learn with Rabbis from the Cincinnati Kollel. This program is open to everyone, no prior knowledge required.


Community Events + Outside Opportunities
 

Glimpsing China: a Miami Perspective" (photographic exhibit)
Please join us at a reception for "Glimpsing China: a Miami Perspective" (photographic exhibit) on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m in the MacMillan Hall Lobby
"China and the World: Changing Faces/Facing Changes" exhibit will be running from April 2 - June 1, 2007.

SPECTRUM Awareness Week 2007 April 9-13 Events and Performers
Tim'm West will be performing on Monday April 9 at 7:30pm in 212 MacMillian Hall.
This Musical Performance and Lecture features Black, queer, feminist, HIV positive, and working class, Tim'm T. West has embraced all of who he is and, with laser-beam precision, harnessed the power of his truth to illuminate, celebrate, inspire, provoke, and bear witness. As a teacher, performance artist, author, and culture producer, Tim'm has become an exemplar among contemporary Renaissance personalities of the early 21st Century as he brings others to voice through education for critical consciousness. Tim'm has been interviewed by such dizzying array of media outlets from Newsweek to the New York Times. Tim'm West will be performing and lecturing about his activism in the hip hop movement that combats homophobia with queer lyrics and a positive image.

Robert Gant on Tuesday April 10 at 7:30pm in 212 MacMillian Hall.
Being the Change: On growing up and coming out in Hollywood Television's first openly gay leading man talks about his personal journey: coming out, healing low self- esteem and finding inner-peace to live whole as a man. Straight or gay, he speaks about giving people back to themselves and integrating all parts of oneself. Robert also takes you behind the scenes at Queer as Folk, into the challenges of his role, issues faced by gays in America - young and old, philanthropy, and how one can participate to creating a lasting positive change. One of the stars of Showtime's hit television series "Queer as Folk," his character Ben Bruckner, is the first HIV+ character on television to be shown as a whole person, one with an active love relationship and sex life. Robert's work on the show, and his efforts in life, have placed him on the front line of our country's next great struggle for civil rights - for gay people to be entitled to all of the rights and benefits that citizenship allows for. Queer as Folk is arguably the only show on television to honestly portray gay life in its entirely. PDF of Bio available at http://www.creativewell.com/gant.html

Ally Appreciation Cookout on Wednesday April 11 at 6:00pm in 212 McMillian Hall (Great Room).
Celebrate the diversity of our student population by having an outdoor cookout. This is the ideal venue for students to connect with ally and GLBT students, staff, and faculty. Play some lawn games, queer activities, or connect with President Hodge and other noted campus leaders who support GLBT equality.
You Don't Know Dick (Documentary) is being shown in 212 MacMillan Hall at 7:30PM. Conventional notions of gender are deconstructed through the complicated but always tender stories of men who were born as women.

Robyn Ochs on Thursday April 12 at 7:30pm in 212 MacMillian Hall.
Crossing Lines: Identity and the Sexuality Spectrum. How do we assign labels to our complicated and unique experiences? At what point on the sexuality spectrum does heterosexuality turn into bisexuality, and bisexuality into homosexuality? Uses and limitations of the Kinsey scale. Includes discussion of sex/gender, time, and much more. This engaging presentation will transform your thinking!

Drag Show on Friday April 13 at 10:30pm at Balcony Bar and Dance Club.
What better way to celebrate the conclusion of a fabulous awareness week while also indulging in a bit of Friday the 13th fun than at a drag show! Join Spectrum and members of the Miami and Oxford Community in the return of the drag show. This event will be held at Balcony (116 E High St above High Street Grill).

This event is part of the Spectrum's 9th Annual Awareness Week. To find out about other Awareness Week events or to learn more about Spectrum (Miami's Queer/Straight Alliance) visit Spectrum's website.

"PAUL FARMER, A MAN WHO WOULD CURE THE WORLD"
Paul Farmer, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard University School of Medicine present "Global Vulnerability and Health Care Distribution" Lecture on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in Millett Assembly Hall.

Remains:The Jewish Communities of Czechoslovakia
This is the last series of photographic collages created by the late Barbara Hershey, a Miami professor of photography (1983 - 1992). Free and open to the public, the exhibition continues through June 20 at the Miami Art Museum.

In connection with the exhibition, the art museum presents the following event, free and open to the public: Tuesday, April 10th at noon-Remains: The Jewish Communities of Czechoslovakia Series - Dr. Edna Carter Southard, Emerita Curator of Collections and Exhibitions for the art museum, will present a contextualization of Hershey's oeuvre and the series created in 1991.
For more information, go to art museum.

Spend a month in Uruguay with Hillel
This is an incredible Spanish language learning program in a Jewish environment in Uruguay. For those that still do not have summer plans and would like to get school credit while studying in South America, this is the program...
You will immerse yourself in the culture, living in Uruguay's capital city for the month of June to learn Spanish and to vibe the worldly, and chilaxed culture that is said to be the most welcoming country and Jewish community of South America. Study at Berlitz Language Institute and learn about Jewish life in South America while partying it up and living just blocks away from the Atlantic Ocean. Meet Jewish students and young professionals from Uruguay and other countries, while earning academic credits and improving your Spanish skills. For more information contact Matt Hollander, International Coordinator of Hillel Uruguay by email.

Cincinnati Klezmer Duo
The next event in the Jewish Arts & Culture Series will be this Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 5pm in 1 Alumni Hall. Come hear klezmer music and the virtuoso clarinet. This event is sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies.


Announcements
 

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

Ally Appreciation Cookout and Film Screening with Spectrum
Celebrate the diversity of our student population by having a free dinner. This is the ideal venue for students to connect with ally and GLBT students, staff, and faculty. Play some games, queer activities, or connect with President Hodge and other noted campus leaders who support GLBT equality. This program will take place on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 from 6:00- 7:30 in 212 McMillian (Great Room) with 7:30-9:00 Film Screening of "You Don't Know Dick".
In the film, conventional notions of gender are deconstructed through the complicated but always tender stories of men who were born as women.
This event is part of the Spectrum's 9th Annual Awareness Week. To find out about other Awareness Week events or to learn more about Spectrum (Miami's Queer/Straight Alliance) visit: our website.

Oxford family looking for students to provide after-school care and Hebrew tutoring
The Abowitz's are looking for students who are interested in working for their family next academic year to provide some after-school child-care and Jewish & Hebrew tutoring.
Their kids are ages 6 and 7, and have been getting Jewish tutoring for the past year or so. They live in Oxford, and are looking for students who might be interested in working with them for a year or even more -- ideally, they would love to develop a relationship with a handful of students who are in their first or second years at Miami and continue to employ those students until graduation. They are looking for men or women who like kids, like to play and have fun, and can think up and organize some creative, active ways to engage their kids in Jewish learning. They are a reform family and liberal in theology. They don't have to hire someone that exactly matches us in this respect, this would be the desired orientation of the Jewish learning. They are looking to hire someone (or maybe two people) for two or three afternoons a week. The kids get off the bus most days at 4:15. The days are flexible. The payment is around $6-7/hour. There's also a chance of a 3rd kid being involved in the tutoring. Of course, more kids = more pay.
Please call the Abowitz's if you're interested at 513- 524-4257

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