If you’re a second year Jewish student at the University of Iowa, or know of others that might not have received the invitation for the social at the Airliner (half off pizza night), feel free to get in touch with Emily Burker at emily-burker@uiowa.edu. It’s a good opportunity to meet new people in your school year! Tuesday, 7 pm at the Airliner.
Thursday—“Fired Up and Ready to Go:” “It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.” -Barack Obama. Moveon.org is hosting a political gathering at Hillel at 7 PM to discuss the outcome of the 2008 Presidential Elections and steps we need to take now that the elections are over.
Hillel’s Jewish book group selection just arrived. We will be reading Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union.” The paperback edition sells for $16, and we’ll be selling it to you at a subsidized price of $12. Please email adina@iowahillel.org about receiving your copy. The book group discussion will take place in approximately two weeks, or however long people think it will take to complete the novel.
Iowa in Hebrew T-shirts are back and available in most sizes.
Drop in the Hillel House or send an email hillel@uiowa.edu for your limited edition shirt!
Price: $12 ($10 for holders of the Hillel discount card). Shipping is $5, regardless of quantity.
GO HAWKEYES!!!
Last year’s Hillel student body president, Nataly Arber, is leading this semester’s Beginning Hebrew Crash Course at Hillel. The sessions are free and meet weekly on Saturdays at 2PM.
Previously, the Hebrew Crash Course was focused on learning to decipher the Hebrew alphabet. There will be a bit of a reading refresher, but there is going to be an emphasis on Contemporary Conversational Hebrew.
Email Adina adina@iowahillel.org if you would like to sign up! No experience or Hebrew background is necessary.
An amazing opportunity to go to the Gulf Coast with hundreds of other Hillel students from across the country and rebuild some of what was lost in Hurricane Katrina. If you would like to register for next semester’s Alternative Spring Break in New Orleans, please register at https://www.conference.com/. The ten day trip only costs $150 and covers ten whole days of lodging, transportation, food, speakers, and excitement. Please email Adina at adina@iowahillel.org if you would like to attend, but cost is an issue. (Hillel can help). Registration will soon close, so don’t miss out!
The Livnot Journey is a 5-month program, part of the Jewish Agency’s MASA Israel Experience Programs in Israel. The Livnot programs concentrate on community service, hiking and study, seminars and workshops, and incorporate Livnot’s elements of experiential activities of exploring Judaism and Israel in an open and questioning environment. The program is centered in the Northern Israeli town of Tzfat, with a 2-month kibbutz experience built into the program. The cost of the program is $5400, of which you can apply for a $3000 scholarship from MASA, and perhaps find more funding from local sources. Find out more about our Livnot Journey on our website:http://www.livnot.com/pages/5month
Upcoming dates are February 2nd – June 22nd, and September 2009.
Offering creative, dynamic explorations of Jewish life in the context of campus, local, and global communitites. Hillel's mission is to be a visible and positively recognized nexus of Jewish life on campus. The Hillel Foundation at the University of Iowa seeks to foster a Jewish renaissance through the promotion of Jewish values, student empowerment and engagement, and professional leadership in the community.
