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Upcoming Schedule of Events
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| This Shabbat - Oscars! | | |
Feb. 22
 Join Hillel on the red carpet as we dress for the red carpet and enjoy Shabbat-friendly games based on the upcoming Oscars!
4:30 PM - Red Carpet Paparazzi! It will take place right outside of The T; make sure you dress to impress!
5 PM - Conservative-style services
6 PM - Shabbat Dinner with Oscar-themed games including Oscar ballots and guess which actor's name you have on your head
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"Voices" Concert to End Hunger in Israel
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Sunday, February 24, 7:00 PM
Kraushaar Auditorium
Help end hunger in Israel! Contact Hannah ASAP to get your free tickets to this Sunday's VOICES concert, featuring superstar Elliott Yamin and benefiting the Israeli organization Meir Panim. |
Join the Baltimore Hillels in Poland this June!
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Please register here before March 15, 2013! Space is limited. |
| Do-It-Yourself Passover Seder: Funding & Food Available! | |
Sign up here by Wednesday, March 6!
Purim's arrival means the holiday of Passover is just around the corner! Passover this year begins on Monday evening, March 25, the day after spring break. Rabbi Josh and Yona will lead a seder on campus that evening. If you wish to host a do-it-yourself seder, Goucher Hillel will provide you with a fully stocked seder plate, copies of a haggadah (the seder playbook) for you and your guests, and either dinner for your and your guests or funding for you to cook the seder meal. Details are here; please sign up by March 6.
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NUJLS National
Leadership Conference
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Have a happy and safe Purim! Keep an eye out for next week's email, as we'll be welcoming a very special guest for Shabbat, March 1-2....
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| Purim is Coming! Megillah and Carnival! | | |
Sat, Feb. 23 - Sun, Feb 24
Purim, the Jewish holiday of merrymaking, is this weekend! Shake a grogger, tell the story, wear a costume, eat a hamantasch, and have FUN!
Saturday, February 23, 7 PM: Megillah Reading in English at Towson Hillel. We'll read the whole story and gragg our hearts out with a little Manischewitz! We'll leave at 6:45 PM from Goucher Hillel to take a shuttle over to Towson (transportation by car will be provided). Don't be late! You can stay for the Towson Hillel party at 8:00 PM or join Chabad for their megillah reading and party. We 'll leave enough time if you want to get to Chabad's festivities later on.
Sunday, February 24, starting at noon: PURIM CARNIVAL at Towson Chabad, 14 Aigburth Rd. near Towson University. 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. Click here for more information about the Carnival. For more information on Purim, look here. |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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