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The Center for Jewish Life's Weekly Newsletter February 15, 2007
IN THIS ISSUE
  • Manga! Italian Shabbat Dinner Tonight
  • Grad Student Shabbat
  • Koach Student Minyan
  • Tzedek Business Fellows Meet
  • Mardi Gras Dinner
  • Want to go to Israel for FREE?
  • Your Seder. Your Way.
  • Men's Club Forming
  • PIPAC Opportunity
  • Rabbi Julie's Office Hours

  • Manga! Italian Shabbat Dinner Tonight

    Join us for a delicious Italian style Shabbat dinner.

    Tonight, February 16th at 6:30 p.m. at the CJL.

    All welcome. Free to '07, '08 and grad students. All others swipe.

    Bueno!

    Grad Student Shabbat

    Friday February 16th at 7 p.m., Lawrence Apartments Community Room

    Every month, the CJL plans a fun and delicious Graduate Student and Young Professionals Shabbat. For the month of February, Aaron Strauss has volunteered his hospitality.

    ALL Graduate Students/Young Professionals are welcome to attend.

    Please email Kim Kushner, JCSC Fellow, at kkushner@princeton.edu to RSVP.

    Koach Student Minyan
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    Join the Koach student minyan in the CJL library.

    This Shabbat morning, at 9:00 a.m.

    We're looking forward to seeing you there!

    Tzedek Business Fellows Meet

    Tzedek Business Fellows will meet this Sunday.

    5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Small Dining Room.

    The featured speaker is alum and current parents, Gary Perlin, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Capital One Services, Inc.

    Mardi Gras Dinner

    Bourbon Street comes to Washington Drive!

    Join us at the CJL on Tuesday, February 20th to enjoy a taste of New Orleans!

    5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

    We'll provide the beads!

    Want to go to Israel for FREE?

    Have you ever floated in the Dead Sea? Seen the sunrise from Masada? Smoked hookah in a Bedouin tent? Explored the Old City of Jerusalem? If you haven’t, then what are you waiting for?!

    If you are Jewish, between the ages of 18-26, and have never been to Israel before on a peer trip, you are eligible to spend 10 days in either May ’07 or June ’07 with fellow college students and see first hand what everyone is talking about.

    Learn about the trip at any one of this week's programs, listed below:

    Wednesday, 2/21, 9pm—PIPAC Hookah Night at the Center for Jewish Life

    Thursday 2/22, 12-1pm—Lunch, Learn and Register at the Center for Jewish Life (FREE lunch for upperclassmen and graduate students)

    Monday 2/26, 12-1pm—Lunch, Learn and Register at the Center for Jewish Life (FREE lunch for upperclassmen and graduate students)

    Tuesday 2/27, 9-10pm—Free Falafel and Information Session, Wilcox Hall

    Information Table at Frist: Wednesday 2/28, 1:30-3:30pm and Thursday 3/1, 10am-12:30pm

    Registration opens soon for Taglit-birthright israel: Hillel trip. Go to www.israel.hillel.org for more information and to register. Registration begins FEBRUARY 15TH and ends MARCH 8TH.

    Questions? Contact Kim at the Center for Jewish Life/Hillel, at kkushner@princeton.edu

    Your Seder. Your Way.

    Planning on Being On campus for Passover (Monday, April 2nd, right after spring break)? The CJL wants YOU to Have it Your Way!

    Lead a Seder for a group of your peers and with the theme and style of your choice.

    No previous Seder leading experience necessary. We will provide workshops to help you prepare.

    Please contact rivky@princeton.edu.

    Men's Club Forming

    Interested in Pizza and a movie? How about Chinese Food and poker?

    These are just some of the events coming next semester from the Men’s Club

    Send an e-mail to Philip Stern at pstern@princeton.edu to join the mailing list.

    PIPAC Opportunity
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    Each year at its Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) celebrates and showcases its special partnership with Hillel. AIPAC honors Hillel at a reception and presents “Ally of the Year” awards to Hillel professionals who have worked to support campus efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship.

    This year, AIPAC has made 1,000 seats available for students to attend the Policy Conference, scheduled from March 11 - 13, 2007. conference.

    AIPAC is able to provide a heavily-subsidized student registration fees and – on a need basis – offers additional scholarships for the Policy Conference.

    Campus delegates participate in three days of intensive programming featuring top American and Israeli leaders, a Gala Dinner in which participants mingle with more than one-half of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, a leadership development track focusing on campus activism – as well as a lobbying day on Capitol Hill to make the case for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship.

    Interested in attending? Check out http://www.aipac.org/studentPC2007

    Rabbi Julie's Office Hours

    Got a question? Need some advice? Just want to say hi? Rabbi Julie has office hours just for you!

    Mondays 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. @ the CJL and Thursdays 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. @ Cafe Viv.

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    phone: (609) 258-3635