Wine Tasting!

Upcoming Events May 17, 2007
This Week Save the Date Israeli Wine Tasting Job Opportunity Israel Activists 2007 Links of the Week "Ask the Rabbi" - YouTube Israel's Etgar Keret takes on Hollywood Learn Hebrew - Free site!!		Privet, Summer is almost here! We have plenty of things planned for this summer. Check out the upcoming events calendar, and make sure to save the date.   Israeli Wine tasting next week! Come out to try some great wine and start off your summer.   There is also a job opportunity posted below. If you're looking for a part-time job this summer, this might be for you.   If you have any anouncement of your own you'd like us to add to a weekly e-mail feel free to e-mail Lia and we'll post it. Also, check out the links of the week. New videos and articles every week. Lia, Katya, Misha Save the Date!     Russian Bonfire - Sun. June 17 Russian Hillel Picnic - Sun. Aug 26 Skate With Israel - Sat. Jan 19 Russian Shabbaton - Feb. 22-24
Israeli Wine Tasting Come out to party and taste some wine! View Facebook Invite DJ Gary LaCosta $6 cover (includes 2 drinks and complimentary hor d'ouevers) 21+ with ID Thu. May 31 7:30 - 10:30 pm Mike's Place @ Mix 2843 N Halsted St. Chicago, IL Job Opportunity Are you looking for a lucrative part-time job?  Would you like to earn some extra income for the summer or all year round? Kosher Clipper is a Chicago-based marketing company that specializes in kosher products and related services. We are looking for young and enthusiastic assistant account executives. We offer flexible hours and excellent income potential. For more information about this exciting opportunity please contact Mike at info@kosherclipper.com Israel Activists 2007 The program will train students to be representatives on their campuses and give them the tools to help others get to Israel through programs offered by the Israel Programs Center. Students will visit different programs and participate in workshops on public speaking and marketing to help them recruit students and spread the word about Israeli programs. Aug. 1-8      $450    Registration until June 1. E-mail Miriam Brosseau or call 847-674-8865.
Lia Dolinsky JCRC/Hillel Russian Israel Intern LiaDolinsky@juf.org (312) 673-2357   Katya Shcherbakov JCRC/Hillel Russian Israel Intern KatyaShcherbakov@juf.org (312) 673-2385   Misha Zilbermint Program Director MishaZilbermint@juf.org (312) 673- 2359   Hillels Around Chicago http://www.HillelsAroundChicago.org 30 S. Wells, Chicago, IL Hillels Around Chicago: Multi-Campus Center, a partner in serving our community is supported by the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

[Hillel-at-Loyola] Hillel Update

Shalom,

For those of you in summer school, we hope today was a good beginning.

>From time to time throughout the summer, we will let you know of Hillel Citywide programs and/or important information.




HILLELS AROUND CHICAGO "WHIRLYBALL EXTRAVAGANZA!!"

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, MAY 26 - 11 PM-1 AM - WHIRLYBALL - 1880 W. FULLERTON, CHICAGO, IL 60614 - $10

The incredible combination of basketball and bumper cars!  Some call it a sport. Others call it a lesson in humility.

Who doesn't love a great game of whirlyball?  Stop by on Saturday night to give a little back to the Jewish community and have a great time in the process.

The $10 will be counted as a donation to the Jewish United Fund.

If you know you are coming, please RSVP to Emily at ebriskma@depaul.edu.  If you are not sure - just show up!




JEWISH ADVENTURE NEW YORK METRO TRIPS - THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER

10 day tours of "Jewish New York" for $199 sponsored by Aish Ha Torah and Gateways.

These are Orthodox organizations, but the trips are for Jewish students from every background and are co-ed.

For more information on dates and professional themes of trips go to the website at www.themetrotrip.com or

call 1-800-742-2228 and ask for Jennifer.




REMINDER ABOUT GREAT CLASSES FOR THE FALL


HEBREW 101 - TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS - 2:30-3:45 PM

This is Modern Hebrew.  The teacher will be new to Loyola this year.  This is a wonderful opportunity to learn Hebrew


INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL JUDAISM

There has been such a  demand for this class - the university has hired two new faculty to teach two sections of this course.

172-026 Intro to Classical Judaism     Tue     4:15 - 6:45 PM     Rabbi Laurence Edwards
172-001 Intro to Classical Judaism     Mon     4:15 - 6:45  PM    Dr. Israel M. Sandman




SPECIAL HONORS FOR HILLEL GRADS

We want to give special congratulations to:

CARRIE ROSEN, HILLEL VICE-PRESIDENT, for winning the university's award for MOST OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF A STUDENTS ORGANIZATION.

ANDREA SIDELSKY, FORMER HILLEL BOARD MEMBER, for being elected to PHI BETA KAPPA academic honor society.




OUR NEW HILLEL AT LOYOLA BOARD - 2007-08

President - Esther Cherrick
Vice-President - Alyssa Zeller
Secretary - Inna Yalovetskaya
Treasurer - Jenny Bekker

Judaica Chairs - Jennie Berkovich, Steven Kaplan, Katie Vogel
Israel Chairs - Amy Galanter, Alana Kinarsky, Anna Rozman
Social Chairs - Julia Bellowe, Nana Joseph, Caitlin Kozlowski, Laura Lerer, Danny Wasserman
Volunteer Chairs - Libby Bakman, Vicky Bangieva, Katie Bates, Olga Lekakh, Marina Leybzun, Lindsey Steele

We want to congratulate the new Hillel Board.

Please remember that each of these Board Chairs need members for their respective committees.  Some students have already signed up to be members of one of the Board Committees.  If you would like to help on a specific committee, please put your name on the sign-up sheet hanging on the bulletin board in the Hillel office.

We are still looking for a student to be the Hillel Webmaster.  If you are interested, please email Patti Ray at pray@luc.edu.




SHAVUOT BEGINS TONIGHT

Shavuot (the word means "weeks") begins tonight, Tuesday, May 22 and goes through Thursday night, May 24.  Shavuot is 7 weeks, 49 days, from Passover and marks the period of time it took the Israelites to leave Egypt and arrive at Mount Sinai to receive the Torah.  Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah (in Hebrew "Matan Torah") to the Jewish people from God.

Happy Shavuot!

Being Jewish and LGBT, William Shatner, American Idol, and more!

www.hillel.org Donate Now | Subscribe | Forward This Newsletter to a Friend >>  Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life May 2007 Hillel's 'Sports, Fun and Sun' Online Auction: Bidding ends Today at 2pm EDT! Find great deals on hotels, airfare, vacation packages, sporting events, art and more.   Being Jewish and LGBT on Campus As the acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students on college campuses grows, Hillel is helping Jewish LGBT students create their own positive, supportive and celebratory communities. (PHOTO: A student attends the 2006 NUJLS conference at Wesleyan University.) IN THIS ISSUE: • Jewish and LGBT • Editor's Column NEWSMAKERS: • Ari Sandel • William Shatner FEATURES: • American Idol Finalist • Israeli Baseball • Hillel Auction • Divestment Bill Rejected • End Anti-Semitism Web Site Launched • News Bites • Get More Out of College • Shavuot A Place at the Table Recently, at a Jewish student leadership conference I sat in on a session entitled: "Discrimination Double Standard - LGBT Americans and the Law."  In the conference program, it was written that the students would learn "what you can do to be part of civil rights history."  Despite being very late in an already exhausting day, the room was filled to capacity with fully engaged students.  The professional LGBT advocates held the students' rapt attention as they explained legalese.  To me it was apparent: the Jewish students care about this community because the LGBT students are their friends.  On campus, Hillel professionals are helping Jewish LGBT students create supportive and celebratory communities. For many of these students just knowing that there is a place for them at the Jewish table makes all the difference.  Suzanne Kurtz Editor, Hillel Campus Report    Oscar Winner Ari Sandel is Short on Hope In 21-minutes, Ari Sandel's Academy Award-winning short film "West Bank Story," sends a message of hope, love and hummus.  William Shatner: Horses Make Miracles Even with his career on warp speed, William Shatner has become one of Hollywood's most prominent Jewish philanthropists by establishing therapeutic horse-riding centers across Israel in partnership with the Jewish National Fund (JNF), writes Lifestyles Magazine. American Idol Finalist Hosts Campus SuperStar Pittsburgh Talent was in no short supply as the 10 finalists from Campus SuperStar Pittsburgh took to the stage to compete for a $5,000 scholarship. Israel Baseball League Hits a Home Run with Cornell Hillel Cornell Hillel alumni held a kick-off event in New York for the newly-formed Israel Baseball League by hosting the league's first official player draft. Hillel's Sports, Fun and Sun Online Auction: Place Your Bid Today! Place your bid today!  Hillel's Sports, Fun and Sun online auction closes on May 22 – new items have been added and there are still some great deals to be had.  Such as…2007 WORLD SERIES TICKETS…fabulous condos right on the slopes in Vail and the beach in San Diego…jewelry going for less than half the retail price…original contemporary Israeli art…travel deals in Israel and across the US.  Don't miss out…visit today! Stanford University Rejects Divestment Bill The Undergraduate Senate at Stanford University rejected a bill calling on the university to reevaluate investments in Israel. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Launches Web Site to End Campus Anti-Semitism Responding to the testimony of a panel of experts, the USCCR launched a Web site to help educate students about anti-Semitism and their legal rights. News Bites: What's Been Happening at Hillels this Month The University of Texas Hillel gave out 10,000 white roses to represent the number of people killed at Auschwitz in a single day... A small group of American students brought Yiddishkeit to a little-known Jewish community in the Ukraine... To commemorate Yom HaZikaron, Rutgers University Hillel honored fallen soldiers of the Israeli army, including ones born in the U.S... Kent State University Hillel is relocating to a new, more centrally located 10,000-square-foot location. College Life 101: 12 Ways to Get More Out of College by Doing Less Slowing down can be the best thing a college student can do in pursuit of academic excellence. Learn Something Jewish: Shavuot When thinking about Shavuot, many different things come to mind. Late night Jewish learning. Cheesecake. Confirmation ceremonies. Blintzes. But how many of us also associate Shavuot with gleaning of fields?  Back to Top www.hillel.org | Donate | Subscribe to this Newsletter | Forward This Email to a Friend >> About | On Campus | Jewish Resources | Social Justice | Careers | Israel | Conferences