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Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Rememberence Day

• Tuesday, April 25th, 2006: Holocaust and genocide in Darfur display in front of the Union

Pesah

• Thursday, April 12th, 2006: Member Tina Gargotta hosts a seder for all
• Wednesday, March 29th, 2006: Rosh Chodesh: Making a Miriam's Cup for your Passover seder

Purim

• Saturday, March 11th, 2006: Baking Hamantashen at Rachel's and Rella's place! Havdallah services, too.
• Sunday, March 12th, 2006: Bringing Hamantashen to residents of St. James.

Tu B'Shvat

• Saturday, February 11th, 2006: $2 for Tu B'Shvat. Havdallah Services at James Bullman's place, followed by an informal Tu B'Shvat Seder. Bring $2 to raise money to plant trees in Israel. Check out: http://www.treesfortheholyland.com/

Shabbat

• Friday, March 17th, 2006: Services at Beth Shalom
• Friday, March 31st, 2006: Services on campus in the Union

Havdallah

• Saturday, February 11th, 2006: Services at James Bullman's apartment followed by Tu B'Shvat events
• Saturday, March 4th, 2006: Services led by the women of Hillel on the Parade Grounds
• Saturday, March 11th, 2006: After Torah study at Rachel's and Rella's while we bake Hamantashen
• Saturday, April 1st, 2006: Services on the Parade Grounds following our "Passing of the Torch" leadership meeting

• Every Saturday (since March 11th, 2006): 4:30pm in the Union at the 2nd floor couches. Bagels and Shmear provided!

• Thursday, January 26th, 2006: Rosh Chodesh
• Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006: "Nourishing Body and Soul", featuring a discussion on body image, eating, and spirituality
• Thursday, March 2nd, 2006: Rosh Chodesh, featuring a film about Jewish relationships
• Wednesday, March 29th, 2006: Rosh Chodesh featuring Paint Your Own Pottery: Making a Miriam's Cup for your Passover seder
• Sunday, April 30th, 2006:
Rosh Chodesh, featuring a Spa Night with Ahava skin products from the Dead Sea!

Parties

• Saturday, April 29th, 2006: Party like it's 1999 at this Bar/Bat Mitzvah - style party at B'nai Israel

Dinners

• Friday, March 17th, 2006: Exectuive board elections at D'Angelo's on Jefferson followed by Shabbat servies at Beth Shalom
• Thursday, February 2nd, 2006: Welcome Back Dinner at Great Wall

Mitzvah Day

• Sunday, March 19th, 2006: With B'nai Israel, Service project "Spring Fiesta" at Scotlandville Middle and Elementary School, a school for 295 evacuee students, many living in nearby trailer communities

• Sunday, April 2nd, 2006: Tigers for Israel presents an intimate discussion with Belaynesh Zevadia, Deputy Consul General of Israel
• Tuesday, April 4th, 2006: Tigers for Israel presents "I-Fest" featuring a lecture by Jonathan Kessler of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), the 4th largest lobbying company in the country
• Tuesday, April 4th, 2006: Tigers for Israel presents a pro-Israel workshop with Jonathan Kessler

• Sunday, March 26th, 2006: Riding 4 Reform, a community bike ride to raise money for Reform temples in Israel. Download a Registration Form.

• Saturday, March 18th, 2006: NYU Hillel
• Sunday, April 9th: UJA Federation of New York in Westchester: Teens and parents arrive in New Orleans
  Monday, April 10th: Events in Baton Rouge, evening program with BaRFTY and other youth groups
  Tuesday, April 11th: Touring NOLA, Departure

• Spring, 2006: (Washington, D.C.) 2006 KESHER Leadership Training Seminar, aimed at giving motivated student leaders the tools they need to create, build, and strengthen their Reform group on campus and to gain specialized skills in one of: Religion and Culture, Israel Advocacy, Social Action, Outreach, and Executive Leadership.
• February 17th-20th, 2006: (Cincinnati Campus) HUC College Colloquium on "Life: Beginning and ... End": investigate issues of life and death in the Jewish tradition and the fields of ethics, medicine, and philosophy
• March 5th through 7th, 2006: (Washington, D.C.) AIPAC Policy Conference, where Tigers for Israel received one of four "Activist of the Year" awards!
• March 26th and 27th, 2006: (Washington, D.C.) SOREF Advancement Initiative seminar, one benefit of having been awarded the SAI grant

• Thursday, April 20th, 2006: Movie on the US-Israel relationship called "Relentless"
• Tuesday, February 7th, 2006: 8:00pm Meeting in the Union, featuring Professor Charles Isbell speaking on the importance of Israel as a Jewish state
• Sunday, April 2nd, 2006: Intimate discussion with Belaynesh Zevadia, Deputy Consul General of Israel
• Tuesday, April 4th, 2006: 6:15pm - 7:30pm in the Magnolia Room in the Union. Lecture by Jonathan Kessler of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), the 4th largest lobbying company in the country
• Tuesday, April 4th, 2006: 7:30pm - 9:00pm in the Red River Room in the Union. Pro-Israel workshop with Jonathan Kessler

• Fall 2005.

Today Hillel consists of our re-envisioned executive board, advisor Dan Novak, interim Hillel staff Moshe Cohen, around 30 active members, and over 160 on our listserv!

In the wake of the hurricanes in Fall 2005, Hillel at LSU became nationally recognized by Hillel International and received attention from the Jewish Federations at the national and local levels.

Prior to Fall 2005, Hillel functioned mostly as a social organization for Jewish students.

The current incarnation of our Hillel first appeared in Fall 2002, at a time when there was virtually no Jewish life on campus. Sensing this absence, Rachel Spinner organized with Jeff Merlin, Rebekah Goldman, Jodi Hyman, and advisor Matt Wittenstein. That spring Daci Spielberger arrived, and Hillel was born out of only five members!

The remains of a previous incarnation can be found here.