You're Invited to Milgrom Shabbat!
Hillel's an nual Milgrom Shabbat event is around the corner
and you are invited! Please join us for this special event on November 6. The
evening will begin with a student led Shabbat service, an U of M alumni giving
our D'Var Torah, and an amazing dinner and after dinner conversation with
Ernest Adams, author of "From Ghetto to Ghetto". Adams
will be speaking about his experiences growing up in the urban ghetto in the
Jim Crow era, and his coming of age during law school during the Black Power
movement leading in to his eventual conversion to Judaism. This event is
sponsored annually by the Rabbi Louis and Esther Milgrom Shabbat Programming
fund. Rabbi Louis Milgrom was Executive Director of Hillel for over a period of over
30 years. The fund which makes this event possible was established in 2004 in
honor of Rabbi Milgrom.
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We're So Proud!
Israel: Reflections and Refractions
Please join us on November 12 at 6 p.m. at the
Sabes JCC in Minneapolis for an opening reception for Israel: Reflections and Refractions,
a moving photographic exhibit that documents the January 2009 Taglit-Birthright Israel
trip taken by Hillel students at the University of Minnesota.
Photographs will be on display from November 12 - December 24,
2009.
Family and friends of the artists are especially encouraged to
attend.
Student photographers will be on hand to share more of their experiences.
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 Save the Date, Semitic Idol V - Singing with the Stars!
Sunday, March 7 at 7 p.m.
Semitic Idol V is coming! Please join us for this annual
event with show stopping entertainment from some of the Twin Cities best
performers... Cantors! Please join us
at Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnetonka for our fifth installment of this evening
of musical delight. Semitic Idol V- Singing with the Stars!
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Hillel LIFE
Recognizing the need to fill a void at Hillel, several
alumni of the Wexner Heritage Foundation and Executive Director Sarah Routman
have created Hillel LIFE. Hillel LIFE is an engaging program that through
several sessions explores Jewish Identity, Networking, our connection to Israel,
Public Speaking, and Inclusion. Hillel LIFE will feature Jewish stories from
community leaders. This program has already had a
huge impact on the student participants and the community leaders as well
and
is helping to create a new community that is bringing our Jewish leaders and
students together
on this large University
of Minnesota
campus.
Want to learn more
about the program? Click here.
To nominate a student
for the Hillel LIFE program for Spring Semester 2010, click here.
If you are a student
and want to nominate yourself for the program, click here.
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There's So Much to Celebrate!
Student Spotlight:
Samantha Bass, immediate past president of Hillel, is one
of only 25 students chosen from across North
and South America to be named Legacy
Heritage CAMERA Campus Fellows Representative on the University of Minnesota
campus for the 2009-2010 academic school year. Sam will run 3 Israel-related
programs aimed at promoting a better understanding of Israel.
She has already had an op-ed piece published in The Minnesota Daily, and will help other students learn how
to counter bias on campus through programs that encourage factual, fair
coverage in campus publications.
Hillel Highlights: Welcome Week brought over 200 new students to
Hillel who made fleece blankets and filled birthday bags for the
needy. Hillel introduced Laughter Yoga at the Refresh Yourself Fair,
attended by over 5,000 students, promoting Hillel's regular
laughter sessions as one way to reduce some of the stresses of college
life. Student Board members were on hand at the fair to promote
Hillel's SoupforU initiative that provides a little touch of
home to sick students throughout the campus. (Click for more info.)Nearly 200 students ~ a record number ~ explored
Hillel at our Welcome BBQ!
High Holiday services, led by Rabbinical student Philip
Sherman, brought students, faculty, community members and newcomers
together for a meaningful start to the New Year!
 - 35 Freshmen
attended Hillel's annual First-Year Dinner,
though not all of them could fit in Hillel's phone booth!
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About Us
We at Hillel are dedicated to helping Jewish
students create a positive sense of Jewish identity
on their own terms. In addition to this, we serve
as a community resource for Jewish cultural and
educational programming to students of all faith backgrounds. We also enjoy long walks
on the beach and hamentashen, but not the poppyseed
ones.
email:
hillel@umn.edu 
web: ujews.com
phone: 612.379.4026 |
