What's Happening?
at Shabbos House and the UAlbany Jewish
Community...
see also the detailed
Schedule/Calendar
page
| 320 Building Progress Blog | The construction contract is now signed, construction documents are being drawn up, and steps are being taken to begin demolition of the current house on the 320 site, and prepare the site for construction. Check the ongoing progress as it develops on our new 320 Building-Blog Page. | ||
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Summer Trips and Study Opportunities |
There are a number of exciting, free or subsidized, meaningful and relevant study programs and opportunities that Shabbos House is affiliated with through National Chabad on Campus, and we're pleased to be able to recommend them to UAlbany students. Check out this page of Summer Trips and Study Opportunities. If this is something you're interested in, we'd like to discuss these options with you (as we know these programs well) to see which might be the best fit for you. | ||
| Israel@60 |
This Spring celebrates the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Modern Israel in 1948.
Events this Spring include:
Download the "Israel Awareness Week 2008" Brochure in PDF from UAlbany Hillel. |
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Grad Party & Grad Weekend Class of 2008 |
May will be here before you
know it. As every year, Shabbos House will be hosting a festive Grad Party
on Sunday of Finals Week, 4:30pm on May 11th, with a hot delicious buffet,
presentation and gifts, and an address to the graduates by Carl Rosner. See
the Grad Party & Weekend Page 2008.
Following the Grad Party, a short "House-Breaking" ceremony will take place at 320 Fuller Road, site of the new, bigger and better Shabbos House to be built this Summer! The next weekend, Shabbos House will be having Shabbat meals and services, and a big open house BBQ on Graduation Weekend. Family and friends of graduates are most welcome. See the Grad Party & Weekend 2008 Page. |
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| Jewish Social Stuff | The Hillel Student Group has weekly Lounge Nights in CC 320, and a night at the Great Danes Basketball, a bowling event, and a semi-formal planned for March 8th. Jamming Nights at Shabbos House. Plus, Friday Nights are great mixers, get to know someone new at the table each week. Plus, there are movie nights, speakers, and much more - check out the updated "Schedule" page for calendar details. | ||
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PDF updates now online |
The Fall 2007 "What's
Cooking?" newsletter will soon be mailed to homes of students and alumni,
you can browse it online
here.
Progress is going forward on the new Shabbos House Student Center building.
Check updates using these PDF pages from the newest updated building
brochure:
Good
Problems, Better Solutions and Building Plans,
Pledge/Contribution
Page, and an updated list of all
Building
Contributors through November 2007. |
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| New Shabbos House Building Developments |
Yes, it is finally true!
After years and years, the new, bigger and better Shabbos House Jewish
Student Center has been approved by the Town of Guilderland Zoning Board
of Appeals on Wednesday, November 7th!!! We'll soon be meeting with our architect and engineers and plans for the new building will be going forward very soon. We hope to announce a construction timeline as soon as possible. There will be Phase II of our Building Fund Campaign announced soon as well. Friends, this is history in the making for the UAlbany Jewish community, especially for so many students and alumni who have been waiting for this moment for so long!! In order to set a construction timeline, and be sure the planned building is feasible, we are now developing our final building budget, and will have to begin Phase II of the Building Fund Campaign to ensure there are enough funds to get this project off the ground. Since it's planning stages six years ago, construction costs and material prices have skyrocketed, plus we now have more extensive site-work (storm-water, parking etc) to deal with. Currently we are getting preliminary bids from respected area contractors and will post new information as it develops.
Many, many thanks to the more than 125
students who took home brochure packets to share with family and friends
back home, expanding the support base for the new, bigger and better Shabbos
House Chabad Jewish Student Center!!! |
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| Friday Night Fever |
Friday Nights continue to
be the time when the Jewish community comes together to celebrate, meet
one another, have a good time and great food. Dinners alternate weekends
between Shabbos House on Fuller Road and the Hillel Dinners on the 2nd
floor of the Campus Center. Good times! Shabbos House continues to be a packed house on Friday Nights, many thanks to the crew that sets up, to the team who help serve, and to all participants who contribute to the amazing atmosphere despite the space crunch. We are working on the zoning process and hope to soon be able to announce progress toward the new, bigger and better Shabbos House Jewish Student Center!! |
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| Sat Lunches... | This used to be the best kept secret at Shabbos House - but more people are finding out about this smaller Shabbos setting. Come for prayers and lunch, or just lunch! | ||
| Jewish Student Group events... |
Be sure to check our
Schedule Page for the many ongoing social and cultural events held on
weeknights by the various Jewish Student Groups at UAlbany.
Hillel hosts a weekly Lounge Night in their Campus Center 3rd floor office, plus outings to Apple-Picking, Great Escape and a Hookah Smores Campfire at Liberty Ridge Farm. Tagar, now ZFA, hosted a Hookah Night, an advocacy training, Israel speakers and motivational activist programs. Hamagshimim offers Israeli cultural nights and activities. Koach and Ruach offer weekly prayer services, plus occasional movie nights, Havdalah ceremonies and outings. L'chaim centers around the holidays, with hands-on activity tables (Shofar Factory, Hot Latke Table) in the Campus Center, plus the exciting week of Sukkot and Simchat Torah festive meals and celebrations at Shabbos House. Look for Chanukah events at the end of the Fall '07 semester. |
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10 Torah Tuesdays
scheduled for Spring 2008 |
Come for one, a few or for all
ten! These creative, themed text-based learnings and discussions are
geared for all levels, beginner to advanced. Check out the
StudySchedules page for
weekly topics or browse through the Schedule
Page.
Most Tuesdays in Academic Calendar of Spring 2008 at Albany, with the same class at 5:30 and 8:30 to accommodate class schedules. Each class is accompanied with a homemade Kosher dairy dinner. No RSVP necessary. Two student presentations this semester! Additional study
opportunities at Shabbos House include: |
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| Mayanot Birthright affiliated with Shabbos House | Do you appreciate the Shabbos House style - welcoming warm, family-feel, no-pressure? Then you might love Mayanot Birthright Israel! Along with experienced tour-guides, IDF soldiers and fun madrichim/ot, a Chabad Campus Rabbi/Rebbetzin or two are on each bus to share that same feel you get at Shabbos House. Check up www.mayanotisrael.org for forms, FAQ's and more info. Call Rabbi Mendel 438-4227 if you have more questions... | ||
| UnityTorah.com | It's a huge Mitzvah to own your own letter in a Torah Scroll, and this special Torah effort unites college students, alumni and families across the USA in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Israel. Each letter is only $1 and can be purchased online at www.UnityTorah.com | ||
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Parsha
and a Prayer for Women |
"Parsha and a Prayer" with Raizy for Women 11:30-12:30 on Shabbat Mornings at Shabbos House. Those who wish to join the Minyan at Chapel House are most welcome to do so, but for those who have been waiting around for the guys, this is a great opportunity to do informal learning on the weekly Torah portion and to explore the meaning behind a prayer. | ||
| "What's Cooking?" Update | You can view our newsletter updates online. If you'd like to get these things at home, send us your earthly address. |
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| Cookbook Available! |
The long-awaited
"A Taste of Shabbos House"
Cookbook is now available at $20 each, plus $2.50 (s/h).
90 pages coil-bound, with over 130 recipes (tried and tested!) used at Shabbos House, peppered with Torah and student quotes on the food experience at Shabbos House. This fundraiser was made possible by the diligent efforts of Adam Kofinas (SH intern Spring '04, incoming Hillel Student President Fall '04). Thanks so much! Contact Shabbos House
for your copy! |
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More Efforts toward the Building Campaign UNDERWAY! |
Thanks to the many generous donors, we are
over two-thirds
towards our goal of $300K to be matched by generous friends
of Shabbos House. We hope to begin building this Spring! With your help, and the help of many others - this important and neccesary dream will become a reality for Jewish students at UAlbany! See "Step Into Our Future" Page.
View our Shabbos House
and Building Fund Updates in PDF format. Download them on the
"What's Cooking?" News and Updates Page.
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Back by
popular demand...
The SUKKALEH Song
the nightly Sukkah anthem at
Shabbos House, which lasts long after the holiday
is translated from an old Yiddish song.
My Sukkahleh is
small,
not fancy at all,
but is specially dear to me.
Schach I threw on a bit,
hoping to cover it,
there I'd sit and think. (2X)
The wind was a
cold one,
the cracked walls were old ones,
the candles were flickering low.
At times as if dying,
but suddenly rising,
as if they did not want to go. (2X)
My sweet little
daughter
sensing the danger,
got scared and started to cry.
Father, she cried,
don't stay there outside,
the Sukkah is going to fall! (2X)
Fear not my
child,
it's been quite a while,
the Sukkahleh still stands strong.
The wind has been worse, my dear,
but it's almost 2000 years,
yet the Sukkahleh still stands strong! (2X)
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