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ChaiLights from Hillel - October 17, 2011

Pizza in a Hut
Monday, Oct. 17
7:00pm
in
The Hillel-JSU
South 40 Sukkah 

Who doesn't love pizza in a hut?
Join JSU for a pizza dinner to celebrate Sukkot.
 
Event followed by fondue with FYSH (see below). 
In This Issue
Sukkah City STL
Parents Weekend
FYSH Event
Hilllel Phone-A-Thon
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Visit the Exhibition!
    

October 18-22, 2011
Dawn to Dusk

 

Women's Building Lawn

 

Parking can be found in the Danforth University Center Garage, walk North from the DUC to the Women's Building Lawn.

 

Holidays with Hillel 
No reservations or tickets required for students.

Sukkot - October 13-19

Shemini Atzeret - October 20
Lunch in The Hillel-JSU South 40 Sukkah, 12-2pm
Simchat Torah Celebratory Dinner held at Bais Abraham Congregation, sponsored by Chabad on Campus

Simchat Torah - October 21
Lunch at Bais Abraham Congregation, 11:00am
Parents Weekend 
October 21 - 23

Please join us for Shabbat Dinner on Friday, October 21 at College Hall on the South 40 from 7:00-9:00pm.  In addition, we invite you to attend our Saturday Shabbat Lunch at McMillan Cafe from 12:30-2:00pm.  Click here for the complete Parent & Family Weekend Schedule of Events.

Seats must be reserved for family members! Please RSVP by Monday, October 17.  Click here to register now! (The cost for each family member is $20 for dinner and $15 for lunch.  Meals for students are FREE.) 
 
Can't make it October 21 - 23?  Join us for Parents Weekend II Shabbat Dinner!
Friday, October 28th at 7:00pm, The Gargoyle
Special performance by comedian Joel Chasnoff following dinner!
FYSHing for Some Chocolate?

Monday, October 17 - 7:45pm
College Hall Patio, South 40

Take a study break and enjoy delicious chocolate fondue with friends! 

 

[Event sponsored by First Year Students of Hillel.]

Hillel's Annual Phone-A-Thon is Coming!Need some fast cash? Make money while helping St. Louis Hillel raise programming funds!

Hillel is now hiring students for Phone-A-Thon shifts. Callers get paid $10/hour (minimum of 4 hours).

Shifts available include:
Sunday, October 30th, 12:00-3:00pm
Tuesday-Thursday, November 1-3, 5:00-9:00pm

Prizes and food will be provided.

Contact Josh at josh@stlouishillel.org or (314) 935-9046 for more info!

P.S. - In a student group? Bonuses for groups that participate! 

Weekday Services 
Conservative Minyan (Egalitarian Minyan)

Tuesdays at 8:00am, Lee Library, South 40
Contact Jeremy Rose at jsrose@wustl.edu for more information.
  


Mechizah (Orthodox) Morning Services
 
Monday - Friday at 8:00am, Lee Basement, South 40
Contact Justin Eisenberg at jeisenberg@wustl.edu for more information.

Israeli Folk Dancing 

Interested in Israeli Folk Dancing? Join us every other Thursday at 8:00pm in the Fitness Center Dance Studio.  Beginners are more than welcome - no experience necessary!

 

For more information, please contact David Goldfinger at dgoldfinger@wustl.edu

Opportunities
 
Civil rights activists honed their skills at the Highlander Folk School. Global innovators exchange ideas at the TED Conference. YOU can learn to change the world too at an Interfaith Leadership Institute (ILI). ILIs are four-day intensive workshops that equip students and their campus allies to be movement builders for interfaith action. Join hundreds of organizers who are changing campuses through the Better Together campaign.

Rally your campus team, and apply now for the next ILI at Emory University in Atlanta, GA - January 12-15, 2012. 

Applications due November 28. (Apply by October 31 and save $50!)

 

Pardes Winter Programs from Coast to Coast!  

Pardes LA: December 18-22, 2011, AJU-LA Campus
5 days, 3 visiting Pardes faculty members, immeasurable inspiration!

Click here for details!

Awakening the Divine: A Pardes Jewish Spirituality Retreat
January 3-8, 2012, Pearlstone Retreat Center, Maryland
Explore the depths of Jewish spirituality and open your mind to new meaning in Jewish tradition.
Click here for details!

 

Contact naomia@pardes.org with questions about either program.

 

Yiddish Book Center: Steiner Summer Program

The program offers matriculating college students a unique opportunity for a tuition-free, seven-week intensive course in Yiddish language and culture. Beginning and intermediate students will be immersed in language study, and will also study the history, literature, culture and music of the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe.

Application process will open soon. For more information, please visit http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/steiner-summer-program.
 

 

NOW AVAILABLE!
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Israel Experience Scholarship Applications
Applications are available for anyone going on an approved Israel experience program beginning December 2011 - Spring 2012.  For an online application, click here.

Please note: Applicants must be from the Chicago metropolitan area.

For more information, please visit the St. Louis Hillel website.

 

Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis seeks Applicants for the 2011-2012 Academic Year MAZON Hunger Fellow The fellow will work approximately 15 hours per week from mid to late September 2011 through May 2011 and engage in anti-hunger activism in the St. Louis community. The Fellow selected will arrange a specific work schedule with his or her supervisor at the JCRC. A stipend of $3000 will be provided to the Fellow.  For requirements, visit the St. Louis Hillel website.

 

Interested candidates should email Gail Wechsler.


Technion International School of Engineering 
Current opportunities include semester long or summer study abroad for business, science and engineering students, a freshman year of engineering and science program and a BSc in Civil and Environmental Engingeering. The programs are conducted in English.

For more information about each program, follow these links: General Study Abroad Overview, 2012 Freshmen Program Overview, Undergraduate Study Abroad Overview.

 

Please contact Yoram Rudy at rudy@wustl.edu for more information.
Classifieds
Shaare Zedek Early Childhood Center is looking for substitute teachers to have on call for the upcoming school year. If you're interested, contact ecc@shaarezedek.org.
Around the Community Calendar
Tuesday, October 18 - 1:30-3:30pm
Join artist Tanya Fredman for a hands-on art workshop, "Renewed like the Moon: Exploring Time in Jewish Texts", at the Brodsky Library.  The workshop will combine art making with discussion of Jewish texts, and participants will create their own collages exploring ideas of sacred time in Jewish calendar.

  

There will be a fee of $8 for Friends of the Library, and $12 for others. Space for workshop is limited; please RSVP by October 16. For more information or to make a reservation, call (314) 442-3720.

Tuesday, October 25 - 7:30pm

Join the Brodsky Library for a book lecture by authors Ellen Steinberg and Paul Proust, who will be discussing their new book "From the Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways." This program is co-sponsored by CAJE.
 

The cost for the program is $7.00 per person; free to Friends of the Library. Reservations are required. 
 

For more information, call 314-442-3720.
 

November 4-6, 2011, Cincinnati, OH

Join college students from across North America as they explore the origins and expressions of Jewish Comedy in a presentation by the American Jewish Archives, "Two Rabbis Walk Into a Bar: A weekend's exploration of Jewish humor."  The event will take place at the historic Cinncinati campus of the Hebrew Union College.

Program cost of $100 includes all meals, lodging, programming and social events.  Scholarships are available for travel.

 

For more information contact HUCYOUTH@huc.edu or http://americanjewisharchives.org/programs_retreats.php.

If you have information you'd like us to include in an upcoming issue of Hillel ChaiLights, please email hillel@stlouishillel.org.
  
Thanks for reading!
  
Sincerely,
St. Louis Hillel Staff

 

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