Upcoming Events, 2009

 

·       Friday November 13, 5PM First Fridays Shabbat Service, Commons 345 / dinner in 116 (note change from Nov. 6)

Past Events, 2009

·       Friday October 30, 5 pm, Shabbat Services for Parents’ Weekend, Commons 345, followed by dinner in Commons 114

 

·       Wednesday October 21, 6PM Commons 345: Alternative Break to Uruguay Information Meeting

 

·       Monday October 19, 12 noon, “Very Interesting Professors” featuring Professor Ed Wasserman, The Bistro on Main St.

 

·       Friday October 9, 5 pm, Take down the sukkah

 

·       Tuesday October 6, 11:30 – 1, “Pizza-in-the-Hut” Free pizza for everyone in the sukkah

 

·       Monday October 5, 5 pm, Build and decorate the sukkah in front of the Commons

 

·       Friday, October 2, 5 PM, First Fridays Shabbat service & dinner, Alumni House

 

·       Monday, September 28, 6 PM—Yom Kippur Concluding Services, Evans Hall.         Ne’ilah services led by Professor Marks, followed by break-the-fast dinner       with the Lexington Jewish Community.

 

·       Monday, September 28, 9:00 AM, leaving from the Quad: Trip to Roanoke for Yom Kippur services. Transportation provided.

 

·       Sunday, September 27, 6:45 PM, leaving from the Quad: Trip to Roanoke for dinner and Kol Nidre evening services. Transportation provided.

 

·       Thursday, September 24, 6 PM, “Very Interesting Professors” dinner at the Sheridan Livery Inn, featuring Dean Hank Dobin and his wife, Bonnie Bernstein

 

·       Saturday, September 19, 9:00 AM, leaving from the Quad: Trip to Roanoke synagogues for Rosh Hashanah Services.  Transportation provided.

 

·       Friday, September 18, 6 PM, Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner at Joan’s

 

·       Wednesday, September 16, 5PM, Commons 116

 

·       Friday, September 11, 5 PM, “First Fridays at Five,” Commons, Rm. 345   

 

·       Sunday, September 6, 11 – 12:30, Bagel Brunch, Commons Living Room. 

 

·       May 1:  ZBT Class of 1959 Reunion.

 

·       April 27 – May 1:  Holocaust Remembrance Week.  Events are here.

 

·       April 23, 1-3 PM, Commons Living Room: Hillel’s open house for accepted students

 

·       April 1, 6PM, Evans Dining Hall: Model Seder.

 

·       March 26, 4 PM, Huntley Hall, Rm. 327: Public lecture on Genocide by Professor Jeremy Sarkin, sponsored by Hillel and the Williams School

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·       March 26, 12:20 – 1:20:  “Very Interesting Professors” lunch with Jeremy Sarkin, visiting law professor.  Topic:  Human Rights

 

·       March 24, 6PM: Election of new officers

 

·       March 17, 7 PM, W&L’s second annual Great Latke/Hamantashen Debate (Hamantaschen won!)

 

·       March 6, 5 PM, First Fridays at Five, Alumni House (with a short reading of the Megilla)

 

·       March 4, 2 – 4 PM, Commons Living Room, Open House for the Johnson Scholars

 

·       February 26, Very Interesting Professors Luncheon with Prof. Harvey Markowitz, Sheridan Livery

 

·       February 26, 7:30 PM Israeli Elections Forum, Commons  114

 

·       Feb 19:  Birthright Israel Registration.  Our W&L trip will leave the first week in June

 

·       February 6, 5:00 PM First Fridays Shabbat service and dinner, Alumni House

 

·       February 3, Trip to Staunton for dinner and the film “The Reader”

 

·         Jan 28, “Very Interesting dinner with Deb Geiger, Director of the Soref Initiative, Hillel International Center

Past Events, 2008

·       January 15, 6:00 PM, Officers Meeting, Commons 116; followed by Holocaust Remembrance Committee Meeting

 

·       January 16, 5:00 PM First Fridays Shabbat service and dinner, Alumni House

 

·       December 5, 5:00 PM First Fridays Shabbat service and dinner, Alumni House

 

·       November 14, 6 PM Shabbat Dinner with the  Ruscios in the Lee House

 

·       October 29 “Very Interesting Professors” lunch with Philosophy  Professor Nathaniel Goldberg, Sheridan Livery Inn

 

·       October 24, 5 PM Parents' Weekend "First Fridays" service, Commons Rm 345, followed by dinner in Rm 216.

 

·       October 26, 9:30 - 11 AM, Parents' Weekend Bagel Brunch, Commons Rm 114

 

·       October 17, 4:30 PM Sukkah construction and Pizza in the Hut, outside Commons Café

 

·       October 8, 6 PM, Kol Nidre Yom Kippur services, Beth Israel Synagogue, Roanoke

 

·       October 9, 9 AM, Yom Kippur services, Beth Israel Synagogue, Roanoke

 

·       October 9, 5:30 PM, Yom Kippur Concluding service, Commons, Rm 345; Break-the-fast, Rm 114

 

·       Sep 16, 6:30 PM, Sheridan Livery: “Very Interesting Professors” Dinner with Profs. Leslie and David Novack

 

·       Sep 26: Trip to Safari Park followed by dinner at Natural Bridge Hotel

 

·       Sept 29, 6 PM, Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner, Joan's House

 

·       Sept 30, 9 AM Rosh Hashanah services, Beth Israel Synagogue, Roanoke

 

·       Sept 3, 6 PM, Jew Crew (officers) meeting, Commons Rm 114

 

·       Aug 31, 11 - 12:30:  Welcome and welcome back bagel brunch, Commons living room

 

·       Sunday, May 18, 3 – 7 PM, Joan’s House: Challah Class! Learn how to make Challah.  Weather permitting, we will plant the new tree that Hillel gave to Joan last year for her new home.  RSVP to Joan by email or phone (458-8443).

 

·       Wednesday, May 14th, 2:30 – 5 PM, Cannan Green (next to the Commons): Israel’s 60th Anniversary Celebration, featuring a  real live camel.

 

·        Holocaust Remembrance Week       

Monday, April 28

 

7 PM, Film:  “Everything is Illuminated” Jonathan (Elijah Wood, post-Frodo Baggins) is a "collector." He obsessively catalogs items pertaining to his family, then pins them to his bedroom wall - everything from old photographs to his grandmother's false teeth. When he is given a photo taken in 1940s Ukraine of his grandfather with the mysterious woman Augusta, his curiosity is piqued. So he travels to the Ukraine and begins a road trip into his past.

 

Tuesday, April 29

 

4:30 PM , in front of Lee Chapel: Vigil Against Oppression

Take a stand against oppression in its many forms.  The vigil will feature poetry, reading, silence, candles and music.  Led by Burr Datz, Coordinator of Religious Life.  Co-sponsored by Hillel, the Multifaith Council, and the Office of Religious Life (rain site: inside of Lee Chapel)

 

9:30 PM, Film, Film, Elrod Commons Stackhouse Theater  :  “The Devil Came on Horseback”

An up-close, honest, and uncompromising look at the crisis in Darfur, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK exposes this on-going tragedy as seen through the eyes of one American witness.

 

Wednesday, April 30

 

        7 PM, Film, Elrod Commons Stackhouse Theater  “Everything is Illuminated”

 

Thursday, May 1

 

        4:30 PM, Film, Elrod Commons Stackhouse Theater

Talk by Dr. Judith Hruza, Holocaust Survivor

(Dr. Hruza is Audrey Horn’s (’08) grandmother)

 

9:30 PM, Film, Elrod Commons Stackhouse Theater:  The Devil Came on Horseback”

 

Friday, May 2

 

        All Day, Commons Living Room:  Names Projection to remember the six million

 

        6:30 PM, Commons Rm. 345

      Yom Ha Shoah Service, led by Dean Hank Dobin

        Dinner will follow in Rm. 114

 

        10 PM, Film, Film, Elrod Commons Stackhouse Theater :  “Everything is Illuminated”

 

·        Friday, May 2, 3-4 PM, Elrod Commons 114:  Reunion reception honoring Dan Einstein '83 and Bennet Ross '83

 

·        Tuesday, April 22, 6 PM, Evans Hall, Community Seder.  RSVP to Joan

 

·        Friday, April 4, 5PM:  First Fridays at Five Shabbat Service/Dinner, Alumni House

 

·        Wednesday, March 26

·         12 noon, Moot Courtroom: The Hon. Sol Wachtler '51 presents his documentary "Hitler's Courts: Betrayal of the Rule of Law in Nazi Germany" (bring your lunch)

·         6:30 PM, Bistro on Main: "Very Interesting Professors" dinner, featuring Judge Wachtler '51

 

·        March 20, 7:00 PM: Latkes vs. Hamentashen Debate, Science Center Great Hall (Latkes won!)

 

·        March 18, 4:30 PM:  Hillel Advisory Board Meeting, Chavis Boardroom

·        March 16, 5 PM, Commons, Rm 114, Election of Officers

·        March 7, 5PM:  First Fridays at Five Purim Party  & Shabbat Service/Dinner, Alumni House

·        Feb 29, 6 PM, Shabbat dinner, Commons, Rm 114

·        Feb 27, 2 - 4 PM, Commons Living Room, Hillel Open House for the Johnson Scholars

·        Feb 27, 12:30 PM, Morris House, "Very Interesting Professors" lunch featuring Prof Art Goldsmith

·        Feb 1, 5PM:  First Fridays at Five Shabbat Service/Dinner, Alumni House

·        Jan 30: VIP Lunch with Mary and Ben Natkin

·        Jan 29, 6:30PM, "Jew Crew" meeting, Salernos

·        January 11: First Fridays at Five Shabbat, Alumni House

 

Past Events, 2007

·        Tuesday, December 11, 9:30 PM, Exam study break and Hanukkah party, Commons 114

 

·        Friday, December 7, 5PM First Fridays at Five Shabbat Service and Hanukkah party, Alumni House

 

·        Tuesday, December 4: First night of Hanukkah; study/gift bags delivered

 

·        Tuesday, November 6, 12:30 PM, Very Interesting Professors lunch with Prof. Kamara, Sheridan Livery

 

·        Friday, November 2, First Fridays at Five Shabbat service and dinner, Alumni, House

 

·        Thursday, November 1, 6PM: Jew Crew meeting, Sheridan Livery

 

·        Thursday, October 18, 4:30 PM, Hillel Advisory Board Meeting, Commons Rm. 216

 

·        Friday, October 26, 5 PM, Parents' Weekend "First Fridays at Five" Shabbat services and dinner, Commons Rm 345

 

·        Sunday, October 28, 9:30 - 11, Parents' Weekend Bagel Brunch, Commons Rm 114

 

·        Tuesday, October 2, 6 PM, email-a-thon, Newcomb Hall computer lab

 

·        Wednesday, October 3 : 11:30 - 1, "Pizza in the Hut", Join Hillel for lunch in the sukkah, in front of Tucker Hall

 

·        Thursday, October 4, 7:30 pm, Commons Theater, Lecture and book signing by Michael Chabon, co-sponsored with the Glasgow Endowment for visiting writers, and Peter George, parent. .

 

·        Wednesday, September 19, 12 – 1, “Very Interesting Professors” lunch at the   Sheridan Livery Inn, featuring Israeli Emissary, Dana Ragosin: “Israel 101”

 

·        Friday, September 21,  Trip to Roanoke for Kol Nidre evening services.  Time TBA

 

·        Saturday, September 22, Trip to Roanoke for Yom Kippur services. Time TBA

 

·        Saturday, September 22, 5:30pm—Yom Kippur Concluding Services, Evans Hall. Ne’ilah services led by Professor Marks, followed by break-the-fast dinner         with the Lexington Jewish Community.

·        Sunday, September 2, 11 – 12:30,  Bagel Brunch, Commons Living Room.  This is an informal opportunity for new students to meet the W&L and Lexington Jewish community.  Learn more about Hillel activities from Jewish faculty and Hillel  officers.

 

·        Wednesday, September 5, 11 – 2, Campus Activities Fair, Stemmons Plaza.  Hillel will  have a table with Hebrew T shirts for sale and a free goody-bag for freshmen.  Another opportunity for new students to meet Jewish upperclassmen, and to learn more about Hillel.

 

·        Friday, September 7, 5pm, “First Fridays at Five”,  Alumni House Shabbat services followed by pot luck dinner with the Lexington Jewish Community.   President Ruscio will attend!

 

·        Tuesday, Sept 11, 6pm, “Jew Crew” officers meeting, University Commons, Rm. 114, Chicken BBQ and planning

 

·        Wednesday, September 12, 5:30, Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner at Joan’s.  Transportation will be provided

 

·        Thursday, September 13,  Trip to Roanoke synagogues for Rosh Hashanah Services.  (The Shofar is sounded)  Transportation will be provided.  Times TBA

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·        April 30 - May 4:  Holocaust Remembrance Week

 

·        May 4, 1 - 3 pm, Commons Rm. 114, Reunion Reception honoring Dr. Bob Maslansky '52

 

·        Tues, April 10, 10 pm, Commons, Rm. 216:  Study Break REAL NOVA LOX and REAL BAGELS  from NYC, sent to Lexington from Josh Kuckley's '10 dad.

 

·        April 3, 5:30 pm,  Evans Dining Hall.  Seder led by students: Justine Dargahi, Whitney Rothstein, Tara Rubenstein, Julia Spieler.

 

·        March 16, 6:00  pm,  Southern Inn.  Very Interesting Professors dinner with Profs. David and Leslie Novack.

 

·        March 23, 6:30 pm,  Shabbat dinner at the home of Dean Hank Dobin and Bonnie Dobin, 106 Liberty Hall Road.

 

·        Mar 9: First Fridays at Five Shabbat service with Megillah reading, Commons, Rm 345, followed by dinner, Rm 216, featuring Asian food and Hamantashen. 

 

·        Feb 13, 6 pm, Holocaust Remembrance Committee Meeting

 

·        Feb 15, 6 pm, Lee House.  Dinner with President and Mrs. Ruscio

 

·        Feb 15: Registration opens for Summer Taglit / Birthright Israel : FREE trip to Israel this June: Check http://Israel.hillel.org for more information, or call     

   Joan: X 8443.

 

·        Feb 27, 7 pm, Commons 345, Winter Jewish Film Series: “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg”

 

·        Feb 28, 12:15 – 1:15, Morris House.  VIP lunch with former athletics director Mike Walsh: “Famous Jewish Athletes” (joined by Honors Scholars candidates, competing for the Weinstein Scholarship)

·        January 25th 12 - 1, Morris House, VIP lunch with Alan Corwin '62.  A slide presentation and discussion of Mr. Corwin's Jewish art collection which he plans to donate to the new Center for Jewish Life 

 

 

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