Super Sunday at UJA Federation of New York - Westchester
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Israeli dancing at Klezmanukkah.
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Hillel at Purchase brings JNF "pushke" tzedakah boxes to dormrooms all over campus.
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Students from Sarah Lawrence, Purchase, and Manhattanville Colleges at Bet Am Shalom.
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Purchase College "late night" Sukkot Party
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Purchase students prepare to daven Mincha after Jew Crew meeting
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Putting up the Sukkah at Purchase College.
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Holocaust survivor Esther Geizhals speaks to Hillel students at Manhattanville College.
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Midnight Runners Justin Doyno, Tsivya Miller, Jillian Herman, Rebecca Bruckenstein, and Cal Yoskowitz
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Israel Shabbat at Sarah Lawrence College.
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Hillel students celebrate Simchat Torah at Bet Am Shalom.
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Purchase College Klezmer Ensemble at Klezmanukah.
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Westchester families welcome Hillel students for shabbat.
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Six of our students had b'nai mitzvahs in Israel during their Birthright trip..
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Swimming at Ein Gedi.
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Spring break trip to New Orleans to help Katrina rebuilding.
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Shabbat dinner at Manhattanville College.
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Purim Spiel at Purchase College 2011
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"Exec for a Day" Enhances our Relationship with Purchase College.

On Wednesday March 28th, three Hillels of Westchester lay board members joined Exec Director Saul Spangenberg and President Martine Fleishman for our first "Exec for a Day." The two hour event included time with approximately fourteen Jew Crew students, Hillel staff and Purchase College administrators. Carolyn Schrier, Gary Trachten, and Barry Effron met with Associate Dean John Delate, Student Activities Director Jason Alt, and Food service Director Anthony Smeraglino. The conversation centered on how Hillel could enhance its relationship with alumni, prospective students, and current students. 

Hillels of Westchester consecrates its new office and lounge.

On February 21st, prior to the first lay board meeting of 2012, Hillel students, staff, and board members gathered at the entranceway of our new lounge at Purchase College. Vice President of Student Affairs, John Delate spoke to the group about the valuable partnership the college has with Hillel. Rabbi Lester Bronstein, long-time Hillels of Westchester board member and Rabbi of Congregation Bet Am Shalom in White Plains, led the blessing over the mezuzah. He explained that the hebrew word "lik'boah" (to affix) refers to the idea "to make permanent." College students live in dormitories, their temporary home. By affixing the mezuzah, we create a kind of permanent home for our students. Mazel Tov!

If It Please the King: Esther, Vashti and Women's Leadership

The next presentation in our series of Neshamot Grant programs features Rabbinic student and scholar Nicole DeBlosi who will lead shabbat services and discuss how Esther and Vashti represent women of power and influence in ancient Shushan. Services at 6:00 PM and dinner and discussion at 7:00 PM in the Faculty Dining Room of the Bates Student Center at Sarah Lawrence College.

Neshamot Grant in Jewish Women's Leadership begins Spring programming with the Activist Toolkit.

Hillels of Westchester will hold it's first Spring semester program on Thursday February 9th at 7:00 PM in the Red Room of the Student Services Building at Purchase College with guest speaker Rabbi Joanna Samuels discussing "An Activist Toolkit for the 21st Century."  

A second presentation, "An Esther Vashti Shabbat" will follow on Friday night, March 2nd (time and location TBD) at Sarah Lawrence College. Facets of the personalities and strengths of these two well-known women will be discussed as it relates to leadership skills. Both events include dinner and are opened to the public. Hillels of Westchester is grateful to the Neshamot Committee for awarding us this grant. The Neshamot Committee is a unique grant awarding arm within the UJA Federation of Westchester.

 

 

 

 

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