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 Tuesday, September 11
11am-6 pm Blood Drive (Hillel Building)
Donate blood during the three-day blood drive (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) to the Rhode Island Blood Center.
4pm-7 pm RISD Block Party
Come on over to Benefit St. between Waterman & College for the annual RISD block party, where you can learn about many of RISD's students groups, including Brown RISD Hillel, and our RISD Kehillah (Community).
7pm Brown Students for Israel Meeting (Wilson 103)
Come to BSI's first meeting of the semester! BSI is committed to supporting a strong US-Israel relationship as as promoting honest discourse related to Israel and the Middle East. The organization fundamentally believes in Israel's right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state and seeks forward-thinking solutions that move Israel towards a secure and peaceful future.
7:30pm-9pm Better Babka Baking with the Jewish Cooking Club
Have you ever had Babka? Do you want a Better Babka? Come to the Jewish Cooking Club's kick-off event to bake babka, and watch the Seinfeld episode about a better babka!
8pm J Street U Brown (JSUB) Meeting (Hillel Commons)
Come to the first meeting of the year for JSUB, Brown's chapter of J Street which advocates for a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and works for peace, security, and human rights for all Israelis and Palestinians.
Wednesday, September 12
10am Birthright General Registration Opens!
Sign up to spend winter break in the Holy Land on a remarkable, powerful, and amazing FREE trip! Contact sara_miller@brown.edu for any further questions!
11am-6pm Blood Drive (Hillel Building)
Thursday, September 13
11am-6 pm Blood Drive (Hillel Building)
7pm-8:30 pm Torah on Top with Rabbi Rackover
This week, Torah on Top will be featuring Rabbi Rackover! The topic will be who is a Jew? We'll be eating ice cream as we learn this extremely fascinating and important topic in Judaism. From 7pm-7:45 pm there will be a class called Establishing a Baseline: Who is a Jew in the Bible? in which we will look at Abraham's children as well as subsequent Biblical characters and their percentage. We will also begin to explore the topic of conversation as it appears in biblical sources. From 7:45 pm- 8:30pm there will be a class called Preparing for the High Holidays: Chassidic thought and the Jewish New Year.
Friday, September 14
6:00pm Havurah Service
6:30pm Reform, Conservative & Orthodox Services
7:30pm Communal Kiddush
7:45pm Shabbat Dinner 
Shabbat dinner is FREE! Please consider using a meal credit or making a donation after Shabbat to help defray our costs.
Saturday, September 15
12:30pm Shabbat Lunch
6:30pm Seudah Shlishit (Third Meal) and Havdalah
Sunday, September 16
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown (6:34 pm)!! See below for more details on our service leaders.
Please bring your student ID to all services and meals. Feel free to join us in between classes and come and go as often as you please. 6:15pm Conservative Service (Social Hall) 6:15pm Reform Service (Chapel) 7:45pm Dinner Buffet 9:00pm Meet and Greet Dessert (Terrace)
Monday, September 17 9:00am Conservative Service (Social Hall) 9:00am Reform Service (Chapel) 1:00pm Lunch Buffet 6:30pm Mincha (afternoon service), Egalitarian (Social Hall) 7:25pm Maariv (evening service), Egalitarian (Social Hall) 7:45pm Dinner Buffet
Tuesday, September 18 9:00am Conservative Service (Social Hall) 1:00pm Lunch Buffet 4:00pm Tashlikh Meet at Hillel - walk to the river Partake in the traditional service of prayer by a nearby body of water. 5:45pm Mincha (afternoon service), Egalitarian (Social Hall) | 
