| Bring a Friend to Black History Shabbat! |
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Friday, February 15, 5-7 PM
 This week we invite friends new and old to a special Shabbat in celebration of Black History Month. We will highlight the experience of black Jews and Levi Jones will lead us in a discussion about creating a culture of inclusivity regarding Jews of color. If you've never experienced Shabbat in Hillel and want to try, please come!
Services (Reform-style, led by Yona) -5 PM, Welsh Piano Room
Dinner - 6 PM, Hillel
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| Purim is Coming! Megillah and Carnival! | | |
Sat, Feb. 23 - Sun, Feb 24
Purim, the Jewish holiday of merrymaking, is coming next weekend! Shake a grogger, tell the story, wear a costume, eat a hamantasch, and have FUN!
Saturday, February 23, 7 PM: Megillah Reading in Welsh Piano Room. We'll read the whole story and gragg our hearts out with a little Manischewitz! We 'll leave enough time if you want to get to Chabad's festivities late on.
Sunday, February 24, starting at 12 noon at Towson Chabad , 14 Aigburth Rd. near Towson University
PURIM CARNIVAL - If you like inflatables, food, fun and games, come on over to the First Annual Towson Purim Carnival, benefiting several charities, and sponsored by Goucher and Towson Hillels, Chabad, AEPi and AEPhi at Towson. More information to come next week!For more information on Purim, look here. |
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Join the Baltimore Hillels
in Poland this June! |
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"Celebrate Jewish Life in Poland - Past, Present and Future" is an educational and inspirational Jewish trip  for interested students into the heart of Europe: Students will spend nine days in Poland which will includeWarsaw, Krakow and Lodz. Program attractions include:- Jewish Krakow
- Monument to the Ghetto Heroes - Warsaw
- Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration camps
- Nozyk Synagogue
- Warsaw's famous nightlife and restaurants
The trip will take place June 3-11, 2013.Most meals, tourist attractions, museum admissions and all ground transportation will be covered. Students are responsible for their own airfare to and from Warsaw and pocket money, all other expenses covered.Please register here before March 15, 2013! Space is limited
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| MLK Tribute and Dinner | | |
Monday, February 25, 5:30 PM
Each year the Goucher College community celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his contributions to our nation. This year Umoja invites you to participate in this celebration in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum. 
Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas will give a talk titled "Martin's Dream in the Obama Era." Come out in support of this event as we continue to honor Dr. King's mission of peace, justice, and equality.
RSVP by 5 p.m. on Monday, February 18, to Aisha Rivers at aisha.rivers@goucher.edu. Space unfortunately is limited, and only the first 80 requests will be honored.
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| Jews in the Woods March 1-3 | | |
Sign up by February 15
Jews in the Woods is a pluralistic shabbaton that brings together Jewish young adults, primarily university students, to form an intentional, experiential, and experimental Jewish communal space. Sign up here by February 15 to celebrate Shabbat together: March 1-3 at Camp Woodstock in Woodstock Valley, CT. We will be staying in indoor facilities and enjoying participant-provided meals as a community. All participants are encouraged to take part in the organizational process, shaping opportunities to engage in prayer, discussion, teaching, learning, singing, dancing, and other activities. |
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JQ Baltimore is Coming Out!
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Monday, February 18, 7-9 PM at Beth Am Synagogue
JQ Baltimore, Baltimore's new Jewish LGBTQ Outreach and Support Organization, is Coming Out!
Join us to celebrate our first official event featuring Y-Love in concert! A native of Baltimore Y-Love is the first gay, African-American, Jewish Orthodox hip-hop artist.
Come for music and hamentaschen, and celebrate and support JQ Baltimore. Everyone is welcome whether you are Jewish, LGBTQ, both or neither!
$10 General Admission, $5 With Student ID. Tickets can be bought at the door or at www.jqbaltimore.org. Check out the event at Facebook too!
If you are interested in coming from Goucher, email hillel@goucher.edu. We can provide limited transportation. |
| Hebrew 101 | | |
Mondays at 6 in Hillel
Learn some conversational Hebrew in a low-pressure environment during dinner on Mondays. Contact Ellie Davidson-Wolf for more info. Not for credit.
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| Learning with Avital | | |
Wednesday Afternoons, 5:30-6:30
JLIC Educator Avital Nyer-Levin
will be at Goucher on Wednesdays
this semester from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Join her for a group text study from 5:30-6:30 in the Hillel space over dinner. Contact:avitalnyer@gmail.com.
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| Next Shabbat - Oscars! | | |
Feb. 22
 Join Hillel on the red carpet as we dress for the red carpet and have Shabbat
games based on the upcoming Oscars!
5 PM - Conservative-style services 6 PM - Shabbat Dinner! |
| Brandeis Collegiate Institute | |
The Marilyn and Sigi Ziering Brandeis Collegiate Institute (BCI) offers young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 an intensive 3-week exploration of self, Judaism, community, culture, and nature in a pluralistic, international environment in Southern California. This summer's institute will take place from June 18 to July 14, 2013. There are full scholarships, including travel, available to students in the Baltimore area. For more details about the scholarship opportunity, contact Yona. Apply by March 13 at http://bci.ajula.edu.
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NUJLS National
Leadership Conference
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| Torah Cover Survey | |
The winner of a $25 gift certificate to the mall for filling out this 5-question survey about Goucher Hillel's forthcoming Torah covers is Dorie Chevlen! She was among the first twenty people to respond. Student input is still welcome.
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