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Announcements

Hillel T-Shirts only $10!!!

We now have Hillel T-shirts designed by our very own Rachel Spinner! Be sure to attend the next Hillel event if you would like to purchase one!

Other News

We met with a representative from the Anti Defamation League to discuss bringing the ADL to campus in the Spring. See pictures of our meeting.

LSU's Legacy Magazine published Professor Profile: Taking a Stand, a perspective on Rabbi Barry Weinstein and his Religion 2120 class on the Holocaust, a story by Jenni Payne with photo by Sierra Molina, in November 2005 (Fall 2005 Issue 2).

The national Hillel has written an article about us!
Please check out: A Hillel Grows in Baton Rouge: Jewish life at Louisiana State University blossoms in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; October 21, 2005.

See a picture from when "Hillel Vice President for Campus Advancement Rob Goldberg visited Baton Rouge to assess the campus's needs" in the People section of our photos.

Events

Holiday Programming

Havdallah

Hanukkah

Sukkot

Yom Kippur

Social Events

Dinners

  • Friday, November 11th, 2005: 5:00pm Shabbat Dinner at Great Wall followed by Shabbat servies at Beth Shalom featuring "What is Jewish Mysticism?" by Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector of the Rabbinical School of and Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College
  • Thursday, September 15th, 2005: Welcome Back Dinner

Israeli Dancing

  • Sunday, October 2nd, 2005: and community potluck

Events for Women

 For more information, contact Tina Gargotta.
  • Thursday, December 1st, 2005: Rosh Chodesh at B'nai Israel
  • Thursday, November 3rd, 2005: Rosh Chodesh at B'nai Israel

Speakers
  • Monday, December 12th: Rabbis Irwin Kula and Tsvi Blanchard from The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership spoke with Hillel students about life after Katrina
  • Friday, November 11th, 2005: Shabbat servies at Beth Shalom featuring "What is Jewish Mysticism?" by Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector of the Rabbinical School of and Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College

Community Service

 For more information, contact Elka Smith.

Together with the Jewish youth group BaRFTY

  • Wednesday, December 7th, 2005: Helped underprivileged children shop for their families at Foley's in the Mall of Louisiana.

Boys & Girls Club

Social Justice

 For more information, contact Moshe Cohen.
  • Saturday, November 5th, 2005: LSUnite Rally
  • Saturday, October 29th, 2005: LSUnite Rally
  • Friday, October 28th, 2005: Chancellor's Press Conference featuring the Student Equality Commission

Conferences
  • Fall, 2005: The Kesher Connection

Tigers for Israel

 For more information, contact James Bullman.

Photos

Join our community at webshots by uploading your own digital pictures into our photo albums! Just ask us for the password. Go to http://community.webshots.com/user/hillelatlsu to view photos.

LSU students Stephen Blitz (from left), Joe Bridge, James Bullman (bending down) and Ari Krupkin help build a sukkah on campus by Moshe Cohen of Hillel at LSU, used in the national Hillel's article A Hillel Grows in Baton Rouge: Jewish life at Louisiana State University blossoms in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; October 21, 2005.

John Pizer, Professor of German, and Stephen Blitz, electrical engineering sophomore, talk under a sukkah during Hillel Sukkot celebration in front the the Union near Free Speech Plaza on Wednesday night. Sukkot is a Jewish holiday of remembrance for the Jews freed from Egyptian slavery as they walked across a desert for forty years living in sukkahs by Jared P.L. Normand of The Daily Reveille

Members of Hillel, a Jewish student organization, enjoy a meal together commemorating the end of Yom Kippur -- the Jewish Day of Atonement by Chris Perkins of The Daily Reveille

Kyle Goldich, marketing junior, plays link-arm tag with children at the Boys and Girls Club by Erin Parker of The Daily Reveille

Tigers for Israel

Tigers for Israel, though not officially associated with Hillel, provides members of Hillel with the opportunities to become involved politically.

James Bullman, a member of Hillel's executive board, is the current president. Email him for more information.

Executive Board

President Anne Lachman alachm1@lsu.edu
Vice President Daci Spielberger espiel1@lsu.edu
Vice President of Community Service Elka Smith esmit38@lsu.edu
Treasurer Moshe Cohen moshe@math.lsu.edu
Secretary Yoni Platt yplatt1@lsu.edu
Reporter Rachel Spinner rspinn1@lsu.edu
Historian Melissa Samuels msamue3@lsu.edu
Public Relations Kyle Goldich
Jeff Lahasky
James Bullman 		kgoldi1@lsu.edu jlahas1@lsu.edu jbullman2000@yahoo.com
Faculty Advisor Dan Novak dnovak@lsu.edu
Interim Hillel Staff Lila Pinksfeld

Our thanks and warm wishes go out to:

  • Adam Bronstone, UJA Federation of New Orleans


Links

 Beth Shalom Synagogue

Congregation B'nai Israel of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge

Louisiana State University

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