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DAY |
DATE |
EVENT |
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COZY SHABBAT WINTER
BREAK SCHEDULE |
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Fri |
12/21 |
Cozy Shabbat
Informal Prayers 6:30pm, Shabbat Dinner 7pm at Shabbos House |
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Fri |
1/4 |
Cozy Shabbat
Informal Prayers 6:30pm, Shabbat Dinner 7pm at Shabbos House |
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Fri |
1/11 |
Cozy Shabbat
Informal Prayers 6:30pm, Shabbat Dinner 7pm at Shabbos House |
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Fri |
1/18 |
Cozy Shabbat
Informal Prayers 6:30pm, Shabbat Dinner 7pm at Shabbos House |
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SPRING '08 SEMESTER
SCHEDULE |
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Tues |
1/22 |
last minute,
student-initiated...
Tu Bishvat Seder
Time TBA, evening at Shabbos House
with fruits, festivity and readings... |
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Wed |
1/23 |
Spring '08 Classes Resume |
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Fri |
1/25 |
Friday Night Prayers 6pm at Campus Center
3rd Floor
First Hillel Dinner Back
Campus Center Assembly Hall 7pm |
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Sat |
1/26 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading 11:30am
at Shabbos House (please note location change),
Shabbat Lunch 1pm |
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Sun |
1/27 |
Hillel's Welcome Back Frozen BBQ
2pm at Chapel House |
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Mon |
1/28 |
Faces of Israel Kickoff Event - 7pm |
|
Mon |
1/28 |
Mendel's Birthday
Farbrengen
9pm @ Shabbos House, guys only, come celebrate! |
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Tues |
1/29 |
Torah Tuesdays with Dairy Dinner
5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: TEA & TEHILLIM
customs, background and meaning of "Saying Psalms" |
|
Wed |
1/30 |
ZFA Table at Campus Center for JNF |
|
Wed |
1/30 |
Jewish Women's
Connection Event pre-Adar
8pm at Shabbos House
also celebrating Raizy's Birthday |
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Thurs |
1/31 |
Hillel Lounge Night 7pm at Hillel
Office CC 320 |
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Fri |
2/1 |
SuperBowl Shabbat
Prayers 6pm at Chapel and Shabbos Houses
Superbowl Shabbat Dinner at Shabbos House 7pm |
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Sat |
2/2 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Mishpatim)
11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
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Sun |
2/3 |
Jewish Womens Connection Communal Event
1-4pm at Clifton Park Comfort Suites (rides available)
featured speaker: Esther Piekarski of Tel Aviv |
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Mon |
2/4 |
ZFA Movie Night 7:30pm |
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Tues |
2/5 |
Torah Tuesdays with Dairy Dinner
5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: "PEOPLE-COUNT"
in honor of Super Tuesday's primaries, a closer look a Jewish census-taking |
|
Wed |
2/6 |
GO DANES!
Hillel Lounge Night at UAlbany Basketball
Game vs. New Hampshire
7pm at the SEFCU Arena
meet Hillel group at CC 320 (3rd floor) Hillel Office |
|
Thurs |
2/7 |
Faces of Israel
7pm in BA (Business Administration) Room 210
get to know Israel's peoples and its fascinating diversity |
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Fri |
2/8 |
Hillel Shabbat
Friday Night Prayers 6pm at Campus Center 3rd Floor
Campus Center Assembly Hall 7pm |
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Sat |
2/9 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Terumah)
11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
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Sat |
2/9 |
Jamming Night at Shabbos House 8pm
all musicians and friends welcome... |
|
Sun |
2/10 |
United Jewish Federation's Super Sunday
Phonathon Fundraiser |
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Mon |
2/11 |
Hillel goes Bowling |
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Tues |
2/12 |
Torah Tuesdays with Dairy Dinner
5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: "Judaism and the Environment: Our partnership with the world"
a presentation and discussion led by Joy Newman, graduate student |
|
Thurs |
2/14 |
Love & Judaism 5pm in the Dutch Quad
Penthouse |
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Fri |
2/15 |
President's Weekend Shabbat
Prayers 6pm at Shabbos House
Shabbat Dinner at Shabbos House 7pm |
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Sat |
2/16 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Tetzaveh)
11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
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Mon-Tues |
2/19-20 |
Classes suspended for President's Day
Extended
No Torah Tuesdays this week |
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Thurs |
2/21 |
Jewish Life Liaisons Programs on Quads |
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Fri |
2/22 |
Hillel Birthdays Shabbat
Friday Night Prayers 6pm at Campus Center 3rd Floor
Campus Center Assembly Hall 7pm |
|
Sat |
2/23 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Ki Tisa)
11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Sun |
2/24 |
Hillel Snow-tubing Trip at Willard Mountain
Bus leaves from Science Library
Circle at 12pm |
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Mon |
2/25 |
YJimpact & Birthright Israel Reunion 7pm
@ LC 25 |
|
Tues |
2/26 |
Torah Tuesdays with Dairy Dinner
5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: THE RICE BLESSING
Talmudic & Halachic opinions on the appropriate blessings,
plus a rice-oriented meal with Sushi, Tomato-Rice Soup etc... |
|
Wed |
2/27 |
"Challah with Love"
8pm Challah Baking at Shabbos House
for Thurs/Fri distribution at local senior housing |
|
Thurs |
2/28 |
More Jewish Life Liaison Monthly
Programming |
|
Fri |
2/29 |
Sushi Shabbat
Prayers 6pm at Chapel and Shabbos Houses
Shabbat Dinner at Shabbos House 7pm |
|
Sat |
3/1 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Vayakhel)
11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Sat |
3/1 |
Jamming Night II @
Shabbos House 8pm
musicians and non-musicians both very welcome.. |
|
Mon |
3/3 |
Hillel Lounge Night 7pm
CC 320
"Guitar-Hero" includes a surprise prize |
|
Tues |
3/4 |
Torah Tuesdays with Dairy Dinner
5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: DISTILLED FAITH
Find out how Habakuk's 3 words sparked multiple movements |
|
Wed |
3/5 |
Hillel Karaoke Night 7pm |
|
Thurs |
3/6 |
Faces of Israel 6pm |
|
Thurs |
3/6 |
UAlbany Jewish Womens Connection
joins in a Communal
Event
7pm at Temple Israel - 600 New Scotland Avenue
featured speaker Ruth Ellenson on "Jewish Girls Guide to Guilt"
sponsored by the Jewish Federation's Women's Division |
|
Fri |
3/7 |
Hillel Birthdays Shabbat
Friday Night Prayers 6pm at Campus Center 3rd Floor
Campus Center Assembly Hall 7pm |
|
Sat |
3/8 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Pekudei)
11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Sat |
3/8 |
Hillel's annual
"Semi-Formal" at The Appel Inn
Tickets on sale at Copies Plus - going fast |
|
Sun |
3/9 |
Daylight Savings Time Begins
Shabbos House Minyan Bagel Brunch at 11am |
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Mon |
3/10 |
YJimpact Israel Programs Fair |
|
Tues |
3/11 |
L'chaim Pre-Purim Tabling at Campus Center |
|
Tues |
3/11 |
Torah Tuesdays with Dairy Dinner
5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: BEHIND THE MASK
Behind the mask of the Megillah, in relationships and in ourselves
plus Purim-Packet Packing Night |
|
Wed |
3/12 |
UAlbany Hillel Film Festival
7pm at The Spectrum Theater |
|
Thurs |
3/13 |
UAlbany Hillel Film Festival
7pm at The Spectrum Theater |
|
Fri |
3/14 |
Shabbat
Prayers 7pm at Chapel and Shabbos Houses
Shabbat Dinner at Shabbos House 8pm
Please Note Time Change to 8pm Dinner |
|
Sat |
3/15 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading
(Vayikra) 11:30am at Chapel House
instead of "Parsha & a Prayer" all join for
special "ZACHOR" Torah-Reading at Chapel House 11:30pm
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Mon |
3/17 |
Faces of Israel presents
Shelly Neese, a pro-Israel Christian
journalist, speaker, and author
7:45pm in the CC Terrace Lounge (1st floor, back) |
|
Tues |
3/18 |
Torah Tuesdays with
Dairy Dinner 5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: HAMANTALOGY - TAKE 3
Learning the Jewish take on the number Three.
plus Hamantasch Baking Night |
|
Thurs |
3/20 |
Fast of Esther, fast
ends:7:36pm |
|
Thurs |
3/20 |
Purim Night (eve of
Spring Break)
"The Purim Cruise" a
Purim-at-sea theme
for an "alternative, alternative Spring Break.."
Masquerade, Megillah and Festivity
7:30pm at Shabbos House |
|
Fri |
3/21 |
Cozy Purim Shabbat &
Celebration
Prayers 7pm and Dinner 8pm at Shabbos House |
|
|
3/21 thru 3/30 |
University at Albany
Spring Break
classes suspended Friday 3/21 - classes resume Monday 3/31 |
|
Tues |
4/1 |
Torah Tuesdays with
Dairy Dinner 5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: NO CHAMETZ: TALMUD > HALACHA
An example of how a Talmudic text plays out in practical observance |
|
Wed |
4/2 |
Challah with Love
8pm at Shabbos House |
|
Thurs |
4/3 |
Shulchan-Ivrit Hebrew Table
with the JERNY Bnot Sherut
12:30pm on a table outside Dreidels Cafe |
|
Fri |
4/4 |
Shabbat
Prayers 7pm at Chapel and Shabbos Houses
Shabbat Dinner at Shabbos House 8pm
Please Note Time Change to 8pm Dinner |
|
Sat |
4/5 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading
(Tazria-HaChodesh) 11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Sat |
4/5 |
Relay for Life 24-hour
event at the UAlbany SEFCU RACC |
|
Sun |
4/6 |
Rosh Chodesh Minyan
Bagel Brunch
11:30am at Shabbos House |
|
Mon |
4/7 |
Hillel Student Board
Elections |
|
Tues |
4/8 |
Torah Tuesdays with
Dairy Dinner 5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: Mapquest: Biblical Israel
exploring historic journeys in the land of Israel based on Biblical and
Talmudical sources -
a class by student presenter Craig Messer |
|
Wed |
4/9 |
UAlbany ZFA and JERNY
present
Sheikh Professor Abdul Palazzi
in a Muslim-Jewish dialogue on Jerusalem
7:45pm in the Campus Center Ballroom
$5 suggested community admission, students free |
|
Thurs |
4/10 |
"Shulchan-Ivrit"
Hebrew-speaking Table with the Bnot Sherut from Israel
12:30pm outside Dreidels Cafe in the Campus Center |
|
Thurs |
4/10 |
UAlbany Jewish Womens
Connection Event 8pm @ SH
"Portraits of Jewish Women" Craft & Discussion |
|
Fri |
4/11 |
Hillel Birthdays Shabbat
Friday Night Prayers 7pm at Campus Center 3rd Floor
Campus Center Assembly Hall 8pm |
|
Sat |
4/12 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading
(Metzorah) 11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Mon |
4/14 |
Take a breather, relax and
invigorate at
Hillel's Jewish Meditation Program with Nancy Handwerger
7pm in the Campus Center Terrace Lounge (back-right of 1st floor) |
|
Tues |
4/15 |
Hillel JLL Choco-Seders
on both Colonial and State Quad Penthouses at 5pm
Hillel JLL Prince of Egypt showing at Indian Quad Penthouse 5pm |
|
Tues |
4/15 |
No Torah Tuesdays,
Carpets being cleaned for Passover @ SH |
|
Wed |
4/16 |
L'chaim's Pre-Passover
Table at Campus Center 11am-2pm
with holiday info and tastes... |
|
Wed |
4/16 |
Final Night of "Faces of
Israel" program Spring '08
featuring YouTube clips "The Bubble" and "The Syrian Bride"
and a discussion on the Muslim community in Israel |
|
Fri |
4/18 |
Pre-Passover Cozy Shabbat
Cozy Shabbat at Shabbos House 8pm |
|
Sat |
4/19 |
Chametz Brunch 10:20am,
Eve of Passover Lunch 12pm and on..
Passover Begins -
Passover at UAlbany
Sat Night, First Seder 8:15pm (pre-Seder Nosh at 7pm)
for those not heading home, Shabbos House is hosting the Seders |
|
Sun |
4/20 |
Cozy Passover Lunch for
Passover Day One 12pm
and that evening:
The Second Pesach Seder 8:15pm (PreSeder Nosh 7pm)
more questions, matzah, bitter herbs and good food - also at Shabbos House |
|
Mon |
4/21 |
Cozy Passover Lunch for
Passover Day 2 @ Shabbos House |
|
Tues |
4/22 |
UAlbany Classes Resume
Dutch Kosher Dining is Kosher for Passover (Tues-Fri)
Passover Tickets available for those not on year-round Kosher Meal Plan |
|
Tues |
4/22 |
No Torah Tuesdays during
Passover Week |
|
Wed |
4/23 |
YJimpact Passover Event |
|
Thurs |
4/24 |
Hillel's Passover Lounge
Night 7pm |
|
Fri |
4/25 |
Hillel Birthdays and Passover Shabbat
Friday Night Prayers 7pm at Campus Center 3rd Floor
Campus Center Assembly Hall 8pm |
|
Sat |
4/26 |
Shabbat and 7th Day of
Passover
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Passover) 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat and Passover Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Sat |
4/26 |
8th Night of Passover
festive wine dinner on eve of last day of Passover
Prayers 7:30pm, Dinner 8pm at Shabbos House |
|
Sun |
4/27 |
8th and last day of
Passover 2008
Holiday Prayers 9am at Shabbos House
11am - last Passover Lunch
8pm - Farewell to Passover & Moshiach Meal
and guess what? it's also UAlbany's Fountain Day |
|
Tues |
4/29 |
Torah Tuesdays with
Dairy Dinner 5:30 and 8:30pm
Topic: ELEVEN MESSAGES by Mushky Rubin
Mushky Rubin's 11th birthday - one year to Bat-Mitzvah! |
|
Thurs-Fri |
5/1-2 |
Yom HaShoah Vigil
coordinated by Hillel
24-hour Vigil at Campus Center Podium / Small Fountain
Begins Noon on Thursday through Noon on Friday
Minyans: 4pm and 8pm on Thurs, 7:30am on Friday
Speakers: 6pm on Thurs at CC 375 Holocaust Survivor & US Army
Liberator |
|
Fri |
5/2 |
Birthdays & Last Hillel Shabbat of the
Year
Israeli Comedy and Culture Night at Hillel
with comedian Joel Chasnoff
Friday Night Prayers 7pm at Campus Center 3rd Floor
Campus Center Assembly Hall 8pm |
|
Sat |
5/3 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading
(Kedoshim) 11:30am at Chapel House
Parsha and a Prayer 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
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Israel Awareness Week
by UAlbany Hillel and other Jewish Student Groups
download
PDF brochure of events from
www.ualbanyhillel.org
|
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Sun |
5/4 |
YJimpact Bowling to
benefit Save-A-Childs-Heart
12pm-4pm at The Playdium (363
Ontario Street) $15/pp incl. shoes |
|
Sun |
5/4 |
AEPI Poker Tournament
to benefit Shaarei-Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem
minimum donation $5, snacks and food served
5pm in Campus Center Assembly Hall - co-sponsored by MASA |
|
Mon |
5/5 |
Israel@60 Awareness Fair
at the Small Fountain
co-sponsored by many campus student groups, tables and activities 10-3 |
|
Tues |
5/6 |
Last Day of Classes -
Spring '08 |
|
Tues |
5/6 |
pre-Yom-Ha'atzmaut ZFA Israeli BBQ @
Gazebo
between Dutch and Campus Center |
|
Wed |
5/7 |
Reading Day
Hillel's Seniors Brunch 11-2 |
|
Thurs |
5/8 |
Capital Region Jewish
Community Yom Ha'Atzmaut Israel Celebration
Ron Eliran Concert at Temple Israel |
|
Fri |
5/9 |
Israeli Shabbat - Finals
Week
Prayers 7pm at Chapel and Shabbos Houses
Shabbat Dinner at Shabbos House 8pm |
|
Sat |
5/10 |
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading
(Emor) 11:30am at Chapel House
Shabbat Lunch 1pm at Shabbos House |
|
Sun |
5/11 |
Grad Party - Farewell to
Class of 2008
Gifts & Presentations, Hot Buffet, Class Photo
all friends welcome...
5pm at Shabbos House |
|
Fri |
5/16 |
Graduation Weekend
Prayers 7pm at Shabbos House
Shabbat Dinner for graduates, family & friends - 8pm |
|
Sat |
5/17 |
Graduation Weekend
Minyan 10am, Torah-Reading (Emor) 11:30am at Shabbos House
Shabbat Lunch at Shabbos House
begins 1pm, continues thru afternoon for graduation ceremonies |
|
Sun |
5/18 |
Graduation Day BBQ
begins 11am (following the 10am main commencement)
throughout the afternoon |
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SUMMER COZY SHABBAT
SCHEDULE
to be posted in May 2008 |
