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As Jewish students, we have been lucky to have the incredible experiences at Penn which make the campus unique and known throughout the world. It is important that we ensure these opportunities continue to exist for future students. To guarantee that Jewish campus life thrives and remains a vibrant community for ALL students, please join us in making a gift to the Hillel Senior Gift.
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P.S.- Save the Date! The Senior Wine and Cheese Party will now be held on Thursday evening, April 15th. Hope to see you there!
Penn Hillel Presents: A PHriday in Wonderland!
Friday, March 19, Hillel Steinhardt Hall
Join us upstairs after dinner at Hillel for the TEA PARTY of all tea parties, a performance by PENNCHANTS that will make you smile like the Chesire cat, and ILLUSIONISTS who will send you spiraling down the rabbit hole...
Shira Chadasha Service
Friday, March 19, 7 pm, Hillel basement
Come for meaningful Shabbat singing and more!
Sunday Night Learning (SNL)
Sundays, 7-8:30pm, Hillel Steinhardt Hall
SNL is an amazing tradition, where each week, a huge crowd of students gathers at Penn Hillel to learn Jewish texts and topics together. We will be premiering a new FREE dinner, served from 7:00-7:30 (Shotel Dubin Auditorium on the 2nd floor), followed by learning from 7:30-8:30 (3rd floor Beit Midrash). You'll be matched with a partner to learn any topic you choose. And you can come back every week! If you RSVP, we can match you with someone in advance, so in the comments section, indicate your level of experience with Jewish learning and any topics you're especially interested in. And if you don't get around to RSVPing, just show up, and we'll match you up when you get here. Hope to see you there!
Teatron’s Brighton Beach Memoirs
Saturday, March 20, 10pm; Sunday, March 21, 2pm, Hillel Shotel Dubin Auditorium
Teatron, the University of Pennsylvania’s Jewish theater group, is proud to announce its performance of Neil Simon's hilarious Brighton Beach Memoirs. Set in Brooklyn in 1937, this comedy follows fifteen-year-old Eugene Morris Jerome as he experiences puberty, sexual awakening, and a search for self as he attempts to deal with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn. Tickets are $7 with a PennCard, $10 without.
Conference on Gender in Judaism and Islam
Monday, March 22, 8:30am-7pm, Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall
Topics include: "Discourses of Difference: Gender and Religion Meet Feminist Theory," "Crimes of Passion: Women,The Limits of Biology: Texts, Sex, and Women's Bodies," and "Enframing Jewish & Muslim Women: Film, Literature, and the Politics of Representation." The keynote address at 6:15 p.m. in Claudia Cohen G17, is by Joan Wallach Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, entitled "Feminism's Difference Problem." The event is free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary. Email jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu to receive a full program or go to http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/events10A.htm
Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Gil Student (OU/Hirhurim)
Monday, March 22, 7:30pm, Hillel Grad Lounge
Topic: The Pesach Seder as a Defense of Jewish Faith – Kuzari, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik and Rabbi Norman Lamm. Rabbi Gil Student is the Managing Editor of OU Press, the publishing
arm of the Orthodox Union, that is active in publishing books that help the Jewish community pray, learn and explore the world on a sophisticated,
traditional level. Rabbi Student is a frequent writer in newspapers and journals, and
authors a popular blog about the interface between different facets of
Orthodox Judaism, including contemporary religious topics in the news.
His Hirhurim-Musings blog was ranked "Best Jewish Religion Blog" for
2005 by The Jerusalem Post and has been cited in The Wall Street
Journal and other prominent periodicals. He has published two books
about the interface between Orthodox Judaism and current realities,
and is a frequent reviewer of other books that discuss similar topics. He is currently the managing editor of the Orthodox Union Press and founder of Yashar Books. He will be offering both the new OU Press Rabbi Norman Lamm Haggadah and the Rabbi Soloveitchik Haggadah for a 30% discount! The Seder Night: Exalted Evening by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik / $17.50
The Royal Table: A Passover Haggadah by Rabbi Norman Lamm / $17.50
Posts Along the Way by R. Gil Student / $10.00
Koren Sacks Siddur (regular size) / $22.00
Koren Sacks Siddur (compact size) / $15.00
Koren Talpiot Siddur (regular size) / $20.00
Koren Talpiot Siddur (compact size) / $12.00
Covenant & Conversation / $17.50
Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Jonathan Kelsen (YCT)
Tuesday, March 23, 7:30 pm, Hillel Grad Lounge
Topic: "Interpreting Redemption: What is the Real Story of Pesach?"
Bio: Rabbi Jonathan Kelsen is a faculty member at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, and a former faculty member of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. A graduate of the Pardes Kollel and a fellow in the Shalom Hartman Institute's Hadarim Program, Rabbi Kelsen received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes and holds an MA in Jewish Civilization from the International School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Hillel’s Spring Charity Downtown: “Jungle Jews”
Thursday, March 25, 10:30pm, Plough and the Stars, 123 Chestnut Street
Come to Hillel’s downtown party! 18 to go wild, 21 to roar. Tickets are $8 in advance,$10 at door, and $6 Student Activities Card. All proceeds will be donated to the Jewish National Fund. Drink specials will include: $3 domestic beers, $4 Vodka/Rum drinks, $4 Shot specials, $6 Irish Car Bombs.
Both Sides of the Wall: Transgender Jewish Identity
Friday, March 26, 8:30pm, Hillel’s Shotel Dubin Auditorium
J-Bagel has organized for a Hillel-wide event in conjunction with Kol Tzedek West Philadelphia Synagogue. We will be hosting Professor Joy Ladin of Yeshiva University, the first transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution. Please bring everyone you know- she is a passionate, engaging, and transformative speaker who will reflect on gender in Judaism and her personal journey to becoming her true self in the Orthodox world. There will be Shabbat Services w/Kesher & Kol Tzedek Synagogue and Dinner at 6:30pm in the 2nd Floor Library.
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