Hillel Community Newsletter
Weekly Events & Announcements
|
|
December 14 - December 20
|
|
Hey everyone! Sending you the best of luck with this week of finals!
- Hanging around through Shabbat? We're still having Friday night services and dinner, as well as Saturday meals so if you're on campus, join us for the last Shabbat of the semester (and drop us a quick email at info@brownrisdhillel.org to let us know to expect you).
- Hillel will be open throughout finals period. Stop by to study or just to relax. We have plenty of snacks, tea, coffee, and hot chocolate to keep you going. The building is open *extended* hours: 9am to 11pm through Thursday, 9am to 10pm Friday, 10am to 6pm on Saturday, and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday.
- Around over winter break? Let us know! There may be Shabbat meals, get togethers and more for those who will be local during the month of January. E-mail info@brownrisdhillel.org or a staff member to get on the contact list for winter break events.
-------------------
Winter Break revised hours:
Closed: Thursday, December 24 to Sunday, January 3
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 2pm
Saturday - Sunday: Closed
Hillel will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 18
We will resume regular hours on Monday, January 21 (M-F 9am-10pm, Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 12pm-6pm)
|
Jews of Brown, started by Rebecca Carol '14 as part of Hillel's Engagement Internship overseen by Director of Engagement Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz, has received great recognition across our campus. Now, with the help of students Nikki Haddad '16 and Jessi Haddad '16, Hillel International has launched a Jews of the University Fellowship, calling on Jewish students at schools across the country to become photojournalists and find the stories behind their Jewish students. We are thrilled to be a part of the birth of this initiative -MAZEL TOV to all involved including student photojournalists Jaclyn Licht '16, Molly Gelb '17, Michael (Miki) Bachar '18 and Dara Bernstein '18.
|
| |
INTRODUCING: Jews of the University
|
|
Shabbat Services and Dinner
6:15pm: Shabbat Services
7:30pm: Kiddush (Lobby) and Dinner (Social Hall)
All are welcome to join us for dinner. Please email info@brownrisdhillel.org if you know you'll be joining us for any Shabbat meals this weekend.
Saturday, December 19
12:30pm: Shabbat Lunch (Social Hall)
A student cooked meal, free of charge and open to all. Please email info@brownrisdhillel.org if you know you'll be joining us for any Shabbat meals this weekend.
4:30pm: Third Meal (Social Hall)
Enjoy the third meal of Shabbat. Please email info@brownrisdhillel.org if you know you'll be joining us for any Shabbat meals this weekend.
|
|
General Hillel Announcements
Join the leadership of the Hillel Initiative on Racial Awareness and Justice (HIRAJ) in reading "This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color" over winter break. We will be interrogating power, privilege, marginalization, and oppression through these writings and others throughout next semester. Stay tuned to the HIRAJ Facebook group for details.
Submit to Mahberet Magazine
Mahberet Magazine, the literary magazine of Brown RISD Hillel, is looking for submissions! We publish art, poems, essays, photos, and more related to Jewish life. Did you write a great essay for your Judaic Studies class? Did you write a great poem or reflection about a Jewish holiday? Did you take an awesome photo of an event at Hillel? If so, we would love to consider your work in our first round of submissions! Submit your work by emailing it to mahberet@brownrisdhillel.org
Language Conversation Hours
  Jewish Penicillin Hotline Up and Ready to Deliver Soup to Sick Students
Loved your last Hillel meal? Not so much? Let us know! Hillel values your feedback! Fill out this form and tell us what sort of menus you would like us to choose in the future.
Want to get involved in a Hillel group? Contact the Hillel Leadership!
|
|
Other Announcements
Muslims at Brown and the Reality of Islamophobia: A Pizza Break & Teach-In
The Brown Muslim Chaplaincy and the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life have organized a teach-in on Tuesday, December 15 as a campus-wide gathering to express compassionate support of our Muslim students, faculty and staff. We know from members of the Brown Muslim community that anti-Muslim rhetoric across the country is creating a climate of fear for many. Tuesday's event at 6:00 p.m. in Petteruti Lounge of the Robert Campus Center is titled "Muslims at Brown and the Reality of Islamophobia: A Pizza Break & Teach-In." It will offer a showing of the film "American Muslims: Fact vs. Fiction," with an opportunity for attendees to discuss the film over pizza.
OCRL Thursday Night Interfaith Supper Program (TNS)
TNS dinners are a weekly gathering of students, faculty, and staff over dinner and conversation with invited speakers who discuss how the life of the spirit guides their professional and personal lives. Attendees represent the full breadth of the Brown community as well as a wide range of religious, faith, spiritual, and ethical perspectives. TNS is free and open to the community, kosher meals are available upon request and a vegetarian option is always available. E-mail Sana Parvaiz_Siddiq, Diego Arene-Morley or thursdaynightinterfaith@gmail.com to sign-up for the TNS listserv. Suppers begin at 5:30 p.m. and end by 7:00 p.m at the home of the Chaplain of the University, the Reverend Janet M. Cooper Nelson. Directions: 58 Keene Street, Providence. Walk through the Faunce Arch on Waterman Street (walking north). Go straight for 8 blocks. Turn right. The house is on the left.
OCRL Bereavement Group Established nearly 30 years ago, this informal gathering is for students who have suffered the loss of a loved one and are struggling with grief. Neither clinical nor religious, the group offers time with others who truly understand. Bereavement Group will meet each Monday in J. Walter Wilson, Room 411. Attend regularly or occasionally; tea and goodies will be served. Call the Office of the Chaplains at 401-863-2344 for more information.
CAPS & LETS Groups at Brown
All groups open to Brown undergraduate, graduate and medical students.
|
|
Opportunities Blog
Be sure to follow us on Tumblr at http://brownrisdhillel.tumblr.com for all the latest updates! We'll post job and internship listings, as well as opportunities for volunteer work, travel, and study abroad!
|
|
|
|
|
