Wednesday, 9/12, 4:30 pm, Corner of Main & College Streets downtown

As part of the "National Day of Action Against Fracking Waste," the Oberlin community is invited to join one another to protect our health and keep our community safe. Contact person: Sam Rubin, samrubin25@gmail.com. Sponsored by Communities for Safe and Sustainable Energy (CSSE) and Oberlin College Anti-Frack. 

Wednesday, 9/12, 5-6 pm, Multifaith Center

This weekly tea is open to all students as a place to relax, meet people, and reconnect. Members of the Friendship Circle will also be present to discuss Friendship Initiative related projects. Sponsored by ORSL and the Friendship Circle.

Wednesday, 9/12, 7-8 pm, Multifaith Center

Come discuss the mysteries of faith and college life over ice cream. Sponsored by LUUV.

Thursday, 9/13, 6:30 pm, PACS/Psychology Lounge, Second Floor Severance

General interest meeting with free pizza. Sponsored by PACS Connections Group.

Friday, 9/14, 8 pm, First Church

Thursday, 9/20, 7:30 pm, Hallock Auditorium

Margot Adler has been a correspondent for NPR for 33 years, covering New York City, as well as politics and culture. A practicing Pagan since 1972, and an elder in the Pagan movement, she is the author of "Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess Worshippers and Other Pagans in America," the classic study of modern earth religions and women's spirituality. She is also the author of "Heretic's Heart", a personal memoir of the 1960s and 70s and her own activism in the civil rights and free speech movements. She is currently writing a book about vampires and their popularity in our culture. Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.

Saturday, 9/22, 10 am-12:30 pm, First Church

Sponsored by Family Promise of Lorain County.

Sundays, 11:15 am, JFO Room

9/16, Ben Jones, Vice President for Communications at Oberlin College, will speak on "The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same - A Conversation about Communications and Sociology in the Internet Era"

9/23, A panel discussion on "Taking a Technological Sabbath: Is It Needed? How Can It Be Done?"

9/30, Sarah Andrews will speak about her summer work for the Appalachian Service Project

Wednesdays, 6:45 pm, JFO Room

9/12, Anita Tiphagne, Professor of Social Work at Lady Doak College, Maduri, India

9/19, Oberlin College student John Bergen will share his experience with Christian Peacemaker teams

9/26, Rev. Loey Powell, minister for women's justice at the United Church of Christ National Offices will discuss women's justice issues

10/3, carpooling to "The Politics of 'Spiritual but Not Religious' America" lecture at The College of Wooster. Email pastor@firstchurchoberlin.org for details.

2013-2014 Indiana University Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowships

See:http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/graduates/funding.shtml

Borns Jewish Studies Program website: http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/index.shtml

Jewish Studies master's degree program (with opportunity to pursue a Jewish Studies/Philanthropy master's degree), Jewish Studies doctoral minor

Friday, 9/21, 4:30 pm, King 306

Professor Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, will lecture on "The Question of Job: Some Reflections on the Biblical Book." For more information please contact Professor Cindy Chapman.