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Join NC Hillel for our first event of the year! You'll find us on the lower quad, in front of Wilson Library, with bagels, juice, Frisbees, and FUN! Come make a new friend. Date Last Modified: 8/7/2007 1:17:11 PMDate Created: 6/29/2005 12:44:01 PM 2005-2006 Photo Gallery 2005-2006 Please select an event to see photos from that program. Event Date Created: 8/16/2005 11:00:53 AM 2006-2007 Photo Gallery Week of Welcome Java with Jess Date Created: 8/22/2006 11:18:07 AM 2008-2009 Rashi Leadership Fellowship The Rashi Fellowship is named for the great commentator Rashi (an acronym for Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak). He was born in Troyes, France in the eleventh century, and was educated in Germany. Most Jews consider Rashi the greatest commentator on the Torah as well as on the Talmud, and he is studied universally in both areas by experts and beginners alike. As Rashi lived in a small Jewish community (around 200 Jews) and did great things for the Jewish people, the NC Hillel Rashi Fellows have a profound influence on their campuses.
2009-2010 Rashi Fellows:
Applications are closed for the 2009-2010 school year. A total of four Fellows have been hired across the following schools: East Carolina, UNC Wilmington, UNC Greensboro. Applications can be found at the bottom of this page.
Fellows are supervised by Geoff Brown, Director of Statewide Programs.
Description of Responsibilities The Fellowship is a year-long opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience while working to enhance Jewish life on campus. Fellows will participate in leadership training retreats, support elected members of the Hillel or Jewish Student Organization board to strengthen and improve programming and publicity, and develop relationships with key campus and community players.
Duties of Rashi Fellows will include:
Specifically, Rashi Fellows will be responsible for creating educational/engaging tables, developing programming for uninvolved Jewish students, and serve as a resource to link Jewish students to existing Hillel programs. Rashi Fellows have weekly assignments for approximately 10-12 weeks of each semester, with flexibility around Fall and Spring Breaks as well as exams. Rashi Fellows are required to attend occasional training sessions and participate in conference calls. Additional Information Rashi Fellows may not serve as President, VP, or Secretary of their campus Hillel/JSO student board, unless by special arrangement. Fellows will receive a $1000 stipend for the school year over two semesters, contingent upon completion and reporting of assigned responsibilities. Fill out the online application here. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.
If you have questions about the Rashi Fellowship, email Geoff@nchillel.org or call 919-942-4057 ext. 115. Date Last Modified: 1/6/2010 7:43:49 AMDate Created: 8/18/2005 10:52:33 AM 5:30-7 PM Pizza and Volleyball at Hinton James Grab a slice, hit a spike. Date Last Modified: 8/7/2007 1:18:17 PMDate Created: 7/6/2005 12:37:05 PM About Us About Us
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| Ari Gauss | Executive Director | Ext. 101 |
| Sheila Katz | Assistant Director for Jewish Student Life | Ext. 102 |
| Geoff Brown | Director of Statewide Programs | Ext. 115 |
| Chloe Chemla | Manager of Operaions and Development | Ext. 116 |
Ari@nchillel.org Ari is excited to join NC Hillel as its Executive Director and to move to The Southern Side of Heaven after twelve years in the northeast. He lived the last nine years in New York City, where he served as a Director of Development for the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, and also received masters degrees in non-profit management from New York University and Judaic studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He previsouly earned a BA in Philosphy from Pomona College.Ari's arrival is a homecoming of sorts, after having worked for Hillel at Tufts University and Yale University. In fact, he and his wife, Hollis, met when they were both Hillel Jewish Campus Service Corps Fellows.
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Co-terminus with his Judaic career Geoff has been an environmental consultant subcontracting with companies and performing site assessments. He earned a B.A. in Biology with a minor in Hebrew from Drake University. One consistent thread throughout his career is his passion for student leadership. His wife, Elissa, is the North Carolina state consultant for gifted education and he has three children, Teva, Korenet, & Levi. He enjoys playing guitar, lengthy bike rides, and organic gardening.
She also has traveled to Israel with the help of the exceptional Taglit-birthright israel program. She encourages everyone who has not done it yet to make the time to go on this life-altering trip (and it’s FREE!). Chloe also loves to cook, take pictures, travel and just be silly with her friends. |
Sheila is North Carolina Hillel’s Assistant Director for Jewish Student Life, building relationships with faculty and student leaders campus wide to increase opportunities for Jewish experiences. She leads NC Hillel’s immersion experience programs, including The North Carolina Hillel building was officially dedicated on January 21, 2001 and has since been open for all students and community members to enjoy.
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(during the regular Fall and Spring semesters*)
Monday - Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 9 pm
Summer hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:30AM - 5PM
Study in the library. Watch TV, play pool, or foosball. Use the computers. Or bring your laptop- we have high-speed wireless internet!
* NC Hillel is open later during finals. Hours may vary when school is not in session.
We are happy to provide meeting and program spaces for our neighbors in the campus and
Click on a question below to go directly to the answer.
How many Jewish students go to UNC?
How many members does NC Hillel have?
How many students are involved with NC Hillel in Chapel Hill?
What does NC Hillel offer besides programming?
Is Hillel only for Jewish students?
Is there a Jewish Studies department at UNC-Chapel Hill?
Can I study Hebrew at UNC-CH?
Are there Kosher meals at NC Hillel?
How does NC Hillel do Shabbat?
What about other schools in North Carolina?
Can I reserve a room at NC Hillel?
How do you pay for all of those amazing programs?
How many Jewish students go to UNC?
There are approximately 1300 Jewish undergraduate and graduate students at Carolina. The breakdown is estimated at 850 Jewish undergrads out of about 16,000 and 450 Jewish grad students out of about 10,000.
How many members does NC Hillel have?
None! There is no such thing as "membership" at NC Hillel. Everyone is welcome to be a participant in any of the programs that we offer.
How many students are involved with NC Hillel in Chapel Hill?
This is a very difficult number to measure, since we have no "membership." We have over 800 Jewish students on our mailing list. Each month, at least 200 students, and semesterly about 1000 students participate in some NC Hillel activity. We have programs and opportunities designed for small groups as well as ones that attract over 500 people. Our biggest regular program is weekly Shabbat services and dinner with an average attendance of 100.
What does NC Hillel offer besides programming?
You name it! NC Hillel was instrumental in the creation of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies (CCJS). We are well-known and involved in many aspect of the campus. Our staff works closely with faculty and administration on many projects. We offer resources and support of all kinds for our students. Our professional staff is always available for students. The NC Hillel building is open to students who want to hang out, watch TV, play pool or foosball, or study. Our library is always quiet and our building has high-speed wireless internet!
Is Hillel only for Jewish students?
No! Everyone is welcome at NC Hillel. Please feel free to bring your non-Jewish friends. We're always glad to answer questions for anyone who is curious about Jewish life. Our non-judgmental environment allows all students to feel comfortable.
Is there a Jewish Studies department at UNC-Chapel Hill?
The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies was created in the spring of 2003. The center is an interdisciplinary curriculum with courses from a range of academic departments including English, Germanic Languages, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Slavic Languages and Literatures. Currently the CCJS offers an undergraduate minor with plans for an undergraduate major in the near future. The CCJS also sponsors public lectures on campus throughout the academic year. The Director of the CCJS is Jonathan Hess. The Associate Director is Marcie Cohen Ferris.
Can I study Hebrew at UNC-CH?
Yes! UNC currently offers six semesters of modern Hebrew- two semesters in each level: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. The first semester of each level is offered only during the Fall; the second semester of each level is offered only in the Spring. For more information, contact the Center for Jewish Studies.
Are there Kosher meals at NC Hillel?
Yes. NC Hillel provides free kosher dinners every Friday after Shabbat services. In addition, we serve meals on certain holidays (Rosh Hashanah dinner, light Break-the-Fast, Passover Seder, Kosher-for-Passover lunches and dinners) and often as part of other programs. Students in need of other Kosher meals should contact Rabbi Jessica Marshall.
How does NC Hillel do Shabbat?
Every Friday evening when school is in session, our community gathers at the NC Hillel building at 6:15 for pluralistic Shabbat experience. The joy of Shabbat is felt through singing, meeting new people, lighting the candles, quick announcements, and a d'var torah (a piece of cool Jewish learning). Then there are three student-led services to choose from: Conservative, Reform, and Alternative Discussion (something different every week!). Students who are interested in giving a d'var torah, leading a service or an English reading, or organizing an alternative discussion service-- or in learning how to do so-- should contact Rabbi Jessica Marshall. A delicious free kosher dinner follows services. Interested in attending Shabbat at NC Hillel? Click here to RSVP by the Thursday before.
What about other schools in North Carolina?
North Carolina Hillel is a "statewide" Hillel. This means that we serve every campus in the state except for Duke (they have their own Hillel- the Freeman Center for Jewish Life). NC Hillel has a full-time Statewide Director who works with students on campuses around the state other than UNC-Chapel Hill. For more information about Jewish life on NC campuses, see Campuses around the State or contact Geoff Brown, our Statewide Director.
Can I reserve a room at NC Hillel?
NC Hillel can provide meeting and program spaces for our neighbors in the campus and Chapel Hill communities when possible. We have two sanctuaries, a dining room, and a library with conference table. If you would like to hold a meeting, program, or event at NC Hillel, please fill out a request online.
How do you pay for all of those amazing programs?
NC Hillel is its own non-profit corporation and is responsible for raising its own funds. Over 60% of our funds come from individual donors like you- parents, alumni, students, and other community members who care about Jewish life on campus and believe that creating positive Jewish identities in young people is important. Visit our Donate Now page to learn more about how you can help NC Hillel. We also get generous support from the Greensboro, Charlotte, Durham-Chapel Hill, Raleigh-Cary, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, and Asheville Jewish Federations as well as Hillel's Schusterman International Center.
Rabbi Eleazar said: Any leader who guides a community gently will merit guiding it in the world to come."
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Honorary Board of Governors
The Honorary Board of Governors, chaired by Tobee and Leonard Kaplan, is North Carolina Hillel's highest giving society.
Hillel deeply appreciates the commitment from these individuals and families, in providing critical generous long-term support.
A list of NC Hillel's Board of Governors may be found on our donations page.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Susan Robinson (Chair)
Nancy Brenner (Vice Chair)
Stephen Rich (Treasurer)
Janet Zelman (Secretary)
Sue Klapper (Immediate Past Chair)
At-Large Members
Nancy Bernstein
Wendy Borman
Courtney Ferriter
Ellen Fischer
Ken Fleishman
Howard Glicksman
Susan Gutterman
Leonard Kaplan
David Klapper
Kevin Leibel
Marci Linas
Lee Marcus
David Moff
Benson Pilloff
Paul Putterman
Barry Roberts
Larry Rocamora
Rick Rosenberg
Joyce Shuman
Ellen Singer
Glenda Toppe
Representatives
NC Federations
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Mel Baer (Fayetteville)
Rick Chess (Asheville)
To be appointed (Charlotte)
Ron Schwartz & Eileen Schwartz (Raleigh-Cary)
Amy Thompson (
Ina Wallace (Durham-Chapel Hill)
Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
Rosa Perelmuter
If you would like to contact any of NC Hillel's Board of Directors please write to board@nchillel.org and your message will be sent to the person you specify.
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Being on Board NC Hillel’s student board consists of 13 members - all are members of the Student Life Board. Five of the members, President, Executive Vice President, Treasurer/Secretary, Vice President of Jewish Life, and Vice President of Programming, comprise the Executive Board. Each Executive Board member, other than the President, works with certain Student Life Board chairs as a unit referred to as a “va’ad.” When applying for a board position, individuals must decide to make NC Hillel his/her number one priority amongst extra-curricular activities during his or her tenure on board. Board members are responsible not only for the day-to-day programming that is present at NC Hillel, but are also expected to demonstrate passion and respect for the organization’s mission. Board is the energy of Hillel. Board members are not exclusively responsible for their position’s respective programming: rather, the board should work together as a team and promote Hillel in total. Executive Board Executive Board members are required to attend weekly meetings in which they all have full voting power. Each Executive Board member, excluding the President, must oversee their respective va’ad members on the Student Life Board. This supervision includes regular meetings and constant communication concerning programming and other relevant activities as well as representing these Chairs to the Executive Board at meetings. Executive Board members must also work with appropriate students and/or NC Hillel Staff members to engage faculty and community members in Jewish life through North Carolina Hillel. Click here to apply for a position on the Executive Board. Student Life Board Student Life Board members are required to attend meetings scheduled every other week. Unlike the Executive Board members, Student Life Board chairs do not have voting power. Student Life Board members are in charge of Hillel programming in the area which their position outlines. By virtue of being in charge of each respective area of programming, Student Life chairs must meet with their va’ad regularly as well as create and chair a committee as necessary. Student Life Board chairs are also required to attend Leadership Council meetings. Leadership Council is a collaborative effort between leaders of or delegates from Jewish student groups that are either recognized student organization of UNC-CH or sub-groups or committees of NC Hillel. Click here to apply for a position on the Student Life Board. Student Life Board - Fulfill the duties of the President in his or her absence -The EVP chairs any major NC Hillel event if the program does not fall into any chair’s realm of responsibility, until there is another student to take the lead -Assist with organizing and initiating student grants and applications -Fulfill the duties of the President in the absence of the President and the Executive Vice President -Maintain accurate records and oversee allocation process of any applicable Executive Board programming funds -Communicate with the Director of Operations to keep an accurate record of the balance of the Executive Board programming funds account and keep track of funds allocated and claimed -Publicize the balance of the Student grant allocation-budget at each meeting -Become certified as a recognized Organizational Treasurer through the Office of the Student Body Treasurer and meet with the Student Body Treasurer to learn about requirements and policies necessary to receive funding through Student Congress -Prepare, submit, and present the Organizational Budget and any applicable Subsequent Allocations to Student Congress every year to procure funding, in accordance with their by-law -Assist with organizing and initiating student fundraising initiatives -Record and publish all minutes of the Executive Board, Student Life Board, and Leadership Council meetings Vice President of Jewish Life Vice President of Programming: - Meet regularly with the Executive Vice President - Meet regularly with the Campus JCSC Fellow. - Meet regularly with the Executive Vice President - Work with other campus groups to partner and co-sponsor events. For example: Muslim-Jewish programs, Holocaust Remembrance Week, and interfaith events. - Help to represent NC Hillel to and form relationships with local, campus, and other Jewish organizations. - Appropriately assume any student responsibilities to the Campus Ministries Association (or any student interfaith organization affiliated with the CMA). - Meet regularly with the Treasurer/Secretary. - Help to create and distribute publicity for certain NC Hillel programs, as determined by the Publicity Chair, Treasurer/Secretary, and Program Director. For example: flyers, press releases, and cube painting. - Meet regularly with the Vice President of Jewish Life. - Meet regularly with the appropriate staff in order to organize, plan, and implement programs, services, and other appropriate observances of Jewish holidays, other than Shabbat, throughout the year. For example: Chanukah candle-lighting, Purim celebration, and Passover Seder. - Meet regularly with the Vice President of Jewish Life. - Coordinate weekly D’var Torah and service leaders for all applicable service parts - Work with NC Hillel Program Director and other Staff and student leaders, as applicable, to coordinate programming during Shabbat. For example: programs after dinner on Friday evening, Shabbat morning services, Seudah Shlishit, Havdallah, and Shabbaton. Israel Chair - Meet regularly with the Vice President of Programming. - Initiate, plan, and implement programming with regard to any facet of Israeli life and/or culture. For example: Fest, Israel-themed Shabbat, and Taglit -birthright Israel recruitment. - Work in conjunction with other student leaders with Israel-related functions (i.e. leader of Carolina Students for Israel, CIPAC Campus Liaison, Grinspoon Intern). Social Chair - Meet regularly with the Vice President of Programming. - Initiate, plan, and implement social programs. For example: Chanukah party and finals study breaks. - Meet regularly with the Vice President of Programming. - Initiate, plan, and implement programs relating to social justice. For example: educational programs and hands-on volunteer projects. Rabbi Eleazar said: Any leader who guides a community gently will merit guiding it in the world to come." Talmud - Sanhendrin 92a Honorary Board of Governors A list of NC Hillel's Board of Governors may be found on our donations page. Sue Klapper (Immediate Past Chair) At-Large Members Ellen Fischer Howard Glicksman Susan Gutterman David Klapper David Moff Benson Pilloff Paul Putterman Barry Roberts Larry Rocamora Rick Rosenberg Ellen Singer Glenda Toppe Representatives Bruce Baer ( Mel Baer (Fayetteville) Rick Chess (Asheville) To be appointed (Charlotte) Ron Schwartz & Eileen Schwartz (Raleigh-Cary) Amy Thompson ( Ina Wallace (Durham-Chapel Hill) Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Ex-officio Joshua Blumenthal If you would like to contact any of NC Hillel's Board of Directors please write to board@nchillel.org and your message will be sent to the person you specify. New to the Bulletin Board? Our Director of Statewide Programs is here to guide and support you. For more information contact Geoff Brown. Click below the campus of your choice for more information. Catawba College Davidson College East Carolina University Elon University Guilford College High Point University Johnson and Wales University North Carolina School of the Arts North Carolina State University Queens University University of North Carolina at Asheville University of North Carolina in Charlotte University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wake Forest University Warren Wilson College Western Carolina University "Resh Lakish said that on Sabbath eve one is given an extra soul and when Shabbat leaves it is taken from him." (Talmud, Beitza 16a) (All times are for University of Michigan Hillel created the first Last Lecture teaching award in their "Golden Apple Award." The concept was simple: recognize the intellectual achievements and remarkable character of a worthy professor by inviting him or her to deliver a hypothetical final talk that addresses the question "What wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew this was your last chance?" The 2009 recipient of the Carolina Chiron award was Dr. Paul Ferguson, a professor of performance studies in the Above all, Dr. Ferguson inspires his students with his overwhelming enthusiasm and his commitment to encouraging all of his students to do what they love and make a positive impact in the world around them. Dr. Ferguson’s ‘last lecture’ entitled "A Fire to Be Kindled" was held in the Star Theater of Morehad Planetarium on April 19th, 2009. Dr. Ferguson incorporated music, sounds, movement, and other interactive features into his presentation. All those in attendance were truly inspired by Dr. Ferguson’s message about life and learning. Award honors inspired teachers, Daily Tar Heel, 4/1/2009 New Hillel Initiative: The Carolina Collage Going somewhere exotic? Snag an interesting internship? Hillel wants your pictures! There are two options: If you are applying for either grant, your application must have Jewish content and two of these additional criteria: 2. Partnership (Coordinate or co-sponsor with campus and/or community organizations.) 3. Campus Contribution (Promote Hillel’s role in enriching the entire campus community.) 4. Interactive (Involve students as active participants in the experience, e.g. using dialogue, direct action, leadership building, etc.) 5. Follow-through Plan (Describe the plan for the post-initiative follow-through that is designed to enhance Jewish student life in the long-term. Indicate how the initiative is part of the vision and/or strategy for Jewish student life on campus this semester. Explain how the initiative will be evaluated.) Please contact Samantha Freiberg, NC Hillel Treasurer/Secretary, with any questions. Join Hillel for the biggest event of the year. Get ready to dance, eat latkes, hear from Sababa (UNC's premiere Jewish a capella group) and more! Fire and Ice - The 2006 Chanukah Party Candidate 1 - Alyssa Schwartz What is the most important thing that Hillel currently does for this campus? What is the most important thing that Hillel should do? Hillel provides community. Regardless of the day, I can comfortably walk into Hillel, and talk to whomever I bump into, without it feeling uncomfortable or strange. I like to think that Hillel is my home away from home, and whether it’s stopping by to get some tea, attending a meeting, Jewish cooking, or going for Friday night services, Hillel provides a comfortable community environment. Not only do I feel comfortable at Hillel, I feel comfortable bringing any person regardless of their faith through Hillel’s doors, and am have little worries about them feeling out of place. So to this campus, it brings a welcoming comfortable gathering place, and a place of comfort, and a place to be who you are. Hillel should provide opportunities. Everyone is always saying if you present an idea, they will make it happen, and this is one of the greatest aspects of Hillel. It helps to provide opportunities, opportunities to thrive as an individual, opportunities to meet new people, opportunities to go to services, and opportunities to be who you want to be. Describe your interest in being President or Secretary/Treasurer. What goals do you have for your position? My interest in becoming Hillel co-president is simply due to my enthusiasm for how much Hillel can offer to a student. Last year, it really was such a great help with the transition to college. Also after being on executive board for a year as secretary/treasurer I feel that I have a really good understanding, of things that work and those that do not. I also have a good understanding on how the bored works, and the responsibilities of a board member. My goals for Hillel are firstly to always be a smiling face that anyone can turn to with ideas, questions, comments, concerns etc. I also want to see Hillel grow, as a community to become even more so then it already is now. How do you see your role in the greater Jewish community at UNC? As a Hillel leader I would work to try to connect with Jewish students in and out of the hillel building to make the atmosphere relaxed and comfortable, and a community base in and outside of the building. I also think that good relations with the other Jewish organizations on campus can help make a strong Jewish Community. What are you most excited about as a Hillel leader? Well honestly, I love going to Hillel, it really feels like a home away from home for me. What excites me about being a Hillel leader is that I will be able to share my passion for Hillel, and Jewish life at UNC with my peers, and other Jewish Students on campus. What unique characteristics will you bring to your position and why do you think you are best suited for it? Please reflect on a leadership experience you have had—in a class, organization or other group-- where you have been a leader. What did you learn from this experience and how will you apply these lessons to your position at Hillel? In high school I was president, vice-president and grade-level representative of SADD over my sophomore, junior and senior years. SADD was started when I was a sophomore and I jumped right on board as I was excited about this club coming to our school. For those of you who don’t know what SADD is, it stands for Students against Destructive Decisions. This is an umbrella topic for many different sub ideas. Some of these topics and ideas were very difficult to share amongst a group of highschoolers. As often times, you worried about what your affect on the students would be. I worked to try and get the message out however I could. From information boards to candy canes with messages at Christmas time, to red ribbon campaigning, I pushed ideas such as reducing underage drinking. While doing all of this I learned to be a leader. My high school had about 400 students in it; my club had about 1/8th of the school involved. When I was president, I had a board of about 10, and had to learn how to use this to my advantage. I learned that splitting up tasks and getting as many people involved is the most efficient way to success. At Hillel, I feel as if the same idea could be used, as there are many people that want to get involved. Encouraging people to join a committee is a great way to start. Please list any other campus organizations that you are involved in and any leadership positions held. Club Field Hockey, Hospital Volunteer, Public Service Scholar, Going to begin volunteering at ARC of orange county soon.
Name: Deena Fulton What is the most important thing that Hillel currently does for this campus? What is the most important thing that Hillel should do? Hillel currently provides Jewish students and their peers in partner campus organizations with the opportunity to plan and/or participate in meaningful, fun, and diverse programs and events. Hillel serves as an excellent support and outlet for the community’s creativity and passions, and allows Jewish students to pursue and develop their interests in Jewish life. Hillel should be an exciting organization that engages students from all walks of campus life, and fosters friendships and partnerships between Jewish students from various social circles. Hillel should be both an avenue for acting upon one’s passions through programs and initiatives AND a thriving, diverse Jewish community that extends beyond the Hillel building and beyond Hillel leadership. Describe your interest in being President or Secretary/Treasurer. What goals do you have for your position? I want to be president because my skill sets and goals for my continued involvement in Hillel fit the role of co-president. I believe that my vision for the improvements that need to occur and my existing relationships both in and outside of Hillel make also make co-president the right position for me. I am eager to engage with students who have never been involved with Hillel as well as those who are somewhat involved and those who would like to be more involved so that Hillel can expand its social network on campus. Specifically, I want to foster closer friendships with Jewish students I already know outside of Hillel, as well as new friendships with first-year students so that they feel that they are comfortable asking questions and getting support from someone who knows the ins and outs of Hillel. This would not only enable more Jewish students to feel like Hillel is right for them, but would also lead to more significant and varied programming with a broader impact on campus. Hillel has the potential to be an influential, fun, and meaningful student organization, but first there has to be a stronger community. Through my efforts to meet, get to know, and involve students who are new to Hillel, I hope to make everyone feel welcome and excited to come to Hillel events, to encourage new friendships and networking opportunities. The more comfortable people are relaxing and doing recreational activities together through Hillel, the easier it is to find others in the community with similar interests, and the easier it is to impact other students and the broader community. Successful engagement will lead to successful programming and better interactions with the rest of UNC. The new leadership structure has had successes and failures this year, and will require some revisions in the future to function optimally. I can lead Hillel through this change because I enjoy and excel at problem solving, especially when I care about the issues as deeply as I care about Hillel. In the coming year, I hope to address several concerns that have surfaced about the board structure, including executive decision-making and how to recruit committee chairs for unfilled positions (if at all). Besides these main goals, I will seek and listen closely to people’s questions and concerns so that I will be a good liaison. I will also help maintain clarity and communication between the different committees when necessary and work to send as many students as possible on Birthright and Alternative Spring Break (ASB). How do you see your role in the greater Jewish community at UNC? I am excited about continuing to be a part of everything that I love at Hillel—befriending interesting people and being able to hear about and participate in some of the amazing things they do on campus. Also, there are so many opportunities for growth in Hillel and on campus, from event planning to learning sessions to volunteer, internship, and travel opportunities to discussion groups. Being a Hillel leader helps me find these opportunities for myself and my peers. My strengths include my extroversion, my organization, and my communication skills. I am always excited to meet and learn about new people, which will be an important first step of engagement. Much of my job will be keeping current programs, leadership opportunities, and planning organized and available to share with others. Because I am good at managing information about a lot of different things that are going on at once, I will be able to engage Jewish students by making sure I can match them with the opportunities that are best for them. I am also good at organizing efforts, which will help greatly with Birthright and ASB recruitment and coordinating the activities of the Cabinet. I will be good at recruiting for Birthright and ASB because I attended both through Hillel, and absolutely love to share my memories and reflections and encourage others to participate in these life-changing experiences. A very relevant leadership experience I have had is helping to plan Carolina United for two years. CU is a 5-day retreat that is planned by a staff of about twenty student leaders each year. The student staff members I have worked with both years are some of the most inspiring and passionate students I have met at UNC, and it is sometimes a struggle to lead within a group of leaders. I have learned through working with them how to recognize individuals’ unique strengths, including my own, so that I know when I should step up and use my strengths and when to let others lead in the areas in which they excel. This skill is one of the most important I could have as a Hillel co-president, as my role will not be to spearhead everything going on at Hillel, but rather to support committee chairs and their committees in their efforts. My experiences planning CU will help me coordinate and facilitate efforts from many different talented leaders within Hillel. Hillel: External Affairs Chair, Secretary/treasurer; Interfaith Alliance board member; Carolina United co-coordinator 2009-2010: Campus Connections committee, staff 2008-2009: recruitment and selection committee; Phi Beta Kappa; Arab Student Organizaton: belly dance team; Chabad: president
Past NC Hillel scholarships have helped students attend: *Hillel's Schusterman International Student Leaders Assembly For more information, check out Hillel Conferences. Please contact Program Director Sheila Katz for more information.
Mail: North Carolina Hillel Foundation
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Board Descriptions
Executive Board Positions
President
Executive Vice President
Treasurer/Secretary
Vice President of Jewish Life
Vice President of Programming
Engagement Chair
External Affairs Chair
Publicity Chair
Shabbat Chair
Religious Affairs Chair
Israel Chair
Social Chair
Tzedek Chair
Executive Board Positions
President
-Serve as a representative to share the purpose and goals of North Carolina Hillel to outside organizations
-Call and preside over all meetings of the Executive Board, Student Life Board, and Leadership Council
-Work with any Staff member to provide training opportunities for the Executive Board and Student Life Board.
-Meet regularly with each Executive Board Member on an individual basis
-Meet regularly with the appropriate staff member to determine the needs of the students and Staff in terms of Shabbat, other Jewish holidays, and Jewish educational resources and opportunities
-Be in constant communication with the Program Director of NC Hillel regarding the programming calendar and any programs that are being initiated and/or planned by the Tzedek Chair, Israel Chair, or Social Chair
- Organize, plan, and implement programs and initiatives to attract and welcome new students into the NC Hillel community. For examples: orientation week events, freshmen programming, and programs for students from out-of-state.
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Board of Directors
The Honorary Board of Governors, chaired by Tobee and Leonard Kaplan, is North Carolina Hillel's highest giving society.
Hillel deeply appreciates the commitment from these individuals and families, in providing critical generous long-term support.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Susan Robinson (Chair)
Nancy Brenner (Vice Chair)
Stephen Rich (Treasurer)
Janet Zelman (Secretary)
Nancy Bernstein
Wendy Borman
Courtney Ferriter
Ken Fleishman
Leonard Kaplan
Kevin Leibel
Marci Linas
Lee Marcus
Joyce Shuman
NC Federations
Rosa Perelmuter
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Bone Marrow Drive
Put your name on the national bone-marrow registry. Quick, painless, and could help save lives.
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Create a login here.
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Campuses Around the State
As one of the few statewide Jewish institutions in North Carolina, NC Hillel works with and provides support to some 20 campuses around the state to promote awesome Jewish life all over North Carolina.
Click here to receive the Statewide e-newsletter for campuses throughout North Carolina.
Find out more about student leadership fellowships on campuses around the state.
To make a donation that will enrich Jewish life on one of these campuses, click here and designate your school of choice.
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
School Website: www.appstate.edu
Faculty Advisor: Denise Lovin
President: Danny Batiansila
Rashi Fellow: Ariel Storch
Salisbury, NC
School Website: www.catawba.edu
Faculty Advisor: Sanford Silverburg
Davidson, NC
School Website: www.davidson.edu
Faculty Advisor: Neil Lerner
Rabbi: Rabbi Michael Shields
President: Margot Zipperstein
Greenville, NC
School Website: www.ecu.edu
Staff Advisor: Carol Woodruff
Rashi Fellows: Erica Ginsberg
Elon, NC
Hillel Website: www.elon.edu/hillel
School Website: www.elon.edu
Campus Hillel Director: Nancy Luberoff
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Stein
President: Susan Esrock
Rashi Fellow: Ron Yardenay
Greensboro College
Greensboro, NC
School Website: www.gborocollege.edu
Students at Greensboro College are invited to participate in all programs sponsored by Hillel at UNC - Greensboro.
Greensboro, NC
School Website: www.guilford.edu
Staff Advisor: Jonathan Malino
Student leaders: Joseph Fox and Max Spitalnick
High Point, NC
School Website: www.highpoint.edu
Faculty Advisor: Paul Ringel
Charlotte, NC
School Website: www.jwu.edu/charlotte
Faculty Advisor: Robert Brener
Winston-Salem, NC
School Website: www.ncarts.edu
Student Leader: Alex Roth
Raleigh, North Carolina
School Website: http://clubs.ncsu.edu/hillel/index.php
Faculty Advisors: David Zonderman and Ruth Gross
President: Faren Dulberg
Web-Master Rashi Fellow: Daniel Marcus
Rashi Fellow: Elliot Borman
Charlotte, NC
School Website: www.queens.edu
Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC
School Website: www.salem.edu
Campus chaplain: Bob Sawyer
Asheville, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.unca.edu/cjs/western_north_carolina_hillel.htm
School Website: www.unca.edu
Faculty Advisor: Rick Chess
Student intern: Jennie Burrowes
Rashi Fellow: Alan Beny
Charlotte, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.uncchillel.org
School Website: www.uncc.edu
Faculty Advisor: Barbara Theide
President: Leslie Waldinger
Rashi Fellow: Jessica Waldman
Greensboro, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.geocities.com/uncghillel/index.html
Website: www.uncg.edu
Faculty Advisors: Andrew Brod and Jeffrey Collis
President: Adam Wassell
Rashi Fellow: Leehe Shmueli
Wilmington, NC
School Website: www.uncw.edu
Staff Advisor: Rebecca Kemp
Rashi Fellow: Miriam Zeskind
Winston-Salem, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.students.wfu.edu/jso/
School Website: www.wfu.edu
Faculty Advisor: Jac Heckeman
Rashi Fellow: Hannah Rothman
Swannanoa, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.unca.edu/cjs/western_north_carolina_hillel.htm
School Website: www.warren-wilson.edu
Staff Advisor: Beth Yager Eckstein
Crew-coordinator: Rachel Hoffman
Cullowhee, NC
School Website: www.wcu.edu
Student Contact: Casey Bogarad
All contact information is accurate as of January, 2009.
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Candle Lighting Times
SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS FOR 2007 - 2008
Candles are traditionally lit 18 minutes before sunset.
Date Created: 8/16/2007 6:52:56 AM
Carolina Chiron Award
Carolina Chiron Award
The awards success at the University of Michigan led many schools to create their own similar teaching awards. The award was made famous in 2007 by Randy Pausch, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. A month before delivering his Last Lecture, Pausch was notified that his pancreatic cancer had become terminal. A book entiteld The Last Lecture was released shortly after the lecture, to expound on Pausch's life philosophy.
Inspired by Pausch's story and the success of other "Last Lecture" awards, the movement to create such an award was catalyzed at UNC by NC Hillel in Fall 2008. To distinguish this award from the senior class' last lecture event, the committee decided to name this award the Carolina Chiron Award for Excellence in Teaching. In Greek mythology, Chiron was a centaur-teacher who saught to inspire the pursuit of wisdom and enlightenment in those around him. The Chiron Award recipient similarly motivates his or her students and the Carolina community to live life fully while embodying the Carolina Way.2009 Recipient: Dr. Paul Ferguson
Communications Department. Dr. Ferguson has dedicated his life to helping his students realize careers in the arts. An engaging and enthusiastic instructor, he works tirelessly to connect students to the entertainment world and assist them in finding success beyond the university. Dr. Ferguson is devoted to serving the greater Carolina community; his production company, Ride Again Productions, raises money for the North Carolina Children's Hospital and Door to Door, a program that brings performance artists to hospital patients. Throughout his 13 years at UNC, Dr. Ferguson has played an enormous role in the creation of the first-year seminar program and destination courses in the communications department.
Carolina Chiron Award in the News:
Professor to Deliver Talk Reminiscent of Pausch's Last Lecture, UNC news, 4/14/2009
Professor to deliver April 19 talk reminiscent of Paush's Last Lecture, UNC College of Arts & Sciences, 4/15/2009
Lecture to Focus on Early Dreams, Daily Tar Heel, 4/17/2009
Ferguson Gives Last Lecture, Daily Tar Heel, 4/20/2009
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Carolina Collage
As students travel all over the globe, we would like to celebrate (or envy?) your journeys back here in Chapel Hill. Please take pictures while wearing your Carolina gear in/at sites of Jewish interest and email them to Josh. Include when and where the picture was taken, along with your name and the names of any other people in the picture. Thank you, and bon voyage!
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Carolina Program Initiative Grant
NC Hillel offers you the opportunity to create your own experience and get funding for it!
Initiative Grants start at $200 and are awarded for long-term innovative initiatives.
Mini-Grants are for shorter programs. You can receive up to $100.
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Cereal Brunch
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Chanukah
Chanukah with NC Hillel
Menorah lightings will be held outside the student Union and Rams Plaza from Thursday, December 10th - Thursday, December 17th at 7PM. 
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Chanukah Party
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Chanukah Party Committee Interest Meeting
Interested in being a part of the Chanukah Party Planning Process?? Who isn't...right? Come to the interest meeting and be part of the magic! Meet with NC Hillel Social Chair, Alex Michael, and help make Hillel's biggest social event of the season happen!!! Monday 9/17/07 @ 5pm @ Hillel. :)
Date: 9/17/2007
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Chanukah Party Meeting
Location: NC Hillel
Date: 10/8/2007
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CIPAC Meetings
CIPAC Meetins every monday in the bottom of the Union...near the Cabaret and the printing center
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Co-President election 2010
Candidate 2 - Deena Fulton
Name: Alyssa Schwartz
Year: Sophomore
Major(s)/Minor(s): Psychology (BS), Jewish Studies Minor, Pre-Speech and Hearing Sciences
Year: Junior
Major(s)/Minor(s): International Studies major, Hispanic Studies minor
I think my role in the greater Jewish community at UNC is to make Hillel feel less foreign and inaccessible to uninvolved or less involved Jewish students. As co-president, I will be one of the “point people” of Hillel, and I will represent it to the university and community as a friendly, open-minded, welcoming, and vibrant organization. I will also serve as a liaison so that Hillel participants will know about other opportunities in the Jewish community and other UNC Jewish organizations will know about all the exciting things happening through Hillel. One of my passions (which I have been able to pursue through being Hillel’s external affairs chair) is joining people both within and beyond Hillel, and I am excited to help create a broader as well as a more unified Jewish community on campus.
What are you most excited about as a Hillel leader?
What unique characteristics will you bring to your position and why do you think you are best suited for it? Please reflect on a leadership experience you have had—in a class, organization or other group-- where you have been a leader. What did you learn from this experience and how will you apply these lessons to your position at Hillel?
Please list any other campus organizations that you are involved in and any leadership positions held.
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Committees
Get involved with NC Hillel Committees
COMMITTEES:
The First Lecture Committee: Andrew Coonin and Lizzie Bernold
Join this new committee and help get UNC's best professor to give a speech entitled, "The First Lecture." Committee works all year. Event takes place in the spring.
Social Committee: Brooke Kincaid
Want to plan the Chanukah Party? Purim Prom? other social events? This committee is for you!
Israel Committee: Dana DePietro
Help organize Israel Fest and all other Israel events on campus!
Tzedek (Social Justice) Committee: Sam Stiles
Help organize Social Justice projects around Chapel Hill and campus!
Shabbat Committee: Andy Schwartz
Help make Shabbat fun and exciting!
External Affairs Committee: Deena Fulton
Help create strong partnerships with the campus and community. Work on co-sponsoring events and creating bonds between Hillel and other student organizations.
Religious Committee: Jessie Zaleon
Plan holiday celebrations and events relating to Judaism!
Campus Wide Mitzvah Day Committee: Rabbi Marshall
Want to plan the campus wide mitzvah day? Work with Rabbi Marshall to get this event ready for MLK day.
Muslim Jewish Arts Festival Committee: Deena Fulton
Work with members of the Muslim Student Organization and Hillel to plan our annual Arts Festival to take place in the Spring.
Holocaust Remembrance Week Committee: Shruti Shah
Help plan Holocaust Remembrance Week. This week will take place in the spring. Co-Chairs are needed! If you are interested, contact Shruti!
Israel Fest Committee: Dana DePietro
Israel Fest is September 23rd all day in the pit! Help let the campus know how diverse Israel is at this annual event!
GROUPS:
Rosh Chodesh: Jessie Zaleon
A group for women to learn about women's traditions in Judaism.
AEPi: Dustin Tupper
The nations only Jewish fraternity.
SRL: Alex Michael
Campus' only Jewish sorority.
Dimes for Darfur: Lizzie Bernold
Help raise $20,000 for Darfur by collecting dimes on campus!
Sababa (a capella group): Karen Bernstein
Sing in our Jewish a capella. Auditions happening soon! Contact Karen ASAP.
Jewish Theatre Company: Andrew Coonin
Help decide on a play, audition and perform in a play with Jewish themes or values.
Freshmen Only Crew: Scott Neidich
Are you a first year student? This group is for first year students and run by first year students! Help plan great events for your peers!
Jewish Environmental Group: Dori Chandler
Interested in the environment? Join JEG and promote sustainability around Hillel and on-campus!
Carolina Students for Israel: Netta Avraham-Katz
Interested in Israeli Culture? Then this group is for you! Plan cultural events throughout the year!
CIPAC (Carolina Israel Public Affairs Committee): Samantha Levy
CIPAC is a political advocacy group at UNC that promotes the relationship between the United States and Israel by engaging with campus leaders and our locally elected officials. Thus, if you like or even love politics and have an interest in the Middle East, CIPAC is the perfect group for you! CIPAC general interest meeting: August 27 from 6:30-7:30 PM in the Frank Porter Graham Lounge of the Student Union.
One Book, One People: Rachel Harper
Join our intergenerational book club! We will partner you with a senior from the Jewish community and together, you can read and explore an interesting book.
Mystery Science Theatre Carolina: Rachel Barkley
A group to watch Science Fiction Movies and relate it back to Judaism. Meets every other Saturday night at 8PM in Murphey.
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Conferences
North Carolina Hillel encourages and provides scholarships to help students attend conferences sponsored by Hillel and its partner agencies throughout the year. NC Hillel sees these scholarships as an investment in a student's local campus, expecting that the student will return to school to implement an idea or program s/he learned at the conference.
*Hillel's Student Program at the UJC General Assembly (GA)
*Leaders Assembly in Israel (December-January, 2007-08)
*Hillel's Spitzer Forum on Public Policy (in February)
*Koach (Conservative Movement's college outreach arm) Kallah (in February)
*Kesher (Reform Movement's college outreach arm) Kallah
*AIPAC Policy Conference (in May)
*Israel conferences through the Consul General of Israel's Atlanta office
*Brandeis-Bardin Institute (summer)
*Alternative Break trips for Gulf Coast rebuilding
Click here for the NC Hillel conference scholarship application form.
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Contact Us
General inquiries: info@nchillel.org
Phone: 919-942-4057
Fax: 919-967-4622
210 West Cameron Avenue
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Our Staff
Ari Gauss
Executive Director
919-942-4057 x101
Ari is excited to join NC Hillel as its Executive Director and to move to The Southern Side of Heaven after twelve years in the northeast. He lived the last nine years in
Ari's arrival is a homecoming of sorts, after having worked for Hillel at
A native
Sheila Katz
Program Director for Jewish Student Life
919-942-4057 x102
Sheila@nchillel.org
Sheila is North Carolina Hillel’s Program Director for Jewish Student Life, building relationships with faculty and student leaders campus wide to increase opportunities for Jewish experiences. She leads NC Hillel’s immersion experience programs, including
Before joining Hillel, Sheila taught 4th and 6th grade in
Stop by the Hillel office to say hello or email Sheila (sheila@nchillel.org) to meet somewhere on campus!
Geoff Brown
Director of Statewide Programs
919-942-4057 x115
Geoff@nchillel.org
Geoff is a Jewish professional who has spent over twenty years in all aspects of advocating, programming, and fund-raising in the Jewish field. Most recently, he has served for the past five years as the Hillel director of Balfour Hillel at the College of William & Mary. Prior to his time at William & Mary, Geoff managed the Young Leadership campaign for the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater in Virginia Beach, and he was the Religious coordinator for Congregation Or Atid in Richmond, VA. He tutors students for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah and began his Jewish professional career in North Carolina as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Center in Asheville, NC. He is fluent in Hebrew as a result of having the great fortune to have lived in Israel for 3 years on lengthy educational programs. He recently staffed several Birthright trips.
Co-terminus with his Judaic career Geoff has been an environmental consultant subcontracting with companies and performing site assessments. He earned a B.A. in Biology with a minor in Hebrew from Drake University. One consistent thread throughout his career is his passion for student leadership. His wife, Elissa, is the North Carolina state consultant for gifted education and he has three children, Teva, Korenet, & Levi. He enjoys playing guitar, lengthy bike rides, and organic gardening.
Chloe Chemla
Manager of Operations and Development
919-942-4057 x116
Chloe@nchillel.org
Chloe is happy to be back for another year as North Carolina Hillel’s Manager of Operations and Development. She grew up in France and moved to Durham, NC at the age of 15. She graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2006 with a B.S. in Business Administration. She is excited to stay on the UNC campus for a while longer and work for Hillel. She loves campus life and can’t wait to meet all the incoming students. If you are new in town and feel a little lost, do not hesitate to ask her questions about campus or directions to anywhere in Chapel Hill. During her four year stay at Carolina, Chloe went for a semester abroad in Santiago, Chile. That gave her just enough time to fall in love with South America! She hopes to go back one day.
She also has traveled to Israel with the help of the exceptional Taglit-birthright israel program. She encourages everyone who has not done it yet to make the time to go on this life-altering trip (and it’s FREE!). Chloe also loves to cook, take pictures, travel and just be silly with her friends.
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Conversations with Ma'ayan
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D'var Torah Library
D'var Torah Library
Every week, students write and give a D'var Torah (piece of Jewish Lear
ning from the Torah) at Shabbat Services. We will continuously upload their words of wisdom to this site for your reading and learning pleasure!
Interested in giving a D'var Torah this year?
Email Sheila@nchillel.org!
D'vrei Torah 2009-2010
August 21st: Parshah Shoftim, Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9"Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue" by Adam Yosim, UNC '10
August 28th: Ki Teitzei, Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19
"The Mother Bird" by Victor Yamaykin, UNC '10
September 4th: Ki Tavo, Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8
"Whan are You Going to get Motivated?" by Jessie Stellini, UNC'10
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Dan Alon - 5:00PM
'72 Olympics Fencer and survivor of Munich terrorist attack will speak at Hillel.
Co-Sponsored by Chabad.
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Dimes for Darfur Babysitting Night 2008- Information
Dimes for Darfur
Dimes for Darfur is a year-long nation-wide effort in which Hillel will facilitate the effort to raise 1.5 million dimes ($150,000) to support the child victims of the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. The 1.5 million dimes symbolize the 1.5 million Jewish children that perished in the Holocaust. Dimes for Darfur has two-fold mission: to both support the victims in Darfur financially and to raise awareness across colleges campuses to "Never Forget." Look out for all the Dimes for Darfur events and initiatives on campus. If your interested in being actively involved in the Dimes for Darfur efforts please contact Lizzie Bernold or Elizabeth Sibrack. Also check out our new webiste - www.dimesfordarfur.org
Dimes for Darfur Babysitting Night!
March 29th, 2008
6-9pm
NC Hillel - 210 Cameron Ave. Chapel Hill, NC - (919) 942-4057
First Child: $20
Each Additional Child: $10
Pay at the door with check or cash.
We will start the night with a Havdallah service for families and babysitters. Then, parents can have a night to themselves, leaving their children in good hands with the babysitters of NC Hillel. The babysitters are all UNC students aged 18-22, and several of the babysitters are CPR and First Aid certified. There will be books, games, and music for the children to enjoy, and dinner will be served.
All proceeds will be donated to Dimes for Darfur, a group on campus that raises money and awareness about the genocide in Darfur.
For more information, please visit: www.dimesfordarfur.org
Click here to register for Dimes for Darfur Babysitting Night 2008.
Questions? Email Tessa Bialek.
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Do Jewish
"To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments." Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Shabbat Services
Every Friday evening when school is in session, our community gathers at the NC Hillel building at 6:15 for a pluralistic Shabbat experience. The joy of Shabbat is felt through singing, meeting new people, lighting the candles, quick announcements, and a d'var torah (a piece of cool Jewish learning). Then there are three student-led services to choose from: Conservative, Reform, and Alternative (something different every week!). Students who are interested in giving a d'var torah, leading a service, or organizing an additional service should contact Rabbi Jessia Marshall. A delicious free kosher dinner follows services. Shabbat Shalom!
Interested in attending Shabbat at NC Hillel? Click here to RSVP by the day before.
Minyan Hillel
Once a month, Carolina students organize an egalitarian Shabbat morning service. This hip, energetic service is led by and geared toward a young and lively group, and is always followed by a delicious kiddush! For more information, contact Isaac Weiner.
Rosh Chodesh
A monthly celebration of women, for women, by women. Always relaxing, always fun.
Contact Marcie Kamerow.
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Donate Now
Donate Now
North Carolina Hillel relies on the generous support of more than 500 individual donors to support our mission of "enriching the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world,"
Join the North Carolina Hillel donor family by clicking here to support Jewish student life in North Carolina.
Find the right Funding Opportunity for you!
Honorary Board of Governors
The Honorary Board of Governors, chaired by Tobee and Leonard Kaplan, is North Carolina Hillel's highest giving society. Hillel deeply appreciates the commitment from these individuals and families, in providing critical generous long-term support.
Board of Governors pledge to give at least $5,000 a year for 5 years.
NC Hillel Board of Governors
Miriam and Abe Brenner
Nancy* and Frank Brenner
David Falk, Sr.
Annette Gibson
Amy & Ken Fleishman*
Maeve and Scott Kaplan
Tobee and Leonard* Kaplan (Chairs)
Kathy Manning and Randall Kaplan
Barbara and Jerry Levin
Phil and Ellen Phillips
Rebecca and Rick Rosenberg
Joy & Steve Shavitz and Phyllis Shavitz
Lori and Eric Sklut
* Also members of NC Hillel Board of Directors.
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Down South Jewish Movie
Join your friends for a fun movie night on in the Hinton James rec room! Date Last Modified: 10/1/2007 12:10:17 PM
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DvarTorah KiTeitzei2009
“The Mother Bird”
by Victor Yamaykin, UNC ‘10
Shabbat shalom everyone! My name is Victor, and I’m a raging chocaholic. Those Hershey’s kisses are really addictive, especially after classes. Oh, but wait… this isn’t Chocaholics Anonymous. This is the first “official” Shabbat of the year, so welcome newcomers and old comers alike! Now, let’s get down to business.
This week’s parshah Ki Teitzei comes from Deuteronomy. There are many commandments contained in the parshah that describe what to do in times of war, in times of peace, and in those very special times of coming across a bird’s nest with a mother bird perched on top. Carefully tucked away between the commandments to wear heteronormative attire and to build a guardrail around the roof of your house, we learn about the mitzvah of Shiluach HaKen or the shooing away of the mother bird. It says, “If, along the road, you chance upon a bird’s nest, in any tree or on the ground, with fledglings or eggs and the mother sitting over the fledglings or on the eggs, do not take the mother together with her young. Let the mother go, and take only the young, in order that you may fare well and have a long life.” (Deu. 22:6-7).
If your move-in experience during fresh-I mean first-year was like mine, then you remember how difficult it was to shoo away the “mother bird”.
Me: “Ok, Mom. Thanks for helping me move in.”
Mom: “Vitoosha (my parents are Russian), are you sure you didn’t forget anything?”
Me: “I think I got everything, but thanks. Well, time to go…”
Mom: “But you don’t have enough underwear. We could go to the store and…”
Me: “Uhh, ok. Now you’ve gotta go.”
Despite how hard it can be to force parents to become empty-nesters, the Torah indicates that this act of apparent harshness or even cruelty to separate the mother bird from her fledglings earns us long life and prosperity. It is interesting that the same promise appears earlier in the Ten Commandments: “Honor your father and your mother that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your G-d gives you” (Exodus 20:12). So why do two different mitzvot have the same reward?
According to Vilna Gaon or the Rabbi Eliyahu who was from Vilnius in the 18th century, these commandments represent opposing character traits: on the one hand, you have honoring thy father and mother, which represents compassion, and on the other, you have shooing away the mother bird, which represents harshness. He explains that learning to balance these conflicting actions and the emotions that come with them will make a person more complete and, in turn, lead a longer, more meaningful life.
I think that we humans, perhaps especially we Tar Heels, have a special ability to hold contradictory views on everything from politics to basketball to even which is better, YoPo or LocoPops, but we still strive to find a balance, amongst ourselves as well as within ourselves. For the first-years, when people talk about their pride in being a Tar Heel, you might hear them refer to the Carolina Way. To me, it is a kind of religion that, in the words of journalist Charles Kuralt, “binds us to this place as to no other”. So, whether you’re honoring your parents by calling them every once in a while or fulfilling the mitzvah of Shiluach HaKen by chasing birds on campus, I hope you have a wonderful and meaningful semester. Shabbat shalom.
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Election
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Interested in running for NC Hillel's |
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Election Description from Constitution
NC Hillel Leadership Positions: Job Description and Election Procedure
Questions? Email sheila@nchillel.org
Presidents (2)
- Act as a liaison between the students of NC Hillel and the student governments and the university.
- Seek out students who may be interested in the committees and/or activities offered by NC Hillel.
- Meet with interested students to help engage them in the committees and/or activities that match their interests.
- Lead the cabinet in Birthright recruitment.
- Lead the cabinet in alternative break recruitment.
- Work with the secretary/treasurer to allocate funds to the committees.
- Meet with executive and programming directors weekly.
- Lead monthly cabinet meetings.
- Create Vision for leadership structure.
- Motivate Jewish student leaders to reach maximum potential.
- Meet with designated NC Hillel staff member every week.
Secretary/Treasurer (1)
It shall be the responsibility of the secretary/treasurer to:
- Obtain treasurer certification from the Student Activities Fund Office (SAFO).
- Maintain a current list of all available grant opportunities.
- Apply for grants from student government for NC Hillel.
- Work with the presidents to allocate funds to the committees.
- Record minutes at all cabinet and executive meetings.
- Maintain a listserv of all cabinet and executive members.
- Act as a liaison between the director of operations and the students.
- Participate in active Birthright recruitment.
Cabinet Members
It shall be the responsibility of all cabinet members to:
- Recruit committee members.
- Lead committee meetings on a regular basis- must have set meeting times.
- Plan programs/initiatives related to their committee.
- Apply for funding through university and Hillel grants.
- Maintain a listserv of all committee members.
- Attend monthly cabinet meetings.
- Communicate on a regular basis with Board of Directors mentor.
- Meet with assigned staff mentor on a regular basis.
- Participate in active Birthright recruitment.
- Oversee committee/project budget.
Election Procedure
Co-presidents and secretary/treasurer will be elected annually in the second half of the spring semester. Election will be determined by popular vote; the two candidates with the most votes will serve as co-presidents. In the event of a tie that prevents two co-presidents from being chosen, NC Hillel will hold a run-off election between the disputed candidates.
- Cabinet members, with the exception of First Year Students of Hillel (FYSH) co-chairs, will be appointed annually immediately following the executive election by the newly elected co-presidents and one NC Hillel staff member.
- The FYSH co-chairs will be appointed annually in December by the co-presidents and one NC Hillel staff member. FYSH co-chairs must be first-year students at the time of appointment.
- Voting will be held in the NC Hillel building the week prior to Elections for those students who cannot make the in person election proceeding. All undergraduate and graduate students can vote in the election. UNC One cards must be present at the time of voting.
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Election Information
NC Hillel Leadership Positions 2010-2011
Want the opportunity to enrich the lives of Jewish students at Carolina? Apply for a leadership position today!
The following positions are open:
Executive Board:
Co-President - view candidates
Secretary/Treasurer - view candidates
Cabinet:
Israel Committee Co-Chairs
Social Justice Committee Co-Chairs
Religious Committee Co-Chairs
Social Committee Co-Chairs
First Year Students of Hillel (FYSH)Committee Co-Chairs
One Book One People Committee Co-Chairs
Muslim Jewish Arts Festival Co-Chairs
Holocaust Education Project Co-Chairs
Week of Welcome (WoW) Co-Chairs
DOWNLOADABLE CABINET FORMS:
Position Overviews and Election Procedure- from NC Hillel Constitution
Executive Board Applications
Cabinet Applications
TIMELINE:
March 3rd: Executive Board applications due by 5PM.
March 5th: Executive Board applications available to be viewed online
March 15th: Cabinet and Special Chair Applications due
March 15th – 19th : Voting for Executive Board (Co-Presidents and Treasurer/Secretary)
March 21st: at 5PM, Live speeches from Executive Board candidates, voting, and election results
March 22nd – 28th: Cabinet and Special Project Chair Interviews with newly elected Exec Board (you will be contacted that week to schedule an appointment.)
March 28th: Cabinet and Special Project Chair Results
QUESTIONS?
Email sheila@nchillel.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.
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Events
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Exec Director Candidates
Meet NC Hillel's Executive Director Candidates
We have three exciting candidates interviewing during February, 2009. Every candidate will run a learning session and be around at an informal session for you to say hello, ask questions, and just get to know the candidate. Afterwards, we ask that you send your feedback to sheila@nchillel.org.
CANDIDATE 1
Learning Session: Friday, February 6th at 8:30PM at Hillel
Informal Session: Saturday, February 7th from noon - 2PM at Hillel
Lunch with the candidate--Free Med Deli
RSVP to sue@nchillel.org so we know how much food to get
CANDIDATE 2
Learning Session: Friday, February 13th at 8:30PM at Hillel
Informal Session: Saturday, February 14th from noon - 2PM at Hillel
Lunch with the candidate--Free Med Deli
RSVP to sue@nchillel.org so we know how much food to get
CANDIDATE 3
Informal Session: Sunday, February 15th from 7:45 - 9:45PM at Hillel
Watch the UNC v. Miami game at Hillel-- snacks provided
Informal Session: Monday, February 16th from Noon - 1:30PM, bottom of Lenoir
Lunch with the candidate (meet in the back of Lenoir)
Learning Session: Monday, February 16th at 4PM
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! We hope you can make it to these sessions!
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Family Weekend Brunch with Sababa
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Family Weekend Events
Join us for Family Weekend Events!
Family Weekend Sukkot Celebration
Friday, Ocboter 2, 2009
at North Carolina Hillel, 210 W. Cameron Ave
6:15 – 6:45PM Welcome and D’var Torah
6:45 – 7:45PM Services
7:45 – 9:00PM Dinner
Join North Carolina Hillel in celebrating Shabbat. Hear a student give a d’var Torah (piece of learning from the Torah) and attend a student led Reform, Conservative, or Alternative service. Afterwards, join us for a delicious Kosher dinner at Hillel. Feel free to come for just services, just dinner, or both! Remember to RSVP at www.nchillel.org/shabbat. If you have any questions, please contact Sheila Katz, Assistant Director for Jewish Student Life, at sheila@nchillel.org or (919) 942-4057.
RSVP for Shabbat here.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
10:00AM – 12:30PM at NC Hillel
210 W. Cameron Ave
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Join North Carolina Hillel to celebrate Sukkot, the fall harvest festival! Have brunch in the Sukkah, shake the traditional lulav and etrog and enjoy the music of UNC’s premiere Jewish a capella group, Sababa! This event is free and open to all. If you have any questions about Family Weekend feel free to contact Sheila Katz, Assistant Director for Jewish Student Life, at sheila@nchillel.org.
Please make sure to RSVP here.
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Focus Group
Thank you for completing NC Hillel's student survey!
Please enter your information below to register for the drawing to win a dinner for two at Franklin St. Pizza & Pasta and/or to join the student focus group.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Click on a question below to go directly to the answer.
How many Jewish students go to UNC?
How many members does NC Hillel have?
How many students are involved with NC Hillel in Chapel Hill?
What does NC Hillel offer besides programming?
Is Hillel only for Jewish students?
Is there a Jewish Studies department at UNC-Chapel Hill?
Can I study Hebrew at UNC-CH?
Are there Kosher meals at NC Hillel?
How does NC Hillel do Shabbat?
What about other schools in North Carolina?
Can I reserve a room at NC Hillel?
How do you pay for all of those amazing programs?
How many Jewish students go to UNC?
There are approximately 1300 Jewish undergraduate and graduate students at Carolina. The breakdown is estimated at 850 Jewish undergrads out of about 16,000 and 450 Jewish grad students out of about 10,000.
How many members does NC Hillel have?
None! There is no such thing as "membership" at NC Hillel. Everyone is welcome to be a participant in any of the programs that we offer.
How many students are involved with NC Hillel in Chapel Hill?
This is a very difficult number to measure, since we have no "membership." We have over 700 Jewish students on our mailing list. Each month, at least 200 students, and semesterly about 1000 students participate in some NC Hillel activity. We have programs designed for small groups as well as programs that attract over 500 people. Our biggest regular program is weekly Shabbat services and dinner with an average attendance of 100.
What does NC Hillel offer besides programming?
You name it! NC Hillel was instrumental in the creation of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies (CCJS). We are well-known and involved in many aspect of the campus. Our staff works closely with faculty and administration on many projects. We offer resources and support of all kinds for our students. Our professional staff is always available for students. The NC Hillel building is open to students who want to hang out, watch TV, play pool or foosball, or study. Our library is always quiet and our building has high-speed wireless internet!
Is Hillel only for Jewish students?
No! Everyone is welcome at NC Hillel. Please feel free to bring your non-Jewish friends. We're always glad to answer questions for anyone who is curious about Jewish life. Our non-judgmental environment allows all students to feel comfortable.
Is there a Jewish Studies department at UNC-Chapel Hill?
The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies was created in the spring of 2003. The center is an interdisciplinary curriculum with courses from a range of academic departments including English, Germanic Languages, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Slavic Languages and Literatures. Currently the CCJS offers an undergraduate minor with plans for an undergraduate major in the near future. The CCJS also sponsors public lectures on campus throughout the academic year.
The Director of the CCJS is Jonathan Hess. The Associate Director is Marcie Cohen Ferris.
Can I study Hebrew at UNC-CH?
Yes! UNC currently offers six semesters of modern Hebrew- two semesters in each level: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. The first semester of each level is offered only during the Fall; the second semester of each level is offered only in the Spring. For more information, contact the Center for Jewish Studies.
Are there Kosher meals at NC Hillel?
Yes. NC Hillel provides free kosher dinners every Friday after Shabbat services. In addition, we serve meals on certain holidays (Rosh Hashanah dinner, light Break-the-Fast, Passover Seder, Kosher-for-Passover lunches and dinners) and often as part of other programs. Students in need of other Kosher meals should contact Program Director Sheila Katz.
How does NC Hillel do Shabbat?
Every Friday evening when school is in session, our community gathers at the NC Hillel building at 6:15 for pluralistic Shabbat experience. The joy of Shabbat is felt through singing, meeting new people, lighting the candles, quick announcements, and a d'var torah (a piece of cool Jewish learning). Then there are three student-led services to choose from: Conservative, Reform, and Alternative Discussion (something different every week!). Students who are interested in giving a d'var torah, leading a service or an English reading, or organizing an alternative discussion service-- or in learning how to do so-- should contact Karen Bernstein. A delicious free kosher dinner follows services. Shabbat Shalom!
Interested in attending Shabbat at NC Hillel? Click here to RSVP by the Thursday before.
What about other schools in North Carolina?
North Carolina Hillel is a "statewide" Hillel. This means that we serve every campus in the state except for Duke (they have their own Hillel- the Freeman Center for Jewish Life). NC Hillel has a full-time Director of Statewide Programs who works with students on campuses around the state other than UNC-Chapel Hill. For more information about Jewish life on NC campuses, see Campuses around the State or contact Geoff Brown, our Director of Statewide Programs.
Can I reserve a room at NC Hillel?
NC Hillel can provide meeting and program spaces for our neighbors in the campus and Chapel Hill communities when possible. We have two sanctuaries, a dining room, and a library with conference table. If you would like to hold a meeting, program, or event at NC Hillel, please contact our Director of Operations, Chloe Chemla with your request. Be sure to include date, time, duration, a brief description of the program, and contact information.
How do you pay for all of those amazing programs?
NC Hillel is its own non-profit corporation and is responsible for raising its own funds. Over 60% of our funds come from individual donors like you- parents, alumni, students, and other community members who care about Jewish life on campus and believe that creating positive Jewish identities in young people is important. Visit our Donate Now page to learn more about how you can help NC Hillel.
We also get generous support from the Greensboro, Charlotte, Durham-Chapel Hill, Raleigh-Cary, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, and Asheville Jewish Federations as well as Hillel's Schusterman International Center.
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Funding Opportunities at NC Hillel
Funding Opportunities at NC Hillel
Leadership Development
Using UNC's Department of Leadership and Initiatives and Hillel’s
Projected budget: $4,000
Peer Network Engagement Internship
The greatest asset on university campuses is student ingenuity. With innovation, energy and technology, today’s students are capable of dramatically impacting not just Jewish life on campus, but the broader campus landscape and the world at large. The Peer Network Engagement Internship seeks to provide students with training and support in utilizing their entrepreneurial skills and social networks to influence campus culture and build vibrant Jewish campus life. The internship charges students with building relationships with their uninvolved peers and engaging them in meaningful Jewish experiences.
Projected budget: $6,000 Chapel Hill (3 interns), $8,000 Statewide (Eastern Carolina U., UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro and UNC-Wilmington)
Big Initiative Interns
Help us say yes to UNC-Chapel Hill students who have ideas for bold initiatives mid-year. In 2008, we hired two student interns to create the
Projected budget: $6000
Alternative Spring Break: the Southern Jewish Experience
Twenty UNC-Chapel Hill students will spend a week in
Projected budget: $15,000
Alternative Spring Break:
Projected budget: $12,000
Projected budget: $3,000 (plus an additional $1,500 for purchase of a Hillel-owned projector)
For more information and a full list of funding opportunities contact Ari Gauss or call 919-942-4057 ext101
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FYSH - Info for Incoming First-Years
FYSH - First Year Students of Hillel
A dynamic new program at North Carolina Hillel, Big FYSH/Little FYSH is designed to help you get acquainted with the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill by connecting with experienced, trained upperclassmen!
Each FYSH group will consist of a few first-year students and a Big FYSH mentor, based on academic and social interests. You'll receive personal communication from your Big FYSH over the summer to answer any questions you have about college life - anything from moving in, where to eat, what classes to take, life in Chapel Hill - and let you know about Welcome Week activities around campus and at Hillel.
Let us know you're coming to UNC so we can hook you up with a Big FYSH!
Fill out our Prospective Students Info Form here, and email any questions you have about Big FYSH/Little FYSH to Rachel at rachgold@email.unc.edu.
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FYSH - Info for Rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
FYSH - Info for Rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Are you a rising sophomore, junior, or senior? Want to meet incoming first-year students and help them get to know campus, connect them with others who have the same interests, and share your Carolina Fever? Become a Big FYSH mentor!
About FYSH: FYSH stands for First Year Students of Hillel. This program will serve to better introduce incoming Jewish first-years to life at
Entering students experience a lot of change as they start college, and many will be surprised at the relatively small number of Jewish students at UNC. The purpose of this program is to show the new students that there are a number of Jewish opportunities at
Expectations for Big FYSH mentors:
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Write at least one handwritten letter over the summer to each of your Little FYSH
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Call each of your Little FYSH before school starts
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Help your Little FYSH by answering their questions about life at Carolina!
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Get your FYSH group together at least once during Welcome Week
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Bring your FYSH group to Hillel's Welcome Week events, including the barbecue and first Shabbat dinner
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Maintain contact with your Little FYSH over the school year to check in
Orientation for Big FYSH mentors: Orientation will serve to help Big FYSH get to know each other as well as gain the tools to become better mentors for their incoming first-years. You will get your Little FYSH names (approximately 5 names) by mid-May and will be expected to contact them over the summer and attend events with them during Week of Welcome. Being a Big FYSH is a year-long commitment with exclusive FYSH programs taking place throughout the fall and spring. Although it will not take up a large amount of time, it is important that you retain contact with your Little FYSH throughout the 2007-2008 school year. Orientation is MANDATORY and will be held on Sunday, April 22 at North Carolina Hillel from 1-4 PM (lunch served).
Some important notes:
Interest meetings (dinner served!) -
Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 PM at NC Hillel
Wednesday, March 21 at 7:00 PM at NC Hillel
Applications due by email to Rachel (rachgold@email.unc.edu) or Julia (jmbrown@email.unc.edu) -
Friday, March 30 at 5:00 PM
Free t-shirts to all Big FYSH mentors!
Download the Big FYSH mentor application here!
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Gifts of Stock
To make a gift of stock, just ask your broker to transfer shares using the following information:
Please deliver through:
DTC: 0164 code 40
ACCT# 1320-2976
Firm: Charles Schwab
Schwab Contact: Paula Goodman (919) 932-5128
Hillel contact: Chloe Chemla or Ari Gauss (919) 942-4057.
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Give by Mail
Most gifts to NC Hillel are given by cash, check or credit card, providing the majority of NC Hillel's annual operating budget.
To send a gift by mail, please mail a check made out to North Carolina Hillel to:
North Carolina Hillel
210 West Cameron Avenue
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
If you would like to learn more about sending a gift by mail,
please contact Chloe Chemla at (919) 942-4057.
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Go to Israel
Listed below you will find various opportunities for short and long-term experiences in
Experiential and Study Programs
Universities and Academic Institutes
Yeshivot
Specialized Academic Programs
Kibbutzim and Ulpanim
Experiential and Study Programs (non-academic)
WUJS Institute, Arad
A seven-month program for Jewish university graduates including Hebrew language, Jewish History, Jewish thought, Modern Israel, the Middle East, Contemporary Jewry, and other courses. Located in
WUJS Institute Arts Project
A six-month residency for international Jewish artists of all disciplines including visual, music, and dramatic arts.
Sherut La'Am
A volunteer program combining intensive Hebrew study with real-life experience in the Israeli work force. Open to college students and graduates between the ages of 19 and 35.
Livnot U'Lehibanot
A two, three, or six-week program introducing participants to the foundations of Jewish tradition through learning, work on building projects and community service. Based in Tsfat and
SHATIL / Tnuat Aliyah
A placement project matching volunteers and interns with organizations in the social change sector with scholarships and stipends are available for some placements. Minimum 3-6 month commitment.
Universities and Academic Institutes
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A year-long program offering a diversified academic experience in the fields of Judaism, Israel, Middle East and religious studies. Students may also pursue independent study or research internships in their major areas of study. Includes 2 months of summer Ulpan and 8 months of academic study.
Tel Aviv University
Semester, year-long, and summer sessions focusing on historic and modern day Israel, Middle East affairs, Judaica and a variety of liberal arts subjects.
Bar Ilan University
Spend a semester, or a full academic year taking Jewish studies, Hebrew language instruction, or general studies classes at
Ben Gurion University Of The Negev
Semester or year-long programs in Be'er Sheva offering courses, internships and faculty-supervised research opportunities in human resettlement, desert ecology, archaeology, Middle Eastern studies, Jewish studies, health sciences and engineering.
Yeshivot
Pardes
Learn about Jewish heritage in an open, warm, and challenging co-educational environment that encourages respect for religious diversity and tolerance. Students choose from a year-long or summer non-denominational program and participate in a weekly community service project in
The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem
The Conservative Yeshiva teaches skills needed to pursue independent Torah study on all levels. Accredited by the Jewish Theological Seminary and offering year-long and summer programs.
Beit Midrash - A Liberal Yeshiva
Dedicated to the passionate study of Jewish text and tradition in an egalitarian and liberal setting, the Beit Midrash is a joint project of Hebrew Union College and institutions affiliated with the Reform and Reconstructionist Movements.
Specialized Academic Programs
Archaeological Dig
Summer excavations in the Late Roman fort at Yotvata in
Arabah; for information contact Professor Jodi Magness in the Department
of Religious Studies.
Weizmann Institute Foundation
Offering the opportunity to work alongside top researchers while learning about life in
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Located at Kibbutz Ketura, near Eilat, the Arava Institute is a regional center for environmental leadership that encourages environmental cooperation. Students and faculty participate in lectures, field trips, and group and individual studies.
Friends of Earth Middle East - Save the Red Sea
Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians work together to protect the environment and create viable conditions for lasting peace in the region. Volunteers contribute through beach clean-up, bay watch, bird watching center maintenance, photography, office work and other special projects.
Medical Electives
The Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University and Ben Gurion University all offer medical electives to medical students in their clinical years, working at affiliated hospitals. Length of time is variable.
Biblical Archaeological Review
Based out of
Kibbutzim/Ulpanim
To learn more about working and living on a kibbutz, check out the Kibbutz Program Center, Kibbutz Volunteer, and Kibbutz Programs.
Find out more about intensive Hebrew learning courses, visit Ulpan Programs.
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Greek Chai
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Hangin' at Hillel
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Hanukkah Party!
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Havdallah
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Havdallah
Come out and welcome in the new week with song and smores.
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Headline News
News:
Haaretz News - Popular newspaper for the Israeli public, translates many of its articles into English.
Jerusalem Post - Israel's daily newspaper for English readers
Israel Insider - Alternative daily news magazine
Jerusalem Report - Jewish world's leading news magazine
Arutz7 - Israel's only independent national radio station with conservative programming with a Zionist orientation
IBA Channel One News - Broadcasts Live on the Web
JCPA Daily Alert - Briefing from Conference of Presidents
Subscribe now to the Israel Campus Beat for the latest news you need to know. It’s free of charge.
- Top stories from Israel
- Campus news
- Expert analysis and commentary
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- Point Counterpoint
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Israel Campus Beat is an initiative of the Israel on Campus Coalition and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and is prepared by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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High Holiday Services Information
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High Holidays
Join us for High Holidays as we usher in 5767! Hillel offers both Reform and Conservative Services.
North Carolina College and Graduate/Professional Students
All services and meals are free for students, but we ask that you please RSVP here on our website.
Community Members
Community members are welcome to join services. Tickets for non-students are $75 per person per holiday; please e-mail Judith for more information or click here to register for services. Meals are for students only.
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Friday, September 22
Conservative Services at Hillel 6:15 PM
Reform Services at University Baptist Church 6:15 PM
Dinner at Hillel 7:30 PM
Rosh Hashanah
Saturday, September 23
Conservative Services at Hillel 9 AM
Reform Services at University Baptist Church 10 AM
Kiddush lunch to follow at Hillel 12:15 PM
Tashlich 1 PM
Sunday, September 24
Conservative Services at Hillel 9 AM
Kiddush lunch to follow at Hillel 12:15 PM
Kol Nidre
Sunday, October 1
Conservative Services at Hillel 6:45 PM
Reform Services at University Baptist Church 6:45 PM
Yom Kippur
Monday, October 2
Conservative Services at Hillel 9 AM
Reform Services at University Baptist Church 10 AM
Study Session at Hillel 5:30 PM
Conservative Services at Hillel 6:45 PM
Reform Services at University Baptist Church 6:45 PM
Break-the-Fast at NC Hillel to follow
Or and Rabbi Sharon are coming back to NC Hillel to lead High Holiday Services!
High Holiday Service Helpers Needed!
Or and Rabbi Sharon Mars are looking for helpers for the Reform and Conservative High Holiday services. We need shofar blowers, Torah readers, haftarah readers, aliyot to the Torah for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Also, let us know if you would like to lead a section of the service or give a short d'var torah. For Reform services contact Rabbis Sharon at shmars@gmail.com and for Conservative Services contact Or at orormarsmars@gmail.com. Questions? Feel free to write or call us at (614) 915-3945. Please let us know ASAP.
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High Holidays 2008
High Holiday Offerings at North Carolina Hillel
Services are free for students of NC Hillel campuses.
Non-students are welcome, for a donation of $75 per person per holiday.
Please RSVP to attend:
Student RSVP Page
Community Members RSVP Page
General Information about High Holidays:
ROSH HASHANAH
Friday, September 18th
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Shabbat Dinner at Hillel: Promptly at 6PM
Reform Service: 7:30-9:00PM at the
Saturday, September 19th
Reform Service, 10AM-Noon at the University Baptist Church
Conservative Service, 9:30AM-Noon at Hillel
Kiddush (Light Lunch), following services at Hillel
Tashlikh Service: Promptly at 4PM, gather at corner of
Sunday, September 20th
Conservative Services, 9:30AM-Noon at Hillel
Kiddush (Light Lunch) following services at Hillel
YOM KIPPUR
Sunday, September 27th
Erev Yom Kippur: Kol Nidre
Reform Service: 7:00-8:30PM at the University
Monday, September 28th
Yom Kippur Morning
Reform Service: 10:00AM-Noon at the University
Yom Kippur Afternoon
Study Session with Rabbi Vivie Mayer: 12:30-1:30PM at Hillel
Study Session with Hollis Gauss: 5:00-6:00PM at Hillel
Final Service: 6:15-7:43PM at Hillel
Includes Mincha-Afternoon Service
Yizkor-Memorial Service
Ne’ilah-Concluding Service
Break-Fast: 7:43PM at Hillel
Join us for a bagel snack before you head out for a big meal
ADDITIONAL INFO FOR ALL HIGH HOLIDAYS:
You must RSVP (www.nchillel.org/highholidays) to attend services. Services are free to UNC students. Please have your One Card with you.
Reform services are located at the
Conservative services are located at NC Hillel at 210 W. Cameron Ave. Parking is reserved for anyone with special needs. On Friday, Sept 18th, Conservative services will be at Gerrard Hall on
For more information, email Chloe or call
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Hillel Showcase
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Holocaust Remembrance Week 2008
Holocaust Remembrance Month, April 2009
North Carolina Hillel welcomes you to the Holocaust Remembrance Month webpage. Our goal is to educate students and the UNC community about this significant and tragic event by heightening awareness on campus.
Events:
April 1st: "The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust"
April 3rd: SUDAN, Lobbying Event on Campus
April 16-17: 24-hour Reading of the Names
April 21: Movie Screening- The Pianist
April 24: Holocaust Remembrance Shabbat with special guest Martha Hauptman
Ongoing: World's largest video archive of shoah survivor interviews
In the Community: Holocaust Memorial Commemoration: A greek survivors story
Events at UNC-Chapel Hill
"The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust"A concert/lecture presentation by musicologist Jerry Silverman
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
7:00 - 8:30PM
Stone Center Auditorium, UNC-Chapel Hill
How could a period in history as incomprehensibly evil and inhuman as the Holocaust have given r
ise to such a great number of remarkable songs? What was there to sing about? Who composed the songs? Who sang? Who listened? On first glance there would seem to be no satisfying answers to these questions – just as there is no answer to the ultimate question of the WHY of the Holocaust itself. But the songs do exist. People did compose them, sing them and listen to them. The songs themselves supply the answers to these questions. In a search for the answers, this hour-long program combing songs and readings from “The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust,” the audience is led on the terrible journey from the first Lager-Lied (concentration camp song) – composed in the Börgermoor concentration camp in Germany in 1933 – step by step through the inexorable and tragic events leading up to the Shoah, through the wartime years and up to the present. It is an eight-decade odyssey.
The songs sing of despair, hope, rage, resistance…and even humor in the face of the unspeakable. Rare recordings of voices long still, salvaged from the abyss complement the live performance. After the presentation the members of the audience are invited to ask questions and offer comments. It has happened that survivors or children of survivors in the audience have first-hand recollections of the events recounted in some of the songs.
For more information, email sheila@nchillel.org
SUDAN presents: Lobbying in the Quad
April 3rd, 2009
Join SUDAN and Dimes for Darfur for day 75 of Obama's administration. SUDAN will be out in the quad giving out free coffee in the morning and asking people to call 1-800-Genocide to get in contact with their congressmen to pressure action in Darfur
For more information, email Elizabeth Sibrack at esibrack@gmail.com
24 hour Reading of the Names
Thursday, April 16th - Friday, April 17th, 2009
9AM - 9AM in the Pit, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sign up individually or as part of an organization here.
Come hear (and participate!) in this annual reading of the names of victims of the Holocaust read for 24 continuous hours. The Reading of the Names is the cornerstone of Holocaust Remembrance at UNC. It is an annual event that takes place among University and community organizations across the country. The Reading of the Names consists of a 24-hour vigil during which the names of Holocaust victims are read continuously. It serves to emphasize on a personal level the horror of this genocide by paying homace and rememberance to those individuals who lost their lives in the Holocaust and later became simply a nameless one of the millions.
This year marks the 12th annual Reading of the Names at UNC. It began on our campus in 1997 when Mike Scheinberg, Program Director at NC Hillel, approached Alan Stevens, Critical Issues Chair at CUAB, to discuss ways to fill the void in Holocaust programming on this campus. The vigil was chosen as a means of uniting the community in remembrance and awareness of the Holocaust. Each year coordinators have striven to incorporate a diverse cross-section of participants, including students, faculty, University administrators, and community members.
For more information, please contact Jordan Fieldstein at jlfield@email.unc.edu.
Holocaust Movie Screening- The Pianist
Tuesday, April 21st
8:00PM at NC Hillel
Tuesday, April 21st is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. We will light Memorial candles and watch this film together as a community.
The Pianist- The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. At the outbreak of the Second World War, however, Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans. By the start of the 1940s, Szpilman has seen his world go from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a German concentration camps, while Szpilman is conscripted into a forced German Labor Compound. At last deciding to escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (April 19, 1943 - May 16, 1943) and the Warsaw Uprising (1 August to 2 October 1944)
Holocaust Remembrance Shabbat
Friday, April 24th, 2009
6:30 - 8:30PM at NC Hillel
RSVP at www.nchillel.org/shabbat
Join us for Shabbat with local Holocaust survivors. Choose from reform, conservative, and an alternative to services focusing on genocide awareness. Afterwards, hear from Martha Hauptman, former Personal Assistant to Elie Wiesel. She will enhance our understanding of Elie Wiesel's work, life and contributions to the Jewish community through reminiscences of her years working with him.
Ongoing at UNC
World's largest video archive of shoah survivor interviews
At UNC-Chapel Hill- can be accessed if you are connected to UNC network or from public computers in Davis library
Students, faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University have access to what is thought to be the world's largest visual history due to the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) deploying a 5.5-terabyte digital media cache of testimonies from the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive.
http://vha.renci.org
The general public may access the archives as well at Duke's Perkins Library, UNC's Davis Library at UNC, and NC State's D.H. Hill Library, where special listening/viewing areas have been set aside.
Other Holocaust Events in the Community
Holocaust Memorial Commemoration
Monday, April 20, 2009
"How Could This Happen? A Greek Survivor's Story"
The annual Durham-Chapel Hill Yom HaShoah service and commemoration will take place on Monday, April 20, 7:30pm at Beth El Synagogue, 1004 Watts Street, Durham. The program is sponsored by the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation and is open to the public.
The program this year will feature the personal story of Rebecca
Hauser. Rebecca Yomtov Hauser was born on December 12, 1924 in Ioannina, Greece. Although the Germans had occupied Greece earlier, Ioannina was relatively ignored until April 1944, when all the Romaniote Jews of Ioannina were rounded up and deported. Three of her brothers were killed, as were all other members of the Yomtov family; only Rebecca and a few cousins survived. Ms. Yomtov Hauser was deported to Birkenau, and then transfered to Bergen-Belsen from where she was liberated in April 1945. After liberation she went home to Ioannina, then to Athens, finally coming to the United States in 1947. She now lives in Carrboro.
Music will be provided by the Triangle Jewish Chorale, under the
direction of Jane Peppler. Local high-school students, winners of the Federation sponsored Holocaust essay contest, will be recognized at the event.
For more information, please contact Sheva Zucker at
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Holocaust Remembrance Week Meeting
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How to Get Involved
Welcome to NC Hillel! We're here to help you get involved in any way you choose!
Visit the Student Groups page to learn more about our exciting programs and activities and who to contact if you're interested.
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Our About Us section will introduce you to our Staff, and our beautiful building.
Still want to know more? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Interested in attending a conference? Find information on this and more at Conferences.
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How to Lead a Shabbat Service
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Iftar in the Sukkah
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Iftar in the Sukkah
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Israel
Get Involved with Israel at UNC
CHAI: Chapel Hill Advocates for Israel
CHAI leads Carolina's part in affecting America's relationship with Israel as well as promoting political advocacy on campus. Want to learn more? Contact Jessica Schreiber.
Each year North Carolina Hillel and Carolina Students for
Taglit-Birthright Israel
Go to Israel for FREE!
If you are Jewish, between the ages of 18-26, and have never been on an organized peer trip you could be eligible! Registration for the Winter 2008 trip begins at 9 a.m. on September 10th and will close a few weeks later. Don't miss out on this chance of a lifetime - register early! Go to www.freeisraeltrip.org for more information, or email sheila@nchillel.org.
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Israel 360
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Israel at Heart
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Israel Committee Interest Meeting
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Israel Fest
Join us for our annual celebration of Israel. We will be in the pit from 11am-2pm. That evening at 6pm, stop by Hillel for a special Yom Ha'atzmaut cookout! Free hotdogs and veggie burgers!
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Israel Links
Israel Links
Click on a category below to jump to that section of links:
Bar-Ilan University
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Hebrew University
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Technion: Israel Institute of Technology
Tel Aviv University
University of Haifa
About.com's Israeli Culture Site
iGuide
Israelidance.com
Jewish Virtual Library
Jewish Agency for Israel
Judaism and Jewish Resources
Middle East Network Information Center
Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium
Virtual Jerusalem
World Zionist Organization
Government
Israel's Political System Overview
Knesset
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Tourism
Israeli Embassy to the United States
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Myths & Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict BBC's "Middle East Conflict"
CNN's "Mideast Land of Conflict"
MSNBC's "Conflict in the Holy Land" (Image Gallery)
USA Today's "Mideast at a Glance"
Washington Post's "From Hope to Hostility" Timeline
Washington Post's "War and Peace in the Mideast"
Yahoo's "Middle East Conflict Coverage"
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Israel on Campus
Israel
Carolina Students for Israel
Meetings and events about all things Israel including educational, artistic, cultural, and Israel celebration activities. For more info contact Netta Avraham-Katz.
CIPAC
Carolina Israel Public Affairs Committee leads Carolina's part in affecting America's relationship with Israel as well as promoting political advocacy on campus. Want to learn more? Contact Samantha Levy.
Bina Initiative: Exploring Israel
The Bina Initiative: Exploring Israel is an opportunity for Jewish students and faculty/staff from UNC-Chapel Hill to be immersed in an intensive 11-session education and discussion forum about the many facets of Israel. Discussion topics include politics, culture, history, current events and religion through guest speakers, film, articles, short stories, music, poetry and self-reflection. This program is intended to foster an ongoing, open dialogue in a safe and pluralistic environment. The program runs from January to April. Applications coming soon; deadline is November 16th. For more information, contact Diana Gergel.
Each year North Carolina Hillel and Carolina Students for
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Israel-Palestine Peace Vigil
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Israel/Palestine Peace Vigil
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Israel/Palestine Peace Vigil: A Hope for the Future in The Memory of the Past
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Israeli Coffeehouse with Danny
Location: NC Hillel Date: 10/15/2007
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Israeli Coffeehouse with Danny Stellini
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Israeli Dance with Courtney
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At Hillel
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Israeli Food at South Campus
Location: Hinton James Rec Room
Get a taste of Israel. Learn about all the amazing Israel opportunities and programs available to students this year. Remember to RSVP to Elie at ehessel@email.unc.edu
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Java with Jess
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Jewish Cooking 101
Location: NC Hillel Date: 10/10/2007
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Jewish Cooking 101
Learn how to make honey cakes this week.
Limited space available.
Remember to RSVP to sheila@nchillel.org.
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Jewish Cooking 101
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Jewish Environmental Group Interest Meeting
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Jewish Links
Religious Life
Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
KESHER
Mosaic Outdoor Club of the Triangle
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Union of Reform Judaism
Summer Programs
Brandies Collegiate Institute
Life After College
American Hebrew Academy Teaching Fellows (Greensboro, NC)
AVODAH - The Jewish Service Corps
Hillel’s Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps
Jewish Job Finder
Jewish Nanny
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
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Jewish Learning
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Meyerhoff Center
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Jewish Resources
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Jewish Resources
Shabbat
Holidays & Festivals
Minyan Hillel
Jewish Links
Candle Lighting Times
"To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments."
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Every Friday evening when school is in session, our community gathers at the NC Hillel building at 6:15 for a pluralistic Shabbat experience. The joy of Shabbat is felt through singing, meeting new people, lighting the candles, quick announcements, and a d'var torah (a piece of cool Jewish learning). Then there are three student-led services to choose from: Conservative, Reform, and Alternative (something different every week!). Students who are interested in giving a d'var torah, leading a service, or organizing an additional service should contact Rabbi Jessica Marshall.
A FREE kosher Shabbat dinner follows services. Join us for Shabbat just by clicking here to RSVP by Thursday at 5pm the day before.
Once a month, Carolina students organize an egalitarian Shabbat morning service. This hip, energetic service is led by and geared toward a young and lively group, and is always followed by a delicious kiddush! For more information, contact Isaac Weiner.
Religious Life
Ask the Rabbi
Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
KEDMA
KOACH
KESHER
Mosaic Outdoor Club of the Triangle
New Reform Jew
Orthodox Union
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Union of Reform Judaism
Summer Programs
Brandies Collegiate Institute
Life After College
American Hebrew Academy Teaching Fellows (Greensboro, NC)
AVODAH - The Jewish Service Corps
Conservative Yeshiva
Hillel Career Opportunities
Hillel’s Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps
JDC Jewish Service Corps
Jewish Jobs
Jewish Job Finder
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Jewish Organizing Initiative
Jewish Teacher Corps
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Jewsrock.org
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New Voices
The Forward
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Jewish Learning
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MyJewishLearning.com
RitualWell.org
Torah.org
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SHABBAT AND HOLIDAYS FOR 2008 - 2009
"Resh Lakish said that on Sabbath eve one is given an extra soul and when Shabbat leaves it is taken from him." (Talmud, Beitza 16a)
(All times are for
Candles are traditionally lit 18 minutes before sunset.
Candle Lighting Times to come.
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Jewish Student Groups & Activities
Hillel Committees
Sponsored Groups
Partner Organizations
Learn about NC Hillel and ways to get involved. Read our new brochure!
Tzedek Committee
Want to save the world? So do we! The possibilities are endless: Learn to knit or crochet and make blankets for hospital patients. Help children learn to read. Or create your own project! To get involved, contact Lauren Mendel or Ben Elkind.
Social Committee
Have fun hanging out with Jewish friends! Come to or help plan all sorts of events, from trivia night to basketball game viewings to the annual Chanukah party! Contact Rachel Sloane for more information!
Israel Committee
Join NC Hillel's Israel Committee and help plan Israel Fest and other meaningful Israel programs. For more information, contact Zoemma Steffen.
One Book. One People.
Join NC Hillel's intergenerational book club! You will get matched with a senior in the community and together, you will explore a book with a Jewish theme. To sign up to get involved this year, please contact Elias Cooper or Nicole Rothman.
Holocaust Education Project
The Holocaust Education Project is a semester-long initiative that works to engage students in Holocaust Education in new and innovative ways. Highlights include speakers, trips to area Holocaust Museums, opportunities to meet survivors, and an annual 24-hour Reading of the Names in the Pit. For more information on how to get involved, email Karen Bernstein or Audrey Singer.
Jewish Muslim Arts Festival
Be involved in cultivating the relationship between Jewish and Muslim students at UNC through an annual performance of drama, music, and dance, as well as a display of visual art. Contact Dana DePietro to get involved.
First Year Students at Hillel (FYSH)
Hillel has special programming just for first-year students so that they can get to know each other, Hillel, and UNC-Chapel Hill. First-years can also sign up to participate in the Big FYSH/Little FYSH program to be paired with an older student at Hillel to help them get accustomed to college life. Contact Mark Abadi or Molly Matthews.
Sababa
This cool Jewish A Cappella Group was started in 2006. They perform around the state and in the Carolina community. For more information contact Victor Yamaykin or Daniel Stellini. Also, check out our new webpage for performance updates and bios!
Alternative Spring Break
Each year, Hillel takes a group of students on a service learning trip over UNC's spring break. Students help a community in need and develop their understanding of the importance of service in Judaism. Destinations of past trips include New Orleans, Louisiana and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Interested? Contact Sheila Katz!
Jewish Cooking 101
Like to cook? No idea how to cook? No worries! Join Naomi Barlaz and Sue Klapper for educational and delicious sessions on making great Jewish dishes!
Project Rush Hour
Tzedek Hillel's Project Rush Hour is a student-led initiative started in August 2001 to combat hunger and poverty in our community. Students are trained and volunteer with the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service's Crisis Intervention Center in Carrboro and keep this food pantry and financial assistance program open into the evening hours two nights a week. Students at UNC are the organizers, promoters, creators, and volunteers for the program with the support of NC Hillel and IFC staff. To get involved contact Lauren Mendel.
CHAI: Chapel Hill Advocates for Israel
CHAI leads Carolina's part in affecting America's relationship with Israel as well as promoting political advocacy on campus. Want to learn more? Contact Jessica Schreiber.
Dimes for Darfur
Dimes for Darfur is a special committee of STAND, UNC's Student Anti-Genocide Coalition that started as a Hillel project in 2005. Dimes for Darfur has two-fold mission: to both support the victims in Darfur financially and to raise awareness across colleges campuses to "Never Forget." Look out for all the Dimes for Darfur events and initiatives on campus. If your interested in being actively involved in the Dimes for Darfur efforts please contact Elizabeth Sibrack.
Project Dinah
Project Dinah is a women's safety and empowerment initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill sponsored by NC Hillel. Named after Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah whose rape story is told in the Book of Genesis (Gen. 34), this project strives to equip women with the knowledge and tools necessary to increase awareness of women's issues at the university and at large.
Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity
The Campus Y
The LGBTQ Center
Muslim Students' Association
Sigma Rho Lambda Sorority
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
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Jobs and Internships with NC Hillel
Jobs
NC Hillel hires student employees each semester to serve as office assistants. Responsibilities include answering phones, staffing the building, and other administrative duties to assist the staff.
If you are interested in applying for a student assistant position or have any questions, please contact Chloe Chemla.
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Football Pool 2007-2008
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Ki Tavo
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Ki Tavo: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
When are You Going to Get Motivated?
Jessie Stellini, UNC-Chapel Hill 2010
So, the best way for me to explain this week’s Torah Portion is to give you all a little look into the world of Jessie Stellini…yep, that’s me. Yes, I know, it sounds a little conceited to stand up here and talk about myself; but hopefully by the end, it will be clear why I chose to do this.
If you know anything about me, you know that my stories are rarely short, so you may want to get comfortable. I’ll start at the beginning, with my Jewish mother. Last week, Victor explained the importance of shooing away the mother bird, yet in some cases, I’ve found that the mother bird just can’t be shooed.
Before I go any further, though, let me give you a little background for those of you who may not know me yet: I am Jessie. I am a senior psychology major. Yep, that’s it, just psychology. I know, I know, what happened to my plans of becoming a pediatric neurologist? Two words: Motivated Away – I promise I’ll explain what that means.
I was home for summer vacation, and my “not so shooable,” “hands on,” Jewish mother was harping on me again for having this vague vision in mind of a career but no real idea what it was actually going to take to get there. “Teaching dance to little kids is cute, but it won’t get you into med-school” she reminded me as I prepared for my 3rd summer as the dance instructor at a day camp. You have this idea in your head, but when are you going to get MOTIVATED?” Well for all I joke about wanting to shoo the mother bird away, once again, as is often the case, she was right. I needed to get motivated.
So let me take a little break in the retellings of my personal life to tell you a little bit about the Torah Portion this week, Ki Tavo. This is one of the last stories before we finally get to Israel, the Land flowing with Milk and Honey. So after slavery in Egypt, fleeing to the Red Sea, getting lucky with some miracle sea splitting skills, and then wandering in the desert for 40 years, it is somewhat amazing that any of us were still listening to Moses at this point. I mean really, after all that, would you still want him as your leader? Well before you answer, let me tell you a bit about the speech he gives in this parsha. Moses stands before the Jewish people and gives us all the run down of rules we are to follow, and laws we are to abide by once entering the Promised Land. In addition to these laws, Moses also shares with us the ways in which G-d will bless us if we obey these rules, as well as a list of things with which G-d will curse us if we don’t.
This may seem a little repetitive. Why do we need the list of blessings for being good *and* the list of curses for being bad? Wouldn’t one list suffice? The answer, actually, is “no”. In fact, it is because of his “redundancy” that we are all still listening to Moses. He understood that to be an effective leader he must recognize that some of his followers are “motivated towards” and some are “motivated away.”
People who are motivated towards are motivated by rewards, “this great thing will happen if I do such and such….” While those who are motivated away are motivated by punishment “if I don’t do such and such, this bad thing will happen”. Neither motivation style is better than the other. The important thing is that we understand that not everyone around us is motivated the same way we are, and so, we must make an effort, as Moses did, to motivate everyone. Sometimes that means giving an extra list or two. Sometimes that means getting excited about a goal. And sometimes that means being harsh, and asking questions like “when are you going to get motivated?”
This was the approach my mom took, the harsh words….and…it worked. After realizing that I really didn’t have a clue how I was getting into med school with my not so stellar GPA and lack of internships on my resume, I took a step back and took a serious look at whether or not this was even the right career path for me. And using the motivated away sentence structure, I said to myself. “If I don’t figure out what I really want to do with my life, I will be struggling through classes that I don’t even like, or worse, living in a box for a very long time.” This got me motivated enough to look for some outside help.
I spent some time with a career counselor over the summer. We sat together and broke down every little thing that makes me me. We talked about my strengths and how those can be utilized – and how a lot of those strengths would have been a poor fit in the medical field. We talked about my values, my passions, and the way I view the world – concepts are my thing, details, not so much-. Ultimately we came up with a career path that makes a lot of sense because it is something that I can do naturally- leadership training.
I don’t know if I’ll be as great a leader as Moses, but hopefully I will learn more about the tools he used to maintain his status as a credible leader throughout his life, and share that information with you throughout the year. For tonight, though, let’s focus on motivation. As we begin participating in, or leading, student groups on campus let’s really make an effort to recognize our peers who are motivated towards and those who are motivated away so we can engage equally with all of them and together reach the goals of the group.
And while attention to peer groups is important, don’t forget to take a look at your own motivation styles. I have been in college for 3 years now. And every semester I start the same way, promising myself I am going to be really good about doing my readings before class, and taking good notes, and finishing all of my assignments long before their due dates. I also hit the middle of the first semester, and I realize that my time management skills have slowly withered away into an expertise in procrastination. So rather than encouraging you to “stay on top of your assignments,” I am going to encourage you to find a way to motivate yourself. I have confidence that you can discover and utilize your own personal motivation style.
For those of you who are motivated towards: I can’t wait to see what wonderful things you accomplish, so go out there and get motivated!
For those of you motivated away: I know you have a lot to offer, but, as Mama Stellini says, “when are you going to get motivated?”
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Kick it With the Director
Location: Fetzer Field Date: 10/14/2007
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Kick it with the Director
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Kick it with the Director- Carolina Women's Soccer
Join NC Hillel Director Josh at his favorite sporting event-- women's soccer!
Cheer on Jewish players Yael Averbuch, Caroline Boneparth, and all the Tar Heels as they take on Yale in the Carolina Nike Classic.
Meet at 12:45 next to the ticket booth at Fetzer Field (but game admission is free with your OneCard).
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Kick it with the Director-- Carolina Women's Soccer
Want to see a soccer game with the Executive Director of Hillel???? Then come to kick it with Josh @ 3pm @ fetzer field. Meet @ 12:45 Next to the ticket booth...Free admission with your one card!!! Date Last Modified: 9/6/2007 1:22:50 PM
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Kiddush Cup Tournament
Location: Governor's Club Golf Course All Day Date: 10/8/2007
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Late Night with Hillel
Location: NC Hillel Date: 10/11/2007
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Leadership Council
Location: NC Hillel Date: 9/7/2007
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Leadership Retreat 2008
Leadership Retreat 2008
Meet other Jewish leaders in the state.
Learn about leadership.
Celebrate your successes!
DATES: Sunday, August 31st - Monday, September 1st
Arrive between 1 and 2PM on Sunday, Aug. 31st
COST: FREE
REGISTRATION: is now closed
FORMS: Please print out and complete in advance:
Consent Form
LOCATION: American Hebrew Academy (AHA)
4334 Hobbs Road
Greensboro, NC
Mapquest Map
SCHEDULE: Schedule and Sessions for Leadership Retreat
FOOD: All meals are Kosher
Snacks will be provided throughout the day
PACKING LIST:
- Sheets for a Twin Bed or a Sleeping Bag
- Pillow
- Toiletries
- Comfortable and casual clothing
- Pajamas
- RAIN GEAR-- Rain boots, umbrellas, rain coat (just in case!)
- Laptop: We are trying to be GREEN! We will not be handing out paper copies of the sessions, rather we will hand you a disk with everything you need upon your arrival. (if you do not have a laptop, please email sheila@nchillel.org)
- Towels/Shampoo (if you want to shower)
Optional:
- Work out clothing (jogging sessions and sports activities available on campus)
- Sneakers
- Guitar/Musical Instruments (for campfire)
- Religious Items: Kippah/Tallit (for optional morning services)
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT POLICY:
If you carpool with at least 3 people, NC Hillel will refund your gas expenses. Save your gas reciepts. Please use the Leadership Retreat Facebook group as a way to advertise spots in your car for carpooling. Please e-mail sheila@nchillel.org with any questions.
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Leadership Retreat Schedule
Leadership Retreat Schedule and Sessions
Sunday, August 31st
1:00 – 2:00PM Check-in
2:30 – 3:00PM Welcome and Introductions
3:00 – 3:45PM Ice Breakers: “Be Interested, Not Interesting”
4:00 – 5:15PM Session 1
5:30 – 6:30PM Dinner
6:30 – 7:30PM Jewish Learning Session: Lashon Harah
7:45 – 8:30PM Keynote Speaker—Mayor of Greensboro-Seminar Room
8:30-9:00PM Break
9:00 - 9:30PM Small group meeting
9:30 – 10:30PM Campfire and S’mores
10:30PM Optional Late Night Activity- Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Aerobics Room
Monday, September 1st
7:30 – 8:15AM Optional Jump Start Your Morning: Minyan, Tour of AHA, Jogging Group
8:30 – 9:15AM Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15AM Framing the Day and D’var Torah (during Breakfast)
9:30 - 10:30AM Session 2
10:45 – 11:45PM Session 3: Initiative Planning 101
12:00 – 1:00PM Lunch
1:15 – 2:15PM Session 4: Workshops
2:30 – 3:00PM Break
3:15 – 3:45PM Small groups
3:15 – 4:15PM Wrap-Up and Evaluation
4:30PM Journey Home
Overview of Sessions:
Session 1:
LEADERSHIP: The Engagement and Student Leadership Models
Led by Simon Amiel
Join us as we go in depth to talk about how to truly engage students and what student leadership models can get us there. This session is for students who already have a basic understanding of engagement and want to learn more.
COMMUNICATION: Communicate and Motivate
Led by Geoff Brown and Lew Borman
Learn how to communicate what you need while motivating others! Be prepared to role play and discuss all forms of communication on campus.
SKILLS: The Truth Behind the Closed Door
Led by Rabbi Marshall
An interactive session that allows you to role play various scenarios you may encounter as a Jewish leader on campus. Be prepared to let your acting skills shine!
Session 2:
LEADERSHIP: What Kind of Leader are You?
Led by Simon Amiel
Figure out what type of leader you are in order to learn how to best lead others. (Simon Amiel)
COMMUNICATION: Communicate and Motivate
Led by Geoff Brown and Lew Borman
Learn how to communicate what you need while motivating others! Be prepared to role play and discuss all forms of communication on campus.
SKILLS: Making Programs Meaningful
Led by Sheila Katz
Learn about the three H’s of programming—a simple way to learn how to take your programs to the next level. You will have time to work on your own ideas in this session.
Session 3: Whole Group
SKILLS: Initiative Planning 101
Led by Sheila Katz
What is an initiative? How can I begin planning mine? How can I get funding for my big idea? All this and more.
Session 4: Workshops
This is time for you to meet with staff members and/or other student leaders to get any lingering questions answered and begin putting what you learned in motion. Use this time to work on projects of your own with the guidance and support of your peers.
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Lennie Rosenbluth event- Feb. 10, 2008
An Afternoon with Lennie Rosenbluth, UNC '57- National Player of the Year 
Join NC Hillel with special guests Lennie Rosenbluth, Joel Fleishman, and Woody Durham to relive the 1956-57 Perfect Season and triple overtime championship over Kansas.
Click here for more event details.
Ticket Information
Students (free with RSVP)- click here.
Community members- click here.
For sponsorship opportunities or ticket information,
email Josh Blumenthal, Executive Director.
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Links
Religious Life
Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
KESHER
Mosaic Outdoor Club of the Triangle
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Union of Reform Judaism
Summer Programs
Brandies Collegiate Institute
Life After College
American Hebrew Academy Teaching Fellows (Greensboro, NC)
AVODAH - The Jewish Service Corps
Hillel’s Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps
Jewish Job Finder
Jewish Nanny
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Jewish News
Jewish Learning
About.com/Judaism
Meyerhoff Center
RitualWell.org
Torah.org
hebrew-verbs.co.il
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M&M- Mondays and Marcie
Date: 8/27/2007
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Major Events
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The Dark Knight's Journey |
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Screening of UNSETTLED Before the summer of '05 ends, three young Israelis will be forced from their homes, two soldiers will be sent to evict them, and one activist will fight to help her country avoid a war. Featuring music from reggae superstar Matisyahu, UNSETTLED is the true story of six people in their twenties, facing each other on the front lines of a battle where there is no enemy. Watch the trailer and learn more at http://www.unsettledmovie.com/ |
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An Afternoon with Lennie Rosenbluth, '57 Player of the Year Sunday, February 10th 2:30PM at NC Hillel FREE for all students. RSVP here. For more information, e-mail Josh Blumenthal. |
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An Evening with Ron Blomberg, former NY Yankees player Wednesday, February 27th 7PM at North Carolina Hillel Come hear former Yankees player, Ron Blomberg speak about growing up as a Jewish athlete in the South, his experience as a Jewish Yankees player in the 70s and his experience managing the Israeli Baseball Championship team in the Israeli Baseball league. For more information, e-mail Sheila Katz. |
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"Jewish Girls in America" |
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Martin Luther King Award with MSA
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MSA Fast-a-Thon
Date: 10/3/2007
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NC Hillel Chevruta Learning Partnership
Chevruta Jewish Learning Partnership
Chevruta is the traditional method of Jewish study. Derived from the Hebrew word chaver, or friend, a chevruta partnership is a special relationship between study partners—it's the ultimate “study group.”
NC Hillel’s chevruta study is a special partnership, joining a student and community member in shared Jewish exploration. Chevruta partners study a Jewish topic through text: reading, discussing, and interpreting what they find to be relevant to them, today. Beyond study, chevruta partners will develop a treasured outside-the-classroom mentorship.
NO Judaic or Hebrew language background is necessary to participate. Chevruta partners will be paired by Jewish background and topical interest. Chevruta partners will schedule their time to meet each week to study.
To celebrate the achievement of and relationship between chevruta partners, all chevruta partners will gather at the end of the semester in a siyum, or celebration upon completion of study.
Click here to sign up for NC Hillel’s Chevruta Jewish Learning Partnership.
Questions? Email Tessa or Sue.
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NC Hillel Student Leaders
Student Leaders
2009-2010 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Co-Presidents: Jessie Stellini and Jessie Zaleon
Treasurer/Secretary: Alyssa Schwartz
CABINET
Social Justice Co-Chairs: Ben Elkind and Lauren Mendel
First Year Students of Hillel (FYSH) Co-Chairs: Molly Matthews and Mark Abadi
Social Co-Chairs: Carly Applebaum and Rachel Sloane
Religious Chair: Danielle Litt and Brad Weisberg
Israel Chair: Erica Kirshynstein and Zoemma Steffen
SPECIAL PROJECT CHAIRS
Week of Welcome: Adam Bush and Jake Reardon
Holocaust Education Project: Karen Bernstein and Audrey Singer
One Book. One People: Elias Cooper and Nicole Rothman
Muslim Jewish Arts Festival: Dana DePietro
PEER NETWORK ENGAGEMENT INTERNS
Stephanie Linas
Hannah Kibort-Crocker
Samantha Balakirsky
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NCSU Parents Association
We are thrilled that an extremely active and welcoming Hillel thrives at North Carolina State University for all Jewish Students.
To welcome the New Year, we invite you to a special Parents and Visitor's Shabbat
This is the first year the parents of students at NCSU have formed a "Hillel Parent Association." Joining with other parents, you can secure the following benefits for your student:
א Bi-monthly Shabbat kosher dinners
ב Chanukah & Passover holiday gift baskets
ג IN-ROOM delivery of chicken or vegan soup when your student is sick
(let us know, please!)
ד Keeping you informed with program updates (please provide your e-mail address)
Supporting Jewish life on campus is crucial to student life. Your support of our Hillel Parent Association provides important benefits including catered holiday meals, opportunities for you child to meet other Jewish students and to take part in Jewishly enriched programs and events throughout the year.
We invite you to join NCSU's Hillel Parent Association. Your membership of $180 will help creating engaging Jewish opportunities and supports NCSU's entire Jewish student body. And... by sharing your e-mail address with us, we will keep you updated on our programs and events.
Fill out this form to join!
If you have any questions, please contact Geoff Brown, NC Hillel's Director of Statewide Programs at 919-942-4057 or geoff@nchillel.org
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Newsletters
NC Hillel's Spring Newsletter is available at NC Hillel.
You can also download it here:
Spring 2008 Newsletter
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North Carolina Campuses
As one of the few statewide Jewish institutions in North Carolina, NC Hillel works with and provides support to some 20 campuses around the state to promote awesome Jewish life all over North Carolina.
Click below the campus of your choice for more information.
For more details about any of the campuses listed, contact Geoff Brown, Director of Statewide Programs.
To make a donation that will enrich Jewish life on one of these campuses, click here and designate your school of choice.
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
School Website: www.appstate.edu
Faculty Advisor: Denise Lovin
President: Danny Batiansila
Rashi Fellow: Ariel Storch
Catawba College
Salisbury, NC
School Website: www.catawba.edu
Faculty Advisor: Sanford Silverburg
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
School Website: www.davidson.edu
Faculty Advisor: Neil Lerner
Rabbi: Rabbi Michael Shields
President: Margot Zipperstein
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
School Website: www.ecu.edu
Staff Advisor: Carol Woodruff
Rashi Fellows: Erica Ginsberg
Elon University
Elon, NC
Hillel Website: www.elon.edu/hillel
School Website: www.elon.edu
Campus Hillel Director: Nancy Luberoff
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Stein
President: Susan Esrock
Rashi Fellow: Ron Yardenay
Greensboro College
Greensboro, NC
School Website: www.gborocollege.edu
Students at Greensboro College are invited to participate in all programs sponsored by Hillel at UNC - Greensboro.
Guilford College
Greensboro, NC
School Website: www.guilford.edu
Staff Advisor: Jonathan Malino
Student leaders: Joseph Fox and Max Spitalnick
Rashi Fellow: Jordan Miller
High Point University
High Point, NC
School Website: www.highpoint.edu
Faculty Advisor: Paul Ringel
Johnson and Wales University
Charlotte, NC
School Website: www.jwu.edu/charlotte
Faculty Advisor: Robert Brener
North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston-Salem, NC
School Website: www.ncarts.edu
Student Leader: Alex Roth
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
School Website: http://clubs.ncsu.edu/hillel/index.php
Faculty Advisors: David Zonderman and Ruth Gross
President: Faren Dulberg
Web-Master Rashi Fellow: Daniel Marcus
Rashi Fellow: Elliot Borman
Queens University
Charlotte, NC
School Website: www.queens.edu
Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC
School Website: www.salem.edu
Campus chaplain: Bob Sawyer
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.unca.edu/cjs/western_north_carolina_hillel.htm
School Website: www.unca.edu
Faculty Advisor: Rick Chess
Student intern: Jennie Burrowes
Rashi Fellow: Alan Beny
University of North Carolina in Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.uncchillel.org
School Website: www.uncc.edu
Faculty Advisor: Barbara Theide
President: Leslie Waldinger
Rashi Fellow: Jessica Waldman
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.geocities.com/uncghillel/index.html
Website: www.uncg.edu
Faculty Advisors: Andrew Brod and Jeffrey Collis
President: Adam Wassell
Rashi Fellow: Leehe Shmueli
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
School Website: www.uncw.edu
Staff Advisor: Rebecca Kemp
Rashi Fellow: Miriam Zeskind
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.students.wfu.edu/jso/
School Website: www.wfu.edu
Faculty Advisor: Jac Heckeman
Rashi Fellow: Hannah Rothman
Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC
Hillel Website: http://www.unca.edu/cjs/western_north_carolina_hillel.htm
School Website: www.warren-wilson.edu
Staff Advisor: Beth Yager Eckstein
Crew-coordinator: Rachel Hoffman
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC
School Website: www.wcu.edu
Student Contact: Casey Bogarad
All contact information is accurate as of August, 2008.
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North Carolina Hillel Student Conference Scholarship
North Carolina Hillel helps faciliate student registration and travel to leadership and immersive opportunities offered throughout the year by Hillel International and its Partner Agencies.
NC Hillel sees these scholarships as an investment in a student's local campus, expecting that the student will return to school to implement an idea or program s/he learned at the conference/opportunity.
Past scholarships have helped students attend:
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United Jewish Communities General Assembly
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Kesher (Reform Movement's college outreach arm) Kallah
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Israel conferences through the Consul General of Israel's Atlanta office
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Brandeis-Bardin Institute
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Spitzer Forum on Public Policy
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Alternative Break trips for Gulf Coast rebuilding
Scholarship application form coming soon.
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One Book One People
One Book, One People
"There, where one burns, one in the end burns men." - Heinrich Heine
Help us make the program better for next year, fill out a quick survey!
SIGN UP HERE
Registration closes February 17th
About the Book
With a generous donation from the DOROT Foundation, college students at NC Hillel and senior community members will help to bridge the Jewish generational divide 
through literature, discussion, and community. This year we will be reading "People of the Book," a powerful novel by Geraldine Brooks. The book chronicles the historical passage of the famous Sarajevo Haggadah from it's birthplace in Spain in 1480 to Sarajevo in 1996 as uncovered by Australian book conservator, Hanna Heath. Through closer examination of the Haggadah, Heath finds artifacts within the bindings of the book that reveal the truth of the book's past and the people who risked their lives to save it.
Senior community members and students will be partnered up based on vocational and recreational interests and given a guide to discuss the ethical and moral issues that arise in the novel, all within a Jewish context. If you are interested in making new friends, helping the community thrive, and discussing salient life, political and religious issues, this is the program for you!
You do not need to purchase any materials. Books and reading guides will be distributed in late February. Guided reading and discussion questions will be provided to each participant, to facilitate rich conversations during the one-on-one interactions that will be organized. At the conclusion of the reading period, the participants will come together for an intergenerational culminating activity, centered on the message of the book and the experience of reading it together.
If you need a large print or audio book they are available, please let us know!
You can include this information in the field marked "What do you hope to get out of this program?"
Sign up today at www.nchillel.org/obop
For more information email Nicole Rothman at nrothman@email.unc.edu or Elias Cooper at coopere@email.unc.edu.
Background of Problem Addressed
As the elderly population continues to grow, the generational divide may also grow in the absence of concerted efforts to promote positive intergenerational relationships. “One Book, One People” is an intergenerational project that will enhance the lives of Jewish seniors and college students by fostering a dynamic partnership between the generations. “One Book, One People” will provide an opportunity for college students and elderly to share Jewish perspectives on literature and life that span across the generations.
Serving the Senior Community
“One Book
For more information on past books, click here
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Ongoing Events
Ongoing Events
WEEKLY:
Monday: Hangin' with the Board
Come hang out with NC Hillel's student life board every Monday between 2 and 4 for some delicious (free!) food and great company!!!
September 8: Sundaes on Monday
Hosted by: Alison and Dana
Make your own ice cream sundaes! Nothing tastes better than ice cream on a hot day!
September 15: I Can Sell Ice to an Eskimo
Hosted by: Netta and Sam S.
Deliciously cool slushies and snow cones make any day more colorful!
September 22: Koffee with Karen and Kingberg
Hosted by: Karen and Mike
Come by and get your caffeine fix for the day. We provide the coffee you provide the chitchat :)
September 29: An Apple a Day
Hosted by: Jessie and Kevin
Get ready for Rosh Hashanah with tons of great apple-related foods!
October 6: Fiesta with Freiberg and Fulton
Hosted by: Sam F. and Deena
Spice up your day with nachos, guacamole, salsa and more!
Tuesday: Lunch at Lenoir and Agora
Join us at Noon every Tuesday for lunch at Lenoir or the Agora. Hillel students will be in both places, so go to the dining hall that is most convinient for you!
Wednesday: FREE Yoga
Join Caleb Rudow for a free yoga class every Wednesday from 6-7:15PM at NC Hillel. We will provide the yoga mats, come in your gym clothes! Begins Wednesday, September 3rd.
Wednesday: Dessert and a Rabbi
Join a local rabbi for dinner and a discussion about a hot topic. This program is every Wednesday night at 8:00PM. For more information, contact Sheila Katz.
Join us every week for a "Dessert and a Rabbi" session with new desserts, Rabbis, and topics each week!
September 3: Rabbi Jessica Marshall, NC Hillel
September 10: Rabbi Leah Berkowitz, Judea Reform
September 17: Rabbi Zalman, Chabad
September 24: Rabbi Packer, JEMS (Jewish Experiential Movement of the South)
October 29: Rabbi Jessica Marshall, NC Hillel
November 5: Rabbi Andy Koren, Temple Emanuel in Greensboro
November 12: Rabbi Lucy Dinner, Temple Beth Or in Raleigh
November 19: Rabbi Eric Solomon, Beth Meier in Raleigh
Thursday: Schmooze and Schmear
Free bagels! Join Rabbi Marshall every Thursday from 1-2:30PM in room 3209 of the Student Union.
Friday: Shabbat at NC Hillel
Every Friday evening when school is in session, our community gathers at the NC Hillel building at 6:15 for pluralistic Shabbat experience. The joy of Shabbat is felt through some singing, meeting new people, lighting the candles, quick announcements, and a d'var torah (a piece of cool Jewish learning). Then there are three student-led services to choose from: Conservative, Reform, and Alternative (something different every week!). Students who are interested in giving a d'var torah, leading a service, or organizing an additional service should contact Rabbi Jessica Marshall. A delicious free kosher dinner follows services. Shabbat Shalom! Interested in attending Shabbat at NC Hillel? Click here to RSVP by the day before.
MONTHLY AND ONGOING EVENTS:
Minyan Hillel
Once a month, Carolina students organize an egalitarian Shabbat morning service. This hip, energetic service is led by and geared toward a young and lively group, and is always followed by a delicious kiddush! For more information, contact Isaac Weiner.
Rosh Chodesh
A monthly celebration of women, for women, by women. Always relaxing, always fun.
Thursday, September 4, 8PM at Hillel
Contact Rabbi Marshall.
Jewish Cooking 101
Join Interim Executive Director and fabulous chef, Sue Klapper as she teaches you how to make great Jewish dishes! From 5-6:30 on the following dates:
August 26
September 22
October 28
November 18
Israeli Dancing
Join Deena Fulton for Israeli Dancing once a month at NC Hillel. From 7:30 - 8:30PM on the following dates:
September 9
October 7
November 11
Professional Development Initiative
Joining the real world soon? Want help finding a job? Come to our Career planning and guidance sessions! All events are at Hillel from 7:00 - 8:00PM on the following dates:
September 9: Resumes
September 16: Law School Panel
November 11: Interview Prep
November 18: Medical School/Research Panel
January 27: Internships
February 10: Kosher Etiquette Dinner
February 17: Working for a non-profit
Sessions go towards your Professional Development certificate. Contact Sue Klapper for more information.
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Online Donation wrapper
Click here to sponsor a specific NC Hillel program.
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Our Building
The North Carolina Hillel building was officially dedicated on January 21, 2001 and has since been open for all students and community members to enjoy.
Visit us anytime!
Find us on MapQuest
(919) 942-4057
Building Hours (during the regular Fall and Spring semesters*)
Monday - Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 9 pm
Study in the library. Watch TV, play pool, or foosball. Use the computers. Or bring your laptop- we have high-speed wireless internet!
* NC Hillel is open later during finals. Hours may vary when school is not in session.
We are happy to provide meeting and program spaces for our neighbors in the campus and
NC Hillel is conveniently located near
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Campus Map
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Our Mission
North Carolina Hillel is the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at all colleges and universities in North Carolina (except Duke University). Based in Chapel Hill, but serving some 20 academic institutions in the state, NC Hillel creates an environment where Jewish life thrives and enriches the experience of the students, staff and faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and campuses throughout North Carolina. NC Hillel is based on a commitment to pluralism, welcoming diversity of both participants and activities. Guided by Jewish and global values, NC Hillel subscribes to Hillel's new strategic plan to "enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world."
Adhering to the core values, Hillel is committed to:
- Creating a pluralistic, welcoming and inclusive environment;
- Fostering student growth and the balance in being distinctively Jewish and universally human;
- Advancing social justice, Jewish learning and spirituality
- Embracing
- Delivering excellence, innovation, accountability and results
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Parents & Alumni
Parents
Through your participation in NC Hillel's Parents Club, you can ensure that the Jewish community on campus remains vibrant and strong. At the same time, you can take comfort in knowing that your student will be welcomed into a home away from home and that NC Hillel is 
there to help out.
Help your student get connected and support Jewish life on campus. Join the Parents Club with a contribution of $500 that will sponsor a Shabbat dinner at NC Hillel.
You can also sign up to receive our e-mail newsletter designed just for parents.
Got questions about Jewish life on campus? Go to our Frequently Asked Questions section or contact Interim Executive Director Rick Klapper: (919) 942-4057.
Alumni
NC Hillel is always adding new alumni to our list to develop a national alumni base to help support today's Jewish college students. We need your help to organize events such as student recruitment programs and parent and alumni gatherings in your community.
Consider making a gift to North Carolina Hillel or sponsoring a specific project by visiting our Donate Now page.
To receive NC Hillel alumni e-mail newsletter please sign up here.
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Parshah Shoftim
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Parshah Shoftim - Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9
“Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue”
by Adam Yosim, UNC-Chapel Hill Class of 2010
I’m just going to throw out some names here. Simon. Joseph. Ruth. Judith. What do these four names have in common? You might think that these are the four most sought after people in the Heroes of the Torah trading card collection. Let’s take a look at their last names. Simon Cowell. Joe Brown. Ruth Bater Ginsburg. Judith…well let’s just call her Judge Judy. That’s right – all four are judges or justices in their respective fields – ranging from America’s most-watched television show to the Supreme Court.
And now to segway into this week’s D’var Torah, brought to you by Streit’s brand Matzah. Streits Matzah – I can’t believe it’s not bland. This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim – Judges. We’ve got rules for the King of Israel, stipulations for war, the environment, and more. Let’s start off with a few highlights.
The parshah says that upon entering the Holy Land, the people Israel shall appoint a king to rule over them. This King shall not take many wives for himself. How do you quantify ‘many’? A married man would say, tongue-in-cheek, that even one is too many. The commentator Rashi interprets “many wives” as “Only 18”. Oh, to be the King of Israel…This King shall also write for himself two copies of the Torah, one of these to be carried around at all times. For Congressman Dennis Kuccinich, it shall be a pocket-sized Torah. This torah scroll shall serve as a reminder to be humble and remember that G-d is above him.
Before declaring war, G-d instructs us first to propose peace to a country. If they don’t respond in kind, we are instructed to besiege it. Women, children, and livestock are fair game – but we are prohibited from destroying fruit trees. Poet and Rabbi Moses Ibn Ezra says that human lives derive from trees. We do not destroy the environment because destruction of the environment results in self-destruction.
What about who shall fight in the army? Recall from the movie ‘Across the Universe’ where character Max Carrigan claimed he was unfit for service because he was a “cross-dressing homosexual pacifist with a spot on his lung.” In this parshah, you are exempt from fighting if you are fearful and fainthearted.
As is the title of the parshah, shoftim, judges and justice is a central theme. It starts out by Moses instructing the tribes to set up judges and law enforcement officials and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. This parshah comes two weeks after the induction of Sonya Sotomayor – our first Hispanic and third female justice of the Supreme Court. Despite such landmarks, the period between nomination and induction was mired in controversy – criticism came from a statement she made about a wise Latina woman compared to a white male. Regardless of where you fall on her nomination and induction, let us hope that she, as well as all justices and judges, heed the instructions of Deuteronomy 16:19 in this parshah: “You shall not pervert justice, you shall not show favoritism, and you shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts just words.” Rashi says that a judge should not show favoritism on even the simplest of things, such as commanding one party to stand while allowing the other to sit. He says that when a judge shows such leniency, a party cannot plead his case because he thinks it will be of no use. Likewise, as soon as a judge accepts a bribe, it is impossible for him to be impartial and not to show favoritism. A story is told that after the establishment of Israel in 1948, a few people attempted to create a Sanhedrin, the high court that decided Jewish law in ancient times. There was concern as to where they would find 70 individuals who were not susceptible to bribery and corruption. “Don’t worry,” one person noted, “for money, you can find anything!”
I’m sure you have heard the famous words of one line in this parshah – “justice, justice you shall pursue”. Why is justice repeated twice? It is believed that every word in the Torah has a purpose and there is no superfluous language. The commentator Nachmanides said one justice refers to earthly courts, the other refers to the heavenly tribunal. If we don’t succeed in bringing about a just world, real judgment awaits us above. This parshah speaks of justice in a legal sense, but it can also be tied into social justice and the practice of tikkun olam. The pursuit of justice is not solely in the hands of judges and courts – it’s also an individual mitzvah. There are many injustices on a grand scale– poverty, homelessness, genocide, but we also encounter minor injustices in our day to day life – racial slurs, prejudice, sexism, and discrimination. Speaking up for the silent, protesting against wrongdoing, and choosing not to be indifferent are all ways to break down such barriers in an attempt to bring about a just world. Rabbi Simeon Ben Gamliel said “don’t ridicule the doing of justice, for it is one of the three legs upon which the world stands – on justice, on truth, and on peace. Know then full well that if you wrest judgment, you shake the world.” Shabbat Shalom.
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Passover
Want to sponsor our Seder or our Meals?
PASSOVER SEDER:
The Passover Seder will be held at NC Hillel on April 8th at 7pm. Come with your friends for a festive Passover Seder filled with singing, story telling, and even Mad-Libs. A delicious meal follows.
RSVP for the Seder is REQUIRED! RSVP for the Seder is now closed, there is extra seating on a first come first served basis.
PASSOVER LUNCHES:
During the week of Passover, NC Hillel will join forces with Chabad and JEMS to serve Kosher for Passover lunches on campus in the quad every day. We will be in front of Wilson Library Thursday, April 9-Friday April 10 and Monday, April 13-Thursday, April 16 from 11:30AM - 1:30PM. If it is raining, we will be in room 2510 in the Union!
RSVP for the Meals is REQUIRED!
PASSOVER DINNER:
Friday, April 10th for Shabbat
6:30 Services, 7:15 Dinner (RSVP here)
Monday, April 13th - Wednesday, April 15th - No RSVP for dinner (First come First Served)
6:00 - 7:30PM at NC Hillel
At night, join us for Kosher for Passover dinner at NC Hillel.
Shabbat Dinner Menu:
April 10th: Tilapia with Tomatoes and herbs, Matzah and Onion Kugel, Chocolate Mousse
Chabad - TBA
JEMS - TBA
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Passover Meal Plan
| Passover Meal Plan |
North Carolina Hillel will provide kosher-for-Passover lunches and dinners during the week of the Passover holiday through our Passover meal plan. For a modest fee, we will make delicious meals available to anyone who registers by March 22. To be guaranteed your meals, you must sign up by this deadline.
If you do not purchase a meal plan by March 22, you may be able to purchase individual meals on site for $5, with a valid One Card. We will have a limited amount of food available for walk-ins.
LUNCH (co-sponsored by NC Hillel and Chabad)
Will be served from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on the following days:
Tuesday, March 30 on campus (location TBA)
Wednesday, March 31 on campus (location TBA)
Thursday, April 1 on campus (location TBA)
Friday, April 2 on campus (location TBA)
Saturday, April 3 at NC Hillel (210
W. Cameron Ave.)
Sunday, April 4 at NC Hillel (210
W. Cameron Ave.)
Monday, April 5 on campus (location TBA)
Tuesday, April 6 on campus (location TBA)
SIGN UP HERE: 8 meals for $24
DINNER (sponsored by NC Hillel)
Will be served from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at North Carolina Hillel (210
W. Cameron Ave.) on the following days:
Wednesday, March 31
Thursday, April 1
Saturday, April 3
Sunday, April 4
Monday, April 5
SIGN UP HERE: 5 meals for $18
(Passover seders on Monday, March 29, and Tuesday, March 30, are free. Shabbat dinner on Friday, April 2 – religious services 6:30 pm, dinner 7:30 pm – is also free.)
All Passover meals are highly subsidized. The revenue from the Passover meal plan addresses only a small portion of the true cost. If you find the fee prohibitive, please contact NC Hillel at 942.4057.
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Passover you way faq
| Frequently Asked Questions about "Passover Your Way" |
Q: I’ve never led a seder before. Can I do it?
A: You certainly can! There will be a two-part workshop to train all the leaders, led by Hollis Gauss, a fantastic Jewish educator. Each session will be conducted twice, to make sure everyone can attend. Workshop A will be held February 21 (3:30 to 5 p.m.) and 24 (8 to 9:30 p.m.), and Workshop B on February 28 (3 to 4:30 p.m.) and March 3 (8 to 9:30 p.m.).
Q: Do I really need to attend both Workshop A and B to be a seder leader?
A: Yes, all seder leaders must attend both.
Q: Do I have to lead the seder by myself?
A: No! We encourage students to lead in groups of two or three and make it a collaborative process.
Q: I have plans to be with my family for seder on Monday, March 29. Can I lead a seder at UNC another night?
A: Yes! Students are invited to lead a seder on Passover’s first night (March 29), second night (March 30), or any other night of the week-long holiday.
Q: Do I have to lead a “traditional” seder?
A: No, because there is no such thing as a “traditional” seder! While there are traditional elements to the seder, the Passover seder is about mixing it up, asking questions, telling stories and exploring the themes of Passover in new and creative ways that you and your friends will find meaningful and inspiring.
Q: What if I can’t read or speak Hebrew?
A: No problem. You can include as much Hebrew in your seder as you would like, and Hillel will support you in learning what you need to learn.
Q: By when do I have to commit to leading?
A: Please complete the Seder Host online registration page by Monday, March 1.
Q: How many guests can I have?
A: Each seder should have at least 8 participants, with no more than 20.
Q: Do all my guests have to be Jewish?
A: No. In fact, it’s common in many communities to invite non-Jewish guests to seders.
Q: If I want to make new Jewish friends, can Hillel direct students I don’t know to my seder?
A: Yes. Hillel expects to hear from many students who want to attend a seder but haven’t been invited to one, and we hope to be able to place them in seders like yours. If you want to host only your friends, that’s great too.
Q: By when do I have to have my guest list?
A: Hillel needs a list of your guests’ names and email addresses by Monday, March 15.
Q: What about the food?
A: You have a choice between preparing the meal yourself and having Hillel provide it for you. Or Hillel can provide some of the food and you can cook some. It’s up to you!
Q: Will the food be kosher for Passover?
A: Not all hosts’ kitchens will be made kosher for Passover (a process that involves removing all bread and other leavened items, cleaning or replacing utensils, pots and plates). All food from Hillel’s kitchen will be kosher for Passover. If you would like to make your kitchen kosher for Passover, Hillel can help you.
Q: What if my guests or I are vegetarians or vegans?
A: Hillel can provide vegetarian or vegan food, but will need to know how many vegetarian or vegan guests you expect.
Q: What if I don’t have enough chairs or tables for all my guests?
A: Hillel will provide tables and chairs for anyone who can’t otherwise seat their anticipated guests.
Q: I live in a dorm that doesn’t have a great space to host. Can I still lead a seder?
A: Yes. We can look into reserving space in the
Please contact Chloe if you have any additional questions.
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Passover Your Way
PASSOVER
WANT TO SPONSOR OUR SEDERS OR OUR MEALS?
Ask Your Questions. Tell Your Story.
The Passover seder (literally "order") is a delicious holiday meal at which we retell the Biblical story of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt through a series of readings and rituals. It is filled with symbolism evoking the twin themes of the evening: slavery and freedom. For many people, the Passover seder is an opportunity to gather with family and friends.
This year NC Hillel invites you do Passover your way! Hillel is supporting a variety of options on campus and you are encouraged to do Passover the way that's best for you. Would you like to host a seder in your home for your friends, or would you prefer to attend one on campus? Do you want to plan a seder, co-lead, or be a guest? Do you want your seder to have a creative theme that reflects and enhances the messages of Passover? NC Hillel challenges you to think about how you want to celebrate the holiday of Passover.
This is ‘Passover Your Way’. Are you up for the challenge?
SEDER SIGN-UPS:
First Night - Monday, March 29
Second Night - Tuesday, March 30
Thinking about hosting a seder? No experience or background in Hebrew required. Sign up here. Deadline is March 2nd.
Want to attend a Seder at a student's apartment, on campus or at Hillel? Sign up here. Deadline is March 17.
Statewide student? Sign up here for the passover workshops. Deadline is March 2nd.
KOSHER FOR PASSOVER MEALS:
Keeping Kosher for Passover? Hillel's Passover meal plan is an option for you! Lunches are on campus. Dinners are at Hillel. Delicious food for a low price! Sign up here. Deadline is March 22nd.
MORE QUESTIONS?
FAQs
OPPORTUNITIES:
Want to attend Passover discussions and events throughout the week? (More information to come)
HOST INFORMATION:
If you choose to host a Seder, you must attend both workshops. Both workshops will be held at NC Hillel, food will be provided for all sessions.
Workshop A - Choose between:
Sunday, Feb 28, 3-4:30 pm
Wednesday, March 3, 8-9:30 pm
Sunday, March 21, 3-4 pm
Workshop B - Choose between:
Tuesday, March 16 8-9:30 pm
Sunday, March 21 4-5 pm
Monday, March 22 8-9:30 pm
You will also be given the choice of either picking up a pre-cooked meal at NC Hillel or cooking your own meal with chicken provided by NC Hillel.
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peer network engagement internship
All Internships have been filled at this time. If the Peer Network Engagement Internship interests you for the 2010-2011 school year, please email Ari@nchillel.org.
Peer-Network Engagement Internship, 2009-2010
Innovate, collaborate, create. Be a Peer-Network intern…
Be part of a team of 5 extraordinary students on your campus, charged with transforming student life.
- Engage in professional development and skill-building
- Go to
- Catalyze student involvement on your campus
- Be part of a national initiative with hundreds of other Peer-Network interns
- Bi-weekly meetings/learning sessions with NC Hillel Executive Director, Ari Gauss
- Get paid a salary of $500 per semester
To Apply Fill out the following application: PNEI Application
When complete, email to application@campusinitiative.org.
You are also asked to email a copy of your resume and your Unofficial University Transcript with the application.
For more information email sheila@nchillel.org
About Peer Network Engagement Internship:
The right relationship is everything…
Build relationships with uninvolved students and begin to broaden your social network. Through a genuine interest in and understanding of others, Peer-Network interns foster and maintain relationships based on an appreciation of individuals’ aspirations, interests, and passions. Increasing the number of relationships you have with uninvolved Jewish students will not only expand your reach, but also position you for the opportunity to connect these students with opportunities, experiences, and mentors that will be enriching to them.
Take initiative…
Create initiatives for the express purpose of connecting with as many uninvolved students as possible. THINK BIG. What are the most creative and innovative ways to attract and connect with students? How can you utilize your existing friendships and relationships to reach more students? Through these initiatives, the Peer-Network interns will collectively develop a follow-through approach for each offering and a plan to engage new students. Each event represents an opportunity to gather student contact information, build a rapport with new students, and commence follow-through activities in order to build relationships.
Develop the future…
Invest in your peers in order to act as a role model and facilitate growth. Foster student growth through engagement, seeking to enrich the lives of uninvolved students. Act as a positive role model, building upon the strong relationships you have developed with your uninvolved peers. Actively encourage your peers to set and achieve goals, connect them with mentoring opportunities to advance their career and life-aims, and facilitate their transition from campus to post-college life.
MASA Peer Network Engagement Internship
MASA Peer Network Intern...
We will be hiring one intern who has a partnership with MASA, connecting students with long-term study abroad and travel programs in Israel. If you like to engage Jewish students and have a passion for Israel, make sure to check this internship as your choice! Applications are the same.
The intern will receive extensive training on a national and local level, which will prepare them to meet the goals of the initiative and provide them with valuable transferable skills for future endeavors. In addition, the intern will experience significant personal growth and fulfillment and we are confident that they will find this opportunity to be among the most rewarding of their campus experience.
Support:
- MASA Interns will receive $2,000 stipend, and $1,000 interaction/event Budget.
- Weekly supervision and development meetings with NC Hillel Executive Director, Ari Gauss.
- Professional development and Jewish Learning training as part of the Peer Network Engagement Internship cohort.
Qualifications:
- Alum of a MASA trip or have spent significant time in Israel.
- Able to attend summer training August 11 – 16, 2009 at Camp Ramah Darom in Clayton, Georgia.
- Full time UNC-Chapel Hill student, must be sophomore or junior
- Commitment to the full 2009/2010 academic year
Apply Today!
Who we are looking for...
Candidates must exhibit influence in mainstream university life through past or current leadership experience in high-visibility activities. They should maintain a broad social network and deep relationships to facilitate their own success.
The initiative's training, supervision, mentoring, and other responsibilities require approximately 6-8 hours per week throughout the academic school year. This opportunity is geared toward students who are currently finishing their freshman and sophomore years. In order to ensure that candidates’ impact on campus will be lasting, this opportunity is not recommended for students who are graduating at the conclusion of the next academic year.
Apply to be a Peer Network Engagement Intern:
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Photo Galleries
We have great photos from all of our events.
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Picture Gallery 2004-2005
2004-2005
Please select an event to see photos from that program.
Event
Daily Hillel
Graduation Wine and CheeseFinal Shabbat
A Night Under the Moon and Stars
Israel Fest 2005
Curly Sue
Holocaust Remembrance Week
Dinner for Darfur
Greek Chai Purim Party
FOC Sushi Roll
Parents' Night Out
Challah Baking with Joan Nathan
Dreidles 2004
Black & White Chanukah Party
Yuri Lane
FOC Casino Night
The Ethicist
SUDAN Shabbat
SHACK
Orientation Week
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Pizza at Hinton James
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Pizza in the Hut
Pizza Hut? No, Pizza in the Hut (Sukkah)! Come enjoy tasty tasty pizza in Sukkah (Hut) @ Hillel! Date Last Modified: 9/6/2007 1:33:17 PM
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Planned Giving
What is Planned Giving?
Making a planned gift to NC Hillel ensures that future generations of Jewish students have the resources to explore and expand their involvement with the Jewish community.
Unlike an outright gift to NC Hillel, planned gifts generally benefit NC Hillel at some future point in time, and can be a powerful wealth management tool for you and your loved ones. A planned gift can be revocable or irrevocable, and can provide you or persons you choose with lifetime income, before ultimately being used to support NC Hillel's important work.
There are a variety of ways that you can leave a legacy for the future of Jewish life on campus. We welcome an opportunity to work with you to create a customized gift plan that meets your personal philanthropic objectives.
How to Leave a Legacy for the Jewish Future:
Retirement Plan Assets
By using your tax-deferred retirement plan assets to make a gift to NC Hillel, you can benefit yourself, your family, and ensure a stronger Jewish future.
Gifts that Give Back (Life Income Gifts)
By transferring assets to NC Hillel, you and your chosen beneficiaries can receive income for life or a specified period of time, while enabling NC Hillel to build vibrant Jewish campus communities.
Temporary Gifts (Charitable Lead Trusts)
A temporary gift to NC Hillel can provide you with significant wealth management benefits.
Life Insurance
By designating NC Hillel as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy, you can significantly leverage your contributions to Jewish campus life.
Gifts of Property
We would be happy to discuss with you the potential benefits of making a gift of real or personal property, or other gift plans that meet your planning objectives while also supporting NC Hillel.
We would be happy to provide you with a personalized illustration of the benefits to you of any of these gift planning options, set an appointment for a personal visit, or have a telephone discussion with you and/or your advisors. There is no charge for this service and no obligation on your part. And of course, all information discussed is strictly confidential.
For more information, please email Chloe Chemla, or call her at (919) 942-4057.
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Porch Swing
Students at UNC-Chapel Hill fundraised money to purchase a porch swing for the front of NC Hillel in honor of Sue and David Klapper. Sue and David have been working with Hillel for over 20 years. They are passionate, hardworking, loving people who continue to put Hillel at the top of their list and inspire countless students. The porch will be put up in the fall.
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Program Forms
NC Hillel is committed to creating meaningful Jewish experiences for all our students. Help create these experiences by putting thought into program opportunities!
There are four easy steps to follow if you are interested in running a program at NC Hillel.
STEP ONE: 
Think about what the purpose of the activity is and fill out a Pre-Program Form. This form will get sent to Kevin Keys, Vice President of Programming and Sheila Katz, Program Director for Jewish Student Life.
STEP TWO:
Meet with Kevin Keys or Sheila Katz to discuss the logistics of the activity and talk about how this opportunity enhances Jewish life on campus.
STEP THREE:
Run the program!
STEP FOUR:
Reflect on your program. Did you meet your goal? Would you do anything differently if you could do it again? Answer these questions and more in our Post-Program Form.
These forms will be stored in our program bank and can be used from year to year.
Want someone to plan your program with? Contact Kevin Keys at kkeys@email.unc.edu!
NC Hillel is now offering Program Initiative Grants for students who have a great idea for an event. Earn up to $200 towards the implementation of your program.
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Prospective UNC Students
Prospective UNC Students
Thinking of coming to UNC? Be a part of a prestigious University and a vibrant Jewish community!
STEP ONE: Email Sue (NC Hillel's Interim Executive Director) with
any questions about life at Carolina. Want to schedule
a visit to learn more from the students? Just let Sue
know and she will get you set up to stay with a Jewish
Carolina student!
STEP TWO: Visit the Student Life page to see what's going on at
NC Hillel.
STEP THREE: Get your answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
STEP FOUR: Fill out our Prospective Student Info Form.
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Purim Party
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Reserve a Room for Your Event
NC Hillel is located right on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus at
Please fill out this reservation form if you are interested in getting a room for your event. We will get back to you with rates and availability within 48 hours.
The rooms available are:
The Dining Room 
Capacity: 120 people
Good for: dinners, training sessions, dances
The Game Room 
Capacity: 20 people
Good for: small meetings, watching a movie
Special Feature: TV, Foosball Table, Pool table
The Great Room
Capacity: 200 people
Good for: reception, speakers
Special Feature: access to the patio and organic garden
The Lower Sanctuary
Capacity: 100 people
Good for: religious services
Special Feature: Torah scroll, Siddurim, Bima
The Upper Sanctuary
Capacity: 50 people
Good for: religious services, classrooms
Special Feature: Siddurim, Elevator access
The Library
Capacity: 10 people
Good for: small meetings, conference calls
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Rosh Chodesh
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Rosh Chodesh
Ladies, help usher in the new moon at Hillel's monthly Rosh Chodesh!
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Rosh Chodesh
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