The AJS Executive Board meets every Wednesday night. All are welcome to attend. The meeting this week will be on Wednesday 11/14, 5:30pm at Hillel. For more meeting information this week, please contact Robyn.
Hillel at Miami University & The Association of Jewish Students invite you to participate in the following events. Click the links within the informational areas of this email newsletter and become more informed on programs and opportunities - including FREE trips to Israel!
Human Rights and Social Justice Day at Miami
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.MPR A, B, C - Shriver Center
For more information visit www.muohio.edu/cawc. Dave will be there during much of the day at a table for Hillel. Visit him and learn about Judaism & social justice/tzedek. For volunteer opportunities, contact Jacque Rioja.
Veteran's Day, Ladies' Night, Drinks with Dave & Book Discussion
Annual Veteran's Day Display Hillel is partnering with Lights on Campus/Campus Ministry Center and Students for Peace & Justice to honor veterans, those currently serving in the armed forces and those killed serving in Iraq. The display is up today at the PhiDelt gates until 4:30 or 5:00. You can help us take down the display at 4:30, meet us at the hub. Please call (523-5190) or email Amy for questions.
Wednesday, November 14- Ladies Night: Girls Night Out! 6pm dinner at Hillel followed by Pottery at You're Fired Attention all ladies: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! Come to our first ladies night of the semester, Ladies Night: Girls Night Out! on Wednesday, November 14th at 6pm. We will meet at Hillel at 6pm for free dinner and then walk uptown to Your're Fired to paint some pottery. You're Fired is specially ordering dreidles and menorahs for those who wish to paint Judaic items. Note: This program is open to both men and women. Hillel will be covering the sitting fee for all participants. You will pay for the pottery you choose to paint.
If you have other ideas for ladies night programs or questions about Pottery Night, please contact Elizabeth Gartenberg.
Drinks with Dave - Enjoy free coffee with Dave! Tuesday, November 13 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 16 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Both days are at Bell Tower! Questions or information, call Dave (513-523-5190) or email him fellow@muhillel.org.
Book Discussion Series "A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters" 11/18/07 Discuss Philip Roth's American Pastoral this Sunday, 11/18/07 at 4 p.m. in King Library room 320. Free copy of the book available by contacting Fraces Yates at yatesf@muohio.edu or calling 513-529-3340. Our next book will be Bee Season on 12/9. All welcome.
MIX IT UP- Lunch
It's time for MIX IT UP at Lunch, the initiative sponsored by Community Advocacy Alliance (CAA), that helps us to challenge the boundaries that exist. MIX IT UP is a simple "call to action." We are challenged to take a new seat at lunch and meet new people and make new friends at lunch on 11/15/07. CAA provides a complimentary lunch pass for staff, faculty, and students for Thursday, November 15th between 11:30 am & 1:30 pm in Harris Dining Hall. Contact Janine Todd, 529-6504, Office of Diversity Affairs, to get your complimentary pass. RSVP by Wednesday 11/14!
Shabbat Experience at Miami
FREE Dinner & Services Every Week
You are invited to our weekly Shabbat experience. Student led services begin at 6 pm and FREE dinner is at 7 pm. All are welcome for either services, dinner or both. This week's theme is Thanksgiving. Come enjoy a pre-holdiay meal with all of the fixings.
See your friends, enjoy free food, and celebrate Shabbat! Questions? Do you want to participate in sevices? Email Diogo Metz, your VP of Religion & Culture on the Association of Jewish Students.
The Shabbat Experience is generously supported by the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.
Brand New Hillel T-Shirts
Only $5
Purchase the NEW Hillel at Miami University t-shirt for $5 at Hillel. Sizes are XS-XL.
The shirt is charcoal gray with red and white lettering.
Condolences
Hillel and the Jewish community of Oxford are saddened by the recent death of Dr. Bob Southard, husband of Dr. Edna Southard and father of Dave & Jared Southard. The funeral was Sunday 11/11. The family will sit shiva again tonight, 11/12/07 at 7 pm at their home in Liberty, Indiana, 5449 N State Route 227, Liberty, IN. Condolences may be sent to Edna at 807 Melinda Dr., Oxford, OH 45056.
Informal Jewish Learning at Hillel
Expand your Jewish knowledge while at Miami by participating in informal Jewish learning.
Torah Chanting/B'nai Mitzvah Classes Coming Soon! Would you like to learn how to chant Torah? What about becoming bar or bat mitzvah at Hillel? (While many become b'nai mitzvah at 13, it is possible later as well.) Email Amy, our Director and Rabbinic Resource with the best day/time for your schedule.
Every Wednesday - Discovering Judaism Learn
about Judaism from an Orthodox rabbi from Cincinnati Kollel. Free dairy
dinner and informal class at Hillel each Wednesday at 7:15 pm.
Help us Throw the Book at Hunger & Pledge-A-Meal
Date: Tuesday, November 13
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: 100 ART
Suggested donation: Students $5, Faculty $10
Creative writing faculty Joseph Bates, cris cheek, Eric Goodman, Kelly Magee, Kay Sloan and Cathy Wagner will read short selections from their work, with all proceeds to benefit organizations fighting hunger in our area: the Food Pantry in Oxford and the Freestore/Foodbank in Cincinnati. Live music provided by Bachelor Hall.
Writers Harvest is part of Hunger Awareness week at Miami. Tuesday, November 13th is also Pledge-A-Meal. Students with any sort of Miami meal plan can pledge their dinner on November 13th, and Miami will contribute $3.25 to organizations fighting hunger in our area. Students can sign up for Pledge-A-Meal at: www.hdg.muohio.edu/MyAccount
Need a Class for Spring Semester?
ENG 230J - Jewish American Fiction Since 1945 Great new class still open - act now. Are you still looking for a class for next semester? Take ENG 230J "Jewish American Fiction since 1945" with Professor Parks on Tuesday/Thursday from 2-3:15 p.m. for 3 credits. Sign up soon or this class may not be available!
This course will examine the contributions of
Jewish-American writers to American fiction in the years
since the Second World War. In addition to such issues as
identity and (ambivalent) assimilation into the American
mainstream, the course will explore the writer's responses
to the Holocaust and to the many changes in American
culture.
Learn more about this course on the Jewish Studies Webpage for Courses Spring 2008
GTM Young Composer's Award 2008
THE GUILD OF TEMPLE MUSICIANS announces GTM's Young Composer's Award 2008
Type
: Composition
Brief description: The 2008 requested work will be a set of three pieces, performable as separate pieces OR as a unit, with or without narrator. The work should be of 10-12 minutes duration, for SATB choir, and piano (or organ). The work should be in Hebrew, using texts from Jewish liturgy, Bible, Jewish poetry or prose, or a combination of the foregoing. For this year, the work must also be accessible to Congregational Volunteer Choirs. It is understood that his presents an added challenge to composers, but we have decided to request this for the current year in order to engage the many choirs of our communities which are at earlier stages of development.
2008 Award: $1,800.00 for the winning composition, plus performance and publication opportunities.
2008 Eligibility: Applicants should be Jewish composers from any country born on or after January 1, 1973.
Frequency of award: Annual
Additional Information: Deadline for entries (received or postmarked): Friday, Jan. 4th, 2008. Please send submissions to: Ben Steinberg, Composer in Residence, Temple Sinai. 10 Wilson Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5M 3B1, Canada
For additional information, contact/write to the GTM Vice- president for Publicity: Jayson Rodovsky, Transcontinental Music. If submission or musical questions arise, please contact the Chairman of the Young Composer's Award, Ben Steinberg
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Hungry?
Thirsty?
Like free food?
If answer yes to any of those questions or if you would like to go out for some FREE coffee or ice cream with Dave (our amazing JCSC Fellow), contact him at 523-5190, email, or IM him at JCSCatMU.
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We look forward to seeing you soon!
Hillel at Miami University The Association of Jewish Students, Robyn Steiner President ____________________________________
The Association of Jewish Students & Miami Students for Israel are proud members of the Diversity Affairs Council of Associated Student Government. Hillel at Miami University is partially supported by the Ohio Valley Hillel Consortium.
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