News and Events http://www.dickinson.edu/blog.aspx?blogid=10737419090 2013-05-25T02:47:46.0803762Z en-US HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/HOLOCAUST-REMEMBRANCE-DAY/?blogid=10737419090  

]]> 2013-03-25T14:11:01Z Holocaust Remembrance Day Poster

Please join Hillel and the Asbell Center for Jewish Life in welcoming Charles Heller to Dickinson College!

 

]]> HAPPY PASSOVER!! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/HAPPY-PASSOVER!!/?blogid=10737419090

]]> 2013-03-25T14:07:06Z ]]> Community Passover at Dickinson College http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Community-Passover-at-Dickinson-College/?blogid=10737419090 Community Passover at Dickinson College Monday, March 25, 2013 6:00 p.m. Stern Great Room Please rsvp to jewishlife@dickinson.edu no later than March 19th to guarantee your spot We hope you can join us!

]]> 2013-02-27T15:22:24Z Community Passover at Dickinson College

Monday, March 25, 2013

6:00 p.m.

Stern Great Room

Please rsvp to jewishlife@dickinson.edu no later than March 19th to guarantee your spot

We hope you can join us!

]]> Birthright Winter 2013 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Birthright-Winter-2013/?blogid=10737419090 The Asbell Center for Jewish Life had the highest amount of applications for the Taglit-Birthright Trip to Israel for Winter 2013!!  There were 18 students selected for this year!  See the great pictures below:      

]]> 2013-02-19T12:10:42Z The Asbell Center for Jewish Life had the highest amount of applications for the Taglit-Birthright Trip to Israel for Winter 2013!!  The following 13 students were selected to go on this wonderful trip!  See the great pictures below:

Birthright Winter 2013 A  Birthright Winter 2013 B

  Birthright Winter 2013 C Birthright Winter 2013 D

 Birthright Winter 2013 E Birthright Winter 2013 F

Linzi Burstein, Leah Shafer, Julie Fields, Stacey Sigal, Hannah Glick, Sasha Reagan, Oren Richkin, Jenna Hess, Jessica Snydman, Emily Fineberg, Isaac Rogers, Sarah Eisen and Jessica Libowitz

 

]]> Sustainability and Jewish Traditions http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Sustainability-and-Jewish-Traditions/?blogid=10737419090 February 28, @ 7:30 pm Professor David Kraemer - Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary   “Sustainability and Jewish Traditions” Description: How can an ancient tradition, one that took shape long before the industrial revolution, have something to say about consequences of human behavior that our ancestors cannot have imagined?  In this talk, Prof. Kraemer will critique common approaches to the question of “Judaism and the environment,” while suggesting alternative world-views, rooted deep in Jewish tradition, that offer a genuinely Jewish perspective on contemporary challenges. Sponsored by the Asbell Center for Jewish Life Funded by The Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Foundation in Honor of their Daughters Stern Center  

]]> 2013-01-24T13:59:32Z Professor Kraemer

February 28, @ 7:30 pm

Professor David Kraemer - Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary

  “Sustainability and Jewish Traditions”

How can an ancient tradition, one that took shape long before the industrial revolution, have something to say about consequences of human behavior that our ancestors cannot have imagined?  In this talk, Prof. Kraemer will critique common approaches to the question of “Judaism and the environment,” while suggesting alternative world-views, rooted deep in Jewish tradition, that offer a genuinely Jewish perspective on contemporary challenges.

Sponsored by the Asbell Center for Jewish Life

Funded by The Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Foundation in Honor of their Daughters

Stern Center

 

]]> Hip Hop Judaica http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Hip-Hop-Judaica/?blogid=10737419090 February 21, @ Noon Professor Judah Cohen - Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University “Hip Hop Judaica” Professor Cohen will lead a discussion on the work of a number of Jewish rap and hip hop artists who have used music to redefine what it means to be a ‘new’ Jew. He will explore the work of mainstream, alternative, and parody artists such as Y-Love, the Hip Hop Hoodíos, Remedy, Blood of Abraham, 2 Live Jews and Chutzpah. Asbell Center (Lunch provided - rsvp to loudonl@dickinson.edu  no later than 2/19/2013)    

]]> 2013-01-24T13:57:07Z Judah Cohen

February 21, @ Noon

Professor Judah Cohen - Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University

“Hip Hop Judaica”

Professor Cohen will lead a discussion on the work of a number of Jewish rap and hip hop artists who have used music to redefine what it means to be a ‘new’ Jew. He will explore the work of mainstream, alternative, and parody artists such as Y-Love, the Hip Hop Hoodíos, Remedy, Blood of Abraham, 2 Live Jews and Chutzpah.

Asbell Center (Lunch provided - rsvp to loudonl@dickinson.edu  no later than 2/19/2013)

 

 

]]> God vs. Gay: Common Ground in the Culture Wars http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/God-vs--Gay--Common-Ground-in-the-Culture-Wars/?blogid=10737419090     February 6, @ 7:00 pm Jay Michaelson – Award winning author, scholar and activist God vs. Gay: Common Ground in the Culture Wars Community Lecture by award winning author Jay Michaelson Are there ways to have better conversations about homosexuality and religion? Michaelson, an award-winning LGBT religious activist, will move this conversation forward by discussing relevant biblical texts and “best practices.” Book signing to follow Co-sponsored by the Office of LGBTQ Services, the Asbell Center, and the Clarke Forum Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium  

]]> 2013-01-24T13:45:29Z   Jay Michaelson

  February 6, @ 7:00 pm

Jay Michaelson – Award winning author, scholar and activist

God vs. Gay: Common Ground in the Culture Wars

Community Lecture by award winning author Jay Michaelson

Are there ways to have better conversations about homosexuality and religion? Michaelson, an award-winning LGBT religious activist, will move this conversation forward by discussing relevant biblical texts and “best practices.” Book signing to follow

Co-sponsored by the Office of LGBTQ Services, the Asbell Center, and the Clarke Forum

Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

 

]]> The Jewish Week, New York - The Nearness of You http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/The-Jewish-Week,-New-York---The-Nearness-of-You/?blogid=10737419090 If I forget thee, O New York, may my right hand wither. For the great Hebrew poet, Yehuda Halevi, living in exile in 12th-century Spain, it was the holy city of Jerusalem that summed up all his earthly aspirations and became a touchstone of his art. Like Halevi, who famously wrote, “my heart is in the East, and I am in the depths of the West,” I yearn for an eastern city. But for me, that city is New York, just a couple of hundred miles away. For although my wife and I moved out of the city more than a dozen years ago to teach at a liberal arts college in the wilds of Pennsylvania, the Big Apple remains my spiritual home. I’d trade the Western Wall any day for the right field wall of Yankee Stadium. I’d take New York Harbor over the port of Jaffa in a heartbeat. Instead of any place in Israel, I’ll take Manhattan, and Staten Island too… I don’t get back to New York more than a few times a year. I keep in touch in other ways — e-mailing my parents in Great Neck, Skyping my analyst in Scarsdale, following my Manhattan friends on Facebook and doing phone interviews with New York playwrights for my Jewish Week column. But sometimes I need to get back in the flesh and, indeed, every return feels triumphant, as if somehow making it back to New York means making it in New York. I feel the kind of euphoria that I imagine a returning soldier feels at Christmas, finally home for the holidays. If I could, I’d end my family’s Passover seders with “Next year in New York,” rather than “Next year in Jerusalem.” Until my wife nixed the idea, I even thought of naming my daughters after boroughs of the city, although Staten Island didn’t really work as a girl’s name. (Neither did the Bronx, for that matter.) As the British writer Stephen Brook has pointed out in his 1984 book, “New York Days, New York Nights,” it is necessary to leave New York for periods of time in order to truly appreciate it. According to Brook, New York’s “exhilaration is also a kind of terror. New York needs to be paced, to be left and returned to, like a lover who asks too much.” In this view, the Big Apple comes into focus only when one has had the benefit of being away from it, of having had the experience of other places. And then, as Brook notes, “To return to New York is to repossess it. After a year abroad or a day in the country, you hungrily reclaim the city, and the city responds, recharging you, awaiting your deepest pleasure.” Like Brook, as soon as I see the New York skyline from the Jersey Turnpike, I begin to quiver in anticipation. My excitement at being back in the Jewish cultural and religious mecca of New York can only be compared to the extravagant physical and emotional response that Meg Ryan’s character has to the experience of being in Katz’s Deli in “Where Harry Met Sally.” Little wonder that one of the greatest scenes in all of cinema is the opening montage in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan,” with fireworks going off over the skyline to the majestic strains of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” This is not to say that the world outside New York is inauthentic. Life in a quiet, provincial state capital — we call it simply galut — is less expensive, less stressful, and much easier in terms of raising a family than life in New York. (For one thing, it’s a much easier to find a place to park.) But the richness of the Jewish life in New York simply doesn’t exist elsewhere, and my wife and I long ago gave up trying to reproduce the Upper West Side — or at least the more heimishe, less tony, more liberal and more intellectual Upper West Side where we met and fell in love in the 1990s — in a locale where Jewish values and commitments are very different, where most Jews are Republicans, and where almost all the communal energy goes into simply keeping the Jewish institutions afloat. Why did Halevi vow that his right hand would wither if he forgot Jerusalem? I think that he was saying that with the lack of Jerusalem in his consciousness, he would lose his very ability to create; he would lose the potency of his artistic vision. And, in practical terms, he would simply be unable to write. This is how I feel about New York; I feed off of its energy, especially its Jewish energy. I couldn’t do what I do without it. New York, for me, is the greatest city in Jewish history. New York, New York — in the words of Brooklyn’s Betty Comden and the Bronx’s Adolph Green — it’s a helluva town.  Ted Merwin,who writes about theater for the paper, teaches at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.  

]]> 2013-01-03T14:27:27Z If I forget thee, O New York, may my right hand wither.

For the great Hebrew poet, Yehuda Halevi, living in exile in 12th-century Spain, it was the holy city of Jerusalem that summed up all his earthly aspirations and became a touchstone of his art. Like Halevi, who famously wrote, “my heart is in the East, and I am in the depths of the West,” I yearn for an eastern city. But for me, that city is New York, just a couple of hundred miles away.

For although my wife and I moved out of the city more than a dozen years ago to teach at a liberal arts college in the wilds of Pennsylvania, the Big Apple remains my spiritual home. I’d trade the Western Wall any day for the right field wall of Yankee Stadium. I’d take New York Harbor over the port of Jaffa in a heartbeat. Instead of any place in Israel, I’ll take Manhattan, and Staten Island too…

I don’t get back to New York more than a few times a year. I keep in touch in other ways — e-mailing my parents in Great Neck, Skyping my analyst in Scarsdale, following my Manhattan friends on Facebook and doing phone interviews with New York playwrights for my Jewish Week column. But sometimes I need to get back in the flesh and, indeed, every return feels triumphant, as if somehow making it back to New York means making it in New York. I feel the kind of euphoria that I imagine a returning soldier feels at Christmas, finally home for the holidays. If I could, I’d end my family’s Passover seders with “Next year in New York,” rather than “Next year in Jerusalem.” Until my wife nixed the idea, I even thought of naming my daughters after boroughs of the city, although Staten Island didn’t really work as a girl’s name. (Neither did the Bronx, for that matter.)

As the British writer Stephen Brook has pointed out in his 1984 book, “New York Days, New York Nights,” it is necessary to leave New York for periods of time in order to truly appreciate it. According to Brook, New York’s “exhilaration is also a kind of terror. New York needs to be paced, to be left and returned to, like a lover who asks too much.” In this view, the Big Apple comes into focus only when one has had the benefit of being away from it, of having had the experience of other places. And then, as Brook notes, “To return to New York is to repossess it. After a year abroad or a day in the country, you hungrily reclaim the city, and the city responds, recharging you, awaiting your deepest pleasure.”

Like Brook, as soon as I see the New York skyline from the Jersey Turnpike, I begin to quiver in anticipation. My excitement at being back in the Jewish cultural and religious mecca of New York can only be compared to the extravagant physical and emotional response that Meg Ryan’s character has to the experience of being in Katz’s Deli in “Where Harry Met Sally.” Little wonder that one of the greatest scenes in all of cinema is the opening montage in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan,” with fireworks going off over the skyline to the majestic strains of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”

This is not to say that the world outside New York is inauthentic. Life in a quiet, provincial state capital — we call it simply galut — is less expensive, less stressful, and much easier in terms of raising a family than life in New York. (For one thing, it’s a much easier to find a place to park.) But the richness of the Jewish life in New York simply doesn’t exist elsewhere, and my wife and I long ago gave up trying to reproduce the Upper West Side — or at least the more heimishe, less tony, more liberal and more intellectual Upper West Side where we met and fell in love in the 1990s — in a locale where Jewish values and commitments are very different, where most Jews are Republicans, and where almost all the communal energy goes into simply keeping the Jewish institutions afloat.

Why did Halevi vow that his right hand would wither if he forgot Jerusalem? I think that he was saying that with the lack of Jerusalem in his consciousness, he would lose his very ability to create; he would lose the potency of his artistic vision. And, in practical terms, he would simply be unable to write. This is how I feel about New York; I feed off of its energy, especially its Jewish energy. I couldn’t do what I do without it. New York, for me, is the greatest city in Jewish history.

New York, New York — in the words of Brooklyn’s Betty Comden and the Bronx’s Adolph Green — it’s a helluva town. 

Ted Merwin,who writes about theater for the paper, teaches at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.

 

]]> 8 CrAAAAzy Nights - Hanukkah Party 2012 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/8-CrAAAAzy-Nights---Hanukkah-Party-2012/?blogid=10737419090     

]]> 2012-12-03T14:07:13Z  Hanukkah 4A Hanukkah 5A Hanukkah 6A Hanukkah 7A]]> Spring Break Trip - El Paso, Texas http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Spring-Break-Trip---El-Paso,-Texas/?blogid=10737419090 A get-a-way to give back!  Spend your Spring Break in El Paso, Texas helping out the local community and learning about a new culture. Spend your days restoring houses and your evenings exploring El Paso, the White Sands National Park, and the local Holocaust Museum.   Who:Dickinson is partnering up with Habitat for Humanity What:Restoring a home through the El Paso Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The work will consist of a range of tasks from cleaning and organizing to painting and building. During our free time we will explore El Paso’s culture of food, shopping, and dancing. Wewill also spend time on the dunes of White Sands National Park and visit the El Paso Holocaust Museum. Where:El Paso, Texas! We will fly in and out of Philadelphia airport straight to El Paso.  We will sleep in a facility with showers, a kitchen, and plenty of floor space for sleeping so bring a sleeping bag! Our work site will be up to 30 minutes away from our temporary home but we willhave our own van all week to take us to the work site and to the city at night. When: March 10-March 17 (Sunday-Sunday). There will be a few pre-trip Orientation days early in the Spring semester to get to know one another, to learn about El Paso’s history and current state, and to prepare for our trip. Why: There is no better way to spend your break than giving back to your community!! You will make new friends, make new memories, feel good about yourself, and be doing a GREAT mitzvah! Being in El Paso also allows us to witness a diverse community on the border filled with cultural difference, political discrimination, and poverty that is similar to that found throughout Jewish history. Through reflection and discussion we will unveil how the struggles of the local community, our ownphysical and emotional journey in El Paso, and Jewish history and beliefs intersect. By making this service trip a personal experience, we will discuss ways to bring back our experiences back to the Dickinson campus. Cost: $500 all expense paid! This includes flights, housing, food, and additional activities for the entire week. Payment plans or financial aid can be accommodated. Simply e-mail jetterr@dickinson.edu  How to Apply: fill out the application in the link below by Friday December 7th.  You should receive an e-mail within 48 hours of submission to set up a follow-up interview.   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dE11Y09KTFZTSWNjakJSXzBwWVF3a3c6MQ  Contact jetterr@dickinson.edu with any questions    

]]> 2012-11-26T09:58:10Z A get-a-way to give back!  Spend your Spring Break in El Paso, Texas helping out the local community and learning about a new culture. Spend your days restoring houses and your evenings exploring El Paso, the White Sands National Park, and the local Holocaust Museum.  

Who: Dickinson is partnering up with Habitat for Humanity

What: Restoring a home through the El Paso Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The work will consist of a range of tasks from cleaning and organizing to painting and building.

During our free time we will explore El Paso’s culture of food, shopping, and dancing. Wewill also spend time on the dunes of White Sands National Park and visit the El Paso Holocaust Museum.

Where: El Paso, Texas! We will fly in and out of Philadelphia airport straight to El Paso.  We will sleep in a facility with showers, a kitchen, and plenty of floor space for sleeping so bring a sleeping bag! Our work site will be up to 30 minutes away from our temporary home but we will have our own van all week to take us to the work site and to the city at night.

When: March 10-March 17 (Sunday-Sunday). There will be a few pre-trip Orientation days early in the Spring semester to get to know one another, to learn about El Paso’s history and current state, and to prepare for our trip.

Why: There is no better way to spend your break than giving back to your community!! You will make new friends, make new memories, feel good about yourself, and be doing a GREAT mitzvah! Being in El Paso also allows us to witness a diverse community on the border filled with cultural difference, political discrimination, and poverty that is similar to that found throughout Jewish history. Through reflection and discussion we will unveil how the struggles of the local community, our own physical and emotional journey in El Paso, and Jewish history and beliefs intersect. By making this service trip a personal experience, we will discuss ways to bring back our experiences back to the Dickinson campus.

Cost: $400 all expense paid! This includes flights, housing, food, and additional activities for the entire week. Payment plans or financial aid can be accommodated. Simply e-mail jetterr@dickinson.edu

 How to Apply: fill out the application in the link below by January 31st.  You should receive an e-mail within 48 hours of submission to set up a follow-up interview.

  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dE11Y09KTFZTSWNjakJSXzBwWVF3a3c6MQ

 Contact jetterr@dickinson.edu with any questions

 

 

]]> Commemorating Kristallnacht - November 9, 1938 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Commemorating-Kristallnacht---November-9,-1938/?blogid=10737419090 Commemorating Kristallnacht The Night of Broken Glass  On November 9th, 1938, the Nazi Party demolished synagogues, homes, and Jewish-owned businesses throughout Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. This incident marked the first instance in which the Nazi regime detained Jews on a massive scale simply on the basis of their ethnicity. “Kristallnacht” owes its name to the shards of shattered glass that lined the streets. On November 9th, 2012, Dickinson students, faculty, and staff, from all religious and cultural backgrounds created this mosaic out of pieces of broken glass to commemorate Kristallnacht. It is in the shape of a Hamsa, which is believed to provide protection.   Sponsored by the Asbell Center for Jewish Life

]]> 2012-11-13T10:57:06Z Commemorating Kristallnacht

The Night of Broken Glass

 On November 9th, 1938, the Nazi Party demolished synagogues, homes, and Jewish-owned businesses throughout Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia.

This incident marked the first instance in which the Nazi regime detained Jews on a massive scale simply on the basis of their ethnicity.

“Kristallnacht” owes its name to the shards of shattered glass that lined the streets.

On November 9th, 2012, Dickinson students, faculty, and staff, from all religious and cultural backgrounds created this mosaic out of pieces of broken glass to commemorate Kristallnacht. It is in the shape of a Hamsa, which is believed to provide protection.

 Mosaic Hand Artwork November 9

Sponsored by the Asbell Center for Jewish Life

]]> Sukkah Building at the Asbell Center http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Sukkah-Building-at-the-Asbell-Center/?blogid=10737419090 Thanks to Achim, the Jewish Men's Group at Dickinson College, for putting up the Sukkah at the Asbell Center!!     

]]> 2012-10-09T15:25:15Z Thanks to Achim, the Jewish Men's Group at Dickinson College, for putting up the Sukkah at the Asbell Center!! 

Achim - Sukkot Pic 2

 

 

]]> Asbell Center Bagel Brunch 2012(1) http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Asbell-Center-Bagel-Brunch-2012(1)/?blogid=10737419090 The Asbell Center Bagel Brunch was a huge success!!  It was wonderful for everyone to meet new students and catch up with the returning students that were abroad last year.  Over 70 students attended this great event!!

]]> 2012-08-28T09:20:59Z Bagel Brunch 2012 (1) Bagel Brunch 2012 (3) Bagel Brunch 2012 (2) Bagel Brunch 2012 (4) Bagel Brunch 2012 (5) Bagel Brunch 2012 (6)

The Asbell Center Bagel Brunch was a huge success!!  It was wonderful for everyone to meet new students and catch up with the returning students that were abroad last year.  Over 70 students attended this great event!! 

]]> Peer Networking Engagement Interns (PNEI) Students http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Peer-Networking-Engagement-Interns-(PNEI)-Students/?blogid=10737419090   Hi I'm Sarah Rose and I am a sophomore from Los Angeles, California. At Dickinson I plan on double majoring in Policy Management and Spanish. In addition to interning for Hillel, I am a part of MOB as concert chair and the sophomore Enrollment and Student Life Committee representative for Student Senate. I'm super excited about getting more involved in Hillel through this internship!      

]]> 2012-08-21T16:14:27Z PNEI Sarah Rose 2012  Hi! I'm Sarah Rose and I am a sophomore from Los Angeles, California. At Dickinson I plan on double majoring in Policy Management and Spanish. In addition to interning for Hillel, I am a part of MOB as concert chair and the sophomore Enrollment and Student Life Committee representative for Student Senate. I'm super excited about getting more involved in Hillel through this internship!

 

 PNEI Sara Markowitz A My name is Sara Markowitz and I am double majoring in Middle East Studies and Religion. I'm very excited for this semester! 

 

   PNEI Tracy Wolf Hi! My name is Tracy Wolf and I am a sophomore from Long Island, New York.  I am a Judaic Studies major with a minor in Environmental Studies.  In addition to PNEI, on campus, I am a Student Senator and I am on the board of EarthNow (an environmental group on campus). I also help plan Relay For Life in the spring. I am looking forward to Jewish Life at Dickinson this year! 

PNEI Max Russo I am a sophmore at Dickinson from Lawrence, NJ and a Biology major. In my free time, I love to play baseball and follow sports in general. I am a brother of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity here on campus and you will be able to find me at many of our events. This is my second year as a member of Hillel and I look forward to meeting new students and promoting Jewish awareness across campus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES AT DICKINSON COLLEGE http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/HIGH-HOLIDAY-SERVICES-AT-DICKINSON-COLLEGE/?blogid=10737419090 JOINT HILLEL-BETH TIKVAH HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES AT DICKINSON COLLEGE  HIGH HOLY DAYS 5773 Tickets for services are not required.   Sunday, September 16 – Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College Erev Rosh Hashanah 7 p.m. Oneg to follow Service Monday, September 17 – Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College Rosh Hashanah Morning Service- 9:30 a.m. Evening Service 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary of the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life, Dickinson College Tuesday, September 18 - Sanctuary, Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life Second Day Rosh Hashanah Service 9:30 a.m. Tashlich Service (after morning service) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, September 25 - Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College Kol Nidre- 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 26 - Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College Yom Kippur Morning Service -9:30 a.m. Yizkor Service – about 11:00 a.m. Evening Service - 5:30 p.m.   BREAK THE FAST- 7:15 p.m. Side Rooms 201-203 at the HUB, Dickinson College   Cost for the break the fast meal is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. To reserve break the fast meals and/or for additional information email jewishlife@dickinson.edu. Deadline for reservations: September 19.    

]]> 2012-08-21T15:24:36Z Sunday, September 16 – Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College
Erev Rosh Hashanah 7 p.m.
Oneg to follow Service

Monday, September 17 – Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College
Rosh Hashanah Morning Service - 9:30 a.m.
Evening Service 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary of the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life, Dickinson College

Tuesday, September 18 - Sanctuary, Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life
Second Day Rosh Hashanah Service 9:30 a.m.
Tashlich Service (after morning service)
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Tuesday, September 25 - Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College
Kol Nidre- 7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 26 - Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College
Yom Kippur Morning Service -9:30 a.m.
Yizkor Service – about 11:00 a.m.
Evening Service - 5:30 p.m.

BREAK THE FAST- 7:15 p.m. Side Rooms 201-203 at the HUB, Dickinson College
Cost for the break the fast meal is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. To reserve break the fast meals and/or for additional information, email Jewishlife@dickinson.edu. Deadline for reservations: September 19.


]]> ASBELL CENTER BAGEL BRUNCH 2012 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/ASBELL-CENTER-BAGEL-BRUNCH-2012/?blogid=10737419090 The Asbell Center for Jewish Life will be offering a free Bagel Brunch for all Dickinson students.  Please come and meet the staff and take a tour of the beautiful building.  You will also get to hear about the exciting groups, upcoming activities, and holiday celebrations for Fall 2012.  We hope to see you there!

]]> 2012-08-21T14:48:37Z TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT TRIP TO ISRAEL 2012 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT-TRIP-TO-ISRAEL-2012/?blogid=10737419090 Registration for the 2012 Taglit-Birthright Trip to Israel is scheduled for September 12th for everyone. You must sign up quickly since spots are limited. It is vitally important that you register - and pay your deposit - as soon as registration opens.  Waiting even a few days could result in being shut out of the process.  The Taglit-Birthright trip is a FREE 10 day trip to Israel sponsored through HILLEL. some eligibility requirements apply.  Come to an Information Session on Wednesday, September 5th, at 6:00 pm in the Asbell Center for Jewish Life.  Pizza will be provided.  Any questions, please contact Rachel Jetter at jetterr@dickinson.edu. To register, go to www.birthrightisrael.org.  

]]> 2012-08-16T10:55:15Z Registration for the 2012 Taglit-Birthright Trip to Israel is scheduled for September 12th for everyone. You must sign up quickly since spots are limited. It is vitally important that you register - and pay your deposit - as soon as registration opens.  Waiting even a few days could result in being shut out of the process. 

The Taglit-Birthright trip is a FREE 10 day trip to Israel sponsored through HILLEL. some eligibility requirements apply.  Come to an Information Session on Wednesday, September 5th, at 6:00 pm in the Asbell Center for Jewish Life.  Pizza will be provided.  Any questions, please contact Rachel Jetter at jetterr@dickinson.edu.


To register, go to www.birthrightisrael.org.

 

]]> KOVE AT DINING HALL - PASSOVER MEALS INFO http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/KOVE-AT-DINING-HALL---PASSOVER-MEALS-INFO/?blogid=10737419090   The Kove will be closed from  April 6th –April 14th  in observance of Passover.    The Kove is taking orders for  “Kosher for Passover” meals.  Deadline is February 17th.     If you are interested in attending a Seder

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The Kove will be closed from 

April 6th –April 14th 

in observance of Passover. 

The Kove is taking orders for 

“Kosher for Passover” meals. 

Deadline is February 17th.  

If you are interested in attending a Seder/Seders in Harrisburg please speak to Ricki or Louise at the Kove. 

 

 

]]> Valentine Values: Romance, Love, Sex and Getting in Trouble http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Valentine-Values--Romance,-Love,-Sex-and-Getting-in-Trouble/?blogid=10737419090 Rabbi Steve Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox Rabbi in America, will be speaking at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life on Valentine Values Romance, Love, Sex and Getting in Trouble. On the basis of the vague traditions of St.

]]> 2012-02-08T16:55:23Z Rabbi Steve Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox Rabbi in America, will be speaking at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life on Valentine Values: Romance, Love, Sex and Getting in Trouble. On the basis of the vague traditions of St. Valentine we will explore the contours of desire for companionship through biblical, rabbinic and mystical literature. We will encounter a bevy of love sick Jews who will mark the troubles of romance and provide us with a few wise insights on the way. We hope to see you there.
For more information: 717-245-1636
Contact: soifert@dickinson.edu
Event type: Lecture/Discussion
Location: Asbell Center for Jewish Life
Fee: Free - Dinner Provided

 

]]> Peer Network Engagement Interns (PNEI) 2011-2012 for Dickinson College http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Peer-Network-Engagement-Interns-(PNEI)-2011-2012-for-Dickinson-College/?blogid=10737419090      We are so excited to introduce the Peer Network Engagement Interns (PNEI) for Jewish Life on campus   Pictured above from left to right   Morrissa Glatman, Joshua Eisen, Emma Weinstein, and Michael Dodek.  

]]> 2011-11-22T11:50:03Z  The Asbell Center for Jewish Life is very excited to introduce the Peer Network Engagement Interns (PNEI) for Jewish Life on campus for 2011-2012!!  

PNEI Morissa Glatmann MORISSA GLATMAN:   Hullo!  My name is Morissa (Mo) Glatman and I'm a sophomore at Dickinson College.  I'm from Long Island, New York and am an Environmental Studies major.  During high school I met some of my best friends while participating in USY, a Conservative Jewish youth group.  I love learning about my friends' different backgrounds and Jewish experiences - which is why I count myself extremely lucky to do exactly that through the help of this campus internship. Also on campus, I am an executive board member of WDCV (the college radio), where I have my own radio show, and I work for ALLARM (Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring).  In my spare time, I often hang out with Hercule Poriot and The Doctor.

PNEI Joshua Eisen JOSH EISEN:  Hello!  My name is Josh Eisen and I am from Cedar Falls, Iowa, though prior to high school I grew up in the Greater St. Louis Metro Area.  I am an International Business and Management and German double-major.  I actively participate in the Dickinson College Orchestra - I play the cello - and absolutely love it!  Last winter I participated in the Birthright trip to Israel with some fellow Dickinsonians and had the time of my life!  This is a picture of me overlooking Jerusalem from that trip.

PNEI Emma Weinstein EMMA WEINSTEIN:  Emma Weinstein is currently a Sophomore at Dickinson College studying Religion and Anthropology. She is from Cincinnati, Ohio. She is also involved in Kosher Cooking Club, Liberty Cap Society, as well as Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women. 

 PNEI Michael Dodek D MICHAEL DODEK:  I am an Undecided Sophomore at Dickinson College. I am 20 years old and from a small town called Southborough Massachusetts. Currently on Campus I am involved with PNEI, the Jive Turkey's Ultimate Frisbee Team, and Achim, A Young Jewish Men's group on campus. 

 

 

]]> Guest Speaker Michael Kassen - Why Israel is Good for America http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Guest-Speaker-Michael-Kassen---Why-Israel-is-Good-for-America/?blogid=10737419090 Michael Kassen, incoming AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) President, will be our guest speaker on Friday, November 18, 2011, at 6 00 pm in the Stern Great Room.  A complimentary kosher meal will provided.  Please rsvp to loudonl@dickinson.edu. Americans broadly

]]> 2011-11-15T12:08:45Z Michael Kassen, incoming AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) President, will be our guest speaker on Friday, November 18, 2011, at 6:00 pm in the Stern Great Room.  A complimentary kosher meal will provided.  Please rsvp to loudonl@dickinson.edu.

Americans broadly support Israel: A recent Gallup poll showed Israel fifth in favorability ranking after Canada, Great Britain, Germany and Japan. This is usually explained by "common values," moral responsibility and the deep religious character of the United States. Americans also overwhelmingly view Israel as a reliable ally. Nonetheless, many in the opinion elites (business, foreign policy, academia) view the U.S.-Israel relationship as chiefly benefiting Israel: America gives Israel major financial and diplomatic assistance, but receives little in return. In fact, however, the U.S. derives much strategic benefit from its alliance with Israel. Intelligence, counterterrorism, military hardware, battlefield experience and homeland security are all areas where the U.S. has gained a great deal from the close relationship. Furthermore, Israeli defense actions (Osirik in 1981 and Syria in 2007) have been key contributors to American national security. We welcome you to hear more on this topic and meet president-elect Michael Kassen at this event.
 

]]> Adventure Rabbi - Rosh Hashanah Retreat http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Adventure-Rabbi---Rosh-Hashanah-Retreat/?blogid=10737419090 Imagine celebrating Rosh Hashanah in the mountains, hiking, practicing yoga, and singing, with services led by the "Adventure Rabbi".  That is exactly what Risa Waldoks and Coleman Bass, two Dickinson College students, had the opportunity to do over the holiday  

]]> 2011-10-17T12:05:12Z Imagine celebrating Rosh Hashanah in the mountains, hiking, practicing yoga, and singing, with services led by the "Adventure Rabbi".  That is exactly what Risa Waldoks and Coleman Bass, two Dickinson College students, had the opportunity to do over the holiday!!  The Asbell Center for Jewish Life offered students the opportunity to attend this wonderful retreat in Denver, CO.

  Adventure Rabbi Rosh Hashanah Retreat 

]]> JTS Graduate Program! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/JTS-Graduate-Program!/?blogid=10737419090   What are your plans after graduation?   Tuesday, October 25 – Complimentary Dinner   Location The Asbell Center   When 6pm   Abby will also be at the Graduate School Fair on Tuesday at the HUB’s Social Hall from 11

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What are your plans after graduation?  

Tuesday, October 25 – Complimentary Dinner  

Location: The Asbell Center  

When: 6pm 

 Abby will also be at the Graduate School Fair on Tuesday at the HUB’s Social Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Find out about JTS Graduate Programs!

Isn’t now the time to give yourself the gift of Jewish learning and professional leadership training?  

  • Become a Jewish leader in congregational life, chaplaincy, and campus, educational, and Jewish communal service  

Learn professional leadership, counseling, teaching, public speaking, liturgical, and non-profit management skills  

  • Surround yourself with a distinguished faculty and a welcoming community  
  • We have four graduate and professional schools at JTS. Which is right for you? 

For more information or to schedule a specific time to meet with Abby, please contact her at (212) 678-8022 or abeisenberg@jtsa.edu. 

 

]]> Announcement of Rabbi Heller http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Announcement-of-Rabbi-Heller/?blogid=10737419090 The Asbell Center is delighted to announce that Rabbi Loraine Heller will be joining us for joint Hillel Beth Tikvah High Holy Day services this year. Rabbi Heller was ordained by Hebrew Union College and served for the last two

]]> 2011-09-23T09:15:24Z The Asbell Center is delighted to announce that Rabbi Loraine Heller will be joining us for joint Hillel-Beth Tikvah High Holy Day services this year. Rabbi Heller was ordained by Hebrew Union College and served for the last two decades as spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Bradford, Pennsylvania. In addition to conducting High Holy Day services on a number of different college campuses, she also spent two years working as a Peace Corp volunteer in the Ukraine. She has a trained singing voice and will lead many of the prayers in addition to delivering sermons and meeting individually with students who would like to spend some time with her.  

 

]]> TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL WINTER TRIP REGISTRATION DATE http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT-ISRAEL-WINTER-TRIP-REGISTRATION-DATE/?blogid=10737419090  REGISTRATION FOR TAGLIT BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL WINTER TRIPS OPENS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 10 A.M. EASTERN TIME. Previous applicants may apply beginning at noon eastern time on Tuesday, September 13.  Hillel trip registration is at http freeisraeltrip.hillel.org home.aspx.   As always,

]]> 2011-09-06T10:21:49Z  REGISTRATION FOR TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL WINTER TRIPS OPENS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 10 A.M. EASTERN TIME. Previous applicants may apply beginning at noon eastern time on Tuesday, September 13.  Hillel trip registration is at http://freeisraeltrip.hillel.org/home.aspx.   As always, we don’t know how long registration will be open, so please register and pay deposits as soon as registration opens! 

 

]]> High Holiday Services http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/High-Holiday-Services/?blogid=10737419090   INFORMATION FOR HIGH HOLIDAY MEALS AND SERVICES AT DICKINSON COLLEGE                                                                             Meals On Erev Rosh Hashanah (Wednesday, 9 28), there will be two dinners, one at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life and one at the home of Joyce and Barry Levin in

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INFORMATION FOR HIGH HOLIDAY

MEALS AND SERVICES

AT DICKINSON COLLEGE  

                                                                         

Meals

   

     On Erev Rosh Hashanah (Wednesday, 9/28), there will be two dinners, one at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life and one at the home of Joyce and Barry Levin in Carlisle starting at 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP to Lori Loudon ( loudonl@dickinson.edu) no later than Monday, September 26, 2011.  

   On First Day of Rosh Hashanah (Thursday, 9/29) there will be a lunch provided at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  A dinner will also be provided starting at 5:30 p.m. that evening.  Please RSVP to Lori Loudon (loudonl@dickinson.edu) no later than Monday, September 26, 2011, for the dinner only.

   On First Day of Rosh Hashanah (Thursday, 9/29) there will be a lunch provided at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  A dinner will also be provided starting at 5:30 p.m. that evening.  Please RSVP to Lori Loudon no later than Monday, September 26, 2011, for the dinner only.

 

   On First Day of Rosh Hashanah (Thursday, 9/29) there will be a lunch provided at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  A dinner will also be provided starting at 5:30 p.m. that evening.  Please RSVP to Lori Loudon no later than Monday, September 26, 2011, for the dinner only.

    There will be a pre-fast meal on Erev Yom Kippur, Friday, October 7, 2011, at the Asbell Center starting at 5:00 p.m.  Please RSVP to Lori Loudon loudonl@dickinson.edu.

     There will also be a “break the fast” meal in the HUB on Saturday, 10/8 at 7:15 p.m. Please RSVP to Lori Loudon (loudonl@dickinson.edu) at the Asbell Center no later than Monday, September 30th, 2011. 

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 Services on campus

Beth Tikvah, the Reform congregation in Carlisle, organizes lay-led services for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Most of these services are held in Stern Center. Students often participate in these services by leading particular prayers, doing English readings or even chanting Torah. For a schedule of on-campus services, please visit www.dickinson.edu/departments/asbell.

 No tickets are required for these services. If you want to get a taste of Beth Tikvah services, they have Shabbat services every Friday evening during the school year at 7:15 p.m. in the Asbell Center. Students are always welcome to attend.

                                 

Congregation Beth Tikvah Carlisle

          Tickets for Beth Tikvah are not required     

    

Wednesday, September 28 – Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College 

            Erev Rosh Hashanah 7 p.m. 

            Oneg to follow Service 

 Thursday, September 29– Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College 

              Rosh Hashanah Morning Service- 9:30 a.m. 

             Evening Service 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary of the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life, Dickinson College 

Friday, September 30- Sanctuary, Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life 

             Second Day Rosh Hashanah Service 9:30 a.m. 

              Tashlich Service (after morning service) 

Friday, October 7 - Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College 

             Yom Kippur --Kol Nidre- 7 p.m. 

Saturday, October 8 - Great Hall, Stern Center, Dickinson College 

            Yom Kippur Morning Service -9:30 a.m. 

            Yizkor Service – about 11:00 a.m. 

            Chanting and Meditation Service – 4 p.m. 

            Evening Service - 5:30 p.m. 

 

BREAK THE FAST- 7:15 p.m. Side Rooms 201-203 at the HUB, Dickinson College  

Cost for the break the fast meal is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children.  Dickinson College students please provide your meal plan and number to Lori Loudon at loudonl@dickinson.edu. Deadline for reservations:  October 1. 

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]]> Hillel Bagel Brunch - Huge Success!! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Hillel-Bagel-Brunch---Huge-Success!!/?blogid=10737419090 The Hillel Bagel Brunch on Sunday, August 28th, was a huge success with over 50 students attending.  Many students were introduced to the new Hillel Board, the Peer Network Engagement Interns (PNEI), Kosher Cooking Club, and Achim members.     

]]> 2011-08-29T14:38:44Z The Hillel Bagel Brunch on Sunday, August 28th, was a huge success with over 50 students attending.  Many students were introduced to the new Hillel Board, the Peer Network Engagement Interns (PNEI), Kosher Cooking Club, and Achim members.

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]]> Discover Dickinson Program at Asbell Center for Jewish Life http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Discover-Dickinson-Program-at-Asbell-Center-for-Jewish-Life/?blogid=10737419090 During Orientation, first year students had the opportunity to get involved with differenct organizations within the Dickinson community.  The Asbell Center for Jewish Life particpated in the "Discover Dickinson" program with a wonderful group of students doing hands on Jewish Cooking

]]> 2011-08-29T14:29:53Z During Orientation, first year students had the opportunity to get involved with different organizations within the Dickinson community.  The Asbell Center for Jewish Life participated in the "Discover Dickinson" program with a wonderful group of students doing hands-on Jewish Cooking and an Art Workshop which involved the Hiddur Mitzvah Project from the Gary Rosenthal Collection.  Each student was able to create their own Mezuzah.   

Discovering Dickinson B  /uploadedImages/student_life/resources/asbell_center/Asbell_Center/P1000095.JPG /uploadedImages/student_life/resources/asbell_center/Asbell_Center/P1000089.JPG Discoverning Dickinson D /uploadedImages/student_life/resources/asbell_center/Asbell_Center/P1000106.JPG 

]]> Seasonability in Jewish Cooking with Joan Nathan http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Seasonability-in-Jewish-Cooking-with-Joan-Nathan/?blogid=10737419090   Event Details  A talk and cooking demonstration by Joan Nathan.  Event type Lecture DiscussionLocation Adams Hall BasementFee Free Joan Nathan is the author of ten cookbooks including the recently published "Quiches, Kugels and Couscous My Search for Jewish Cooking

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Event Details

 A talk and cooking demonstration by Joan Nathan. 

Event type: Lecture/Discussion
Location: Adams Hall Basement
Fee: Free

Joan Nathan is the author of ten cookbooks including the recently published Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Food Arts Magazine and Tablet Magazine, among other publications. In 1994, Nathan published the much-acclaimed "Jewish Cooking in America," which won both the James Beard Award and the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook of the Year Award. She will be speaking on seasonability cooking, as well as performing a cooking demo from her new book.

This event is sponsored by the Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Fund in honor of their daughters.

 

 

]]> Birthright Trip to Israel - January 2011 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Birthright-Trip-to-Israel---January-2011/?blogid=10737419090 The following seven lucky Jewish students from Dickinson College, were selected to attend the Birthright Trip to Israel in January 2011 Joshua Eisen, Taylor Kobran, Melanie Levine, David Lifschitz, Brad Meisel, Rachel Weber, and Jamie Klein.           

]]> 2011-02-11T15:21:58Z Joshua Eisen, Taylor Kobran, Melanie Levine, David Lifschitz, Brad Meisel, Rachel Weber, and Jamie Klein were selected for the Birthright Trip to Israel that took place in January 2011.  They met new Israeli friends who traveled with them providing a first hand look into Israel.  They attended a meeting at the Hebrew University, visited the Jewish People's memorial to those murdered during the Shoah (Holocaust), Israel's national cemetery where the leaders of the nation buried their solders who sacrificed their life for the nation, attended a show by the "Nalag'at" Theater Company, rode camels, and walked the famous desert stronghold overlooking the Dead Sea complete with palaces of King Herod and the site of the last battle against the Romans during the First uprising.  They had an absolutely wonderful and exciting experience, and recommend anyone who qualifies for this trip to register as soon as the next opportunity comes up!!

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Birthright Trip C Birthright Trip E Birthright Trip F Birthright Trip J Birthright Trip H Birthright Trip I Birthright Trip B Birthright Trip D Birthright Winter 2011 A Birthright Winter 2011 D Birthright Winter 2011 B Birthright Winter 2011 C Birthright Winter 2011 E Birthright Winter 2011 F 

 

 

]]> Asbell Center Spring 2011 Events http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Asbell-Center-Spring-2011-Events/?blogid=10737419090  Asbell Center Spring 2011 Events Friday, February 18th Urban Sustainable Agriculture  Tal Rosen   Asbell Center   6 00 pm – 8 00 pm      Thursday, March 24th History of Jews & Irish  Martin Sieff  Asbell Center 12 00 pm

]]> 2011-01-27T13:57:49Z  Asbell Center Spring 2011 Events 

Friday, February 18th 

  Urban Sustainable Agriculture 

  Tal Rosen  

Asbell Center:  6:00 pm – 8:00 pm 

Thursday, March 24th 

History of Jews & Irish 

Martin Sieff 

Asbell Center: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 

Monday, April 18th 

Passover Seder – First Night 

Social Hall:  6:00 pm – 8:00 pm 

Thursday, April 28th 

Seasonability of Jewish Cooking 

Joan Nathan  

Depot: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm 

  Saturday, April 30th 

Holocaust Remembrance Day 

Stern Great Room:  7:00 pm – 8:00 pm 

   

   

   

   

 

]]> Jewish Urban Farming Fellowship, Berkeley, CA http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Jewish-Urban-Farming-Fellowship,-Berkeley,-CA/?blogid=10737419090   Jewish Urban Farming Fellowship, Berkeley, CA  Urban Adamah, based in Berkeley, CA, is a three month intensive residential leadership training for young adults ages 20 29, that integrates urban organic farming, social justice work and progressive Jewish living and learning.

]]> 2011-01-21T10:32:45Z   Jewish Urban Farming Fellowship, Berkeley, CA 

Urban Adamah, based in Berkeley, CA, is a three-month intensive residential leadership training for young adults ages 20-29, that integrates urban organic farming, social justice work and progressive Jewish living and learning. Twelve Urban Adamah Fellows are selected each season to operate an organic farm and educational center, intern with community organizations addressing issues at the intersection of poverty, food security and environmental stewardship, and learn an approach to Jewish tradition that opens the heart and builds joyful community. Applicants do not need any farming or Jewish knowledge or experience to participate. Fellows come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. We are looking for individuals most likely to leverage the gifts of the program to make positive change in the world.  Urban Adamah: The Jewish Sustainability Corps is now accepting applications for our summer and fall, 2011 fellowship programs.  Completed applications will be reviewed starting January 17, 2011 for the summer season. Visit the Urban Adamah website (www.urbanadamah.org) to learn more and download an application today. 

The fellowship fee for the summer and fall 2011 fellowships is $1200. This covers housing, food and educational expenses. Some scholarship funds are available for those who do not have the personal or family resources to pay the fellowship fee. 

Summer and Fall 2011 Urban Adamah applications are downloadable from the the website.  

Here is the direct link:  http://urbanadamah.org/the-fellowship/to-apply/ 

http://urbanadamah.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Fellowship-Application-2011-final1272010.pdf 

 Adam Berman 

Executive Director, Urban Adamah 

510 502 - 3404 

www.urbanadamah.org 

Elizheva Hurvich 

Volunteer, Finding Fellows to participate in a 3 month environmental leadership program 

 Urban Adamah 

www.urbanadamah.org 

 Download your application now! 

 

]]> Dr. Aaron Feingold's Visit to Dickinson College http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Dr--Aaron-Feingold-s-Visit-to-Dickinson-College/?blogid=10737419090             Dr. Aaron Feingold Dr. Aaron Feingold, father of Zara Feingold '12, recently visited Dickinson College and showed items from his Judaica collection to Professor Ted Merwin's class, "Jews and Judaism in the U.S."  Pictured above, Dr. Feingold is

]]> 2010-12-07T15:47:58Z  Zara Feingold's Father 

         Dr. Aaron Feingold

Dr. Aaron Feingold, father of Zara Feingold '12, recently visited Dickinson College and showed items from his Judaica collection to Professor Ted Merwin's class, "Jews and Judaism in the U.S."  Pictured above, Dr. Feingold is holding a copy of the first non-liturgical Jewish book by a Jewish author in the New World. It is a book on the yellow fever epidemic, about which Benjamin Rush also wrote.

 

 

]]> Jewish Life Photography Contest(2) http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Jewish-Life-Photography-Contest(2)/?blogid=10737419090 Due to last year’s success, the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life will be having another “Jewish Life Photography Contest" This year we will be looking for photos involving students at Dickinson tied to a Jewish theme. Once again,

]]> 2010-11-19T08:32:13Z Due to last year’s success, the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life will be having another “Jewish Life Photography Contest"!!! This year we will be looking for photos involving students at Dickinson tied to a Jewish theme. Once again, the photography contest will be open to all students and will be judged based on technical quality, subject matter, content, composition, and originality. There will be prizes awarded to the top three photographs selected to be displayed in the Student Lounge at the Asbell Center. The three prizes awarded will be brand new cameras!! Submissions should be sent to jewishlife@dickinson.edu along with a description of the picture, names of people in the picture, and your contact information. You may submit no more than 3 pictures. All submissions must be received by April 1, 2011. 

 

]]> Birthright Trip Meeting with Rabbi Cytryn http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Birthright-Trip-Meeting-with-Rabbi-Cytryn/?blogid=10737419090 A meeting was held at the Asbell Center for the six students who are preparing for the Birthright Taglit Trip to Israel in January.  Rabbi Cytrin, from Beth El Temple in Harrisburg, PA, graciously visited and spoke to them about what they

]]> 2010-11-18T14:05:37Z A meeting was held at the Asbell Center for the six students who are preparing for the Birthright Taglit Trip to Israel in January 2011.  Rabbi Cytryn, from Beth El Temple in Harrisburg, PA, graciously visited and spoke to them about what they might expect to see and answered their questions. 

The Students selected for this trip are:  Rachel Weber, David Lifschitz, Bradford Meisel, Joshua Eisen, Melanie Levine, and Taylor Kobran.

 Birthright Rabbi Cytryn #2 

Pictured above:  Rabbi Cytryn

 Birthright Rabbi Cytryn 

Pictured above:  David Lifschitz, Bradford Meisel, Joshua Eisen, Melanie Levine,

                        Taylor Kobran, Avi Fishelov, Lori Loudon, and Ted Merwin

]]> Feeding the Future http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Feeding-the-Future/?blogid=10737419090 Michael Ableman (author, educator, photographer and urban agriculturalist)  Wednesday, November 17, 2010Dickinson CollegeAnita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 00 p.m.  Food may be the dominant issue of our time. The industrial system that brings it to us is unraveling, and the

]]> 2010-11-05T12:14:17Z Michael Ableman (author, educator, photographer and urban agriculturalist) 

Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Dickinson CollegeAnita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. 

Food may be the dominant issue of our time. The industrial system that brings it to us is unraveling, and the cost of that system, ecologically, socially, and personally is enormous. 

But there is hope, individuals and communities are gathering together to rethink our food system, bringing honor and respect and craftsmanship back into farming, and recreating our farms as places that nourish and nurture and teach and inspire. 

Join Michael Ableman for an evening of inspiring stories and photographic imagery from around the world as he provides us with a sense of how we can participate in the solutions; on our farms and in our gardens, in our kitchens and at the dining room table, and in the communities where we live. 

For more information visit http://clarke.dickinson.edu/michael-ableman/ or call 717-245-1875 

]]> Kosher Cooking Club Field Trip http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Kosher-Cooking-Club-Field-Trip/?blogid=10737419090 The Kosher Cooking Club recenlty went on a Field Trip to New York City to see the many Jewish Deli's and talk with the owners.  They had a wonderful time      

]]> 2010-10-29T11:10:58Z The Kosher Cooking Club recenlty went on a Field Trip to New York City to see the many Jewish Deli's and talk with the owners.  They had a wonderful time!!

Kosher Cooking Club B Kosher Cooking Club C Kosher Cooking Club D Kosher Cooking Club E Kosher CookingClub A 

]]> Iranian Nukes, The Peace Process, Obama, and The Jews http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Iranian-Nukes,-The-Peace-Process,-Obama,-and-The-Jews/?blogid=10737419090 The Milton B. Asbell Center Presents   Iranian Nukes, The Peace Process, Obama, and The Jews Neil Rubin, PH.D., Editor, Baltimore Jewish Times What impact will the impending U.S. elections have on the Obama administration's outreach to the Muslim world,

]]> 2010-10-25T14:37:31Z The Milton B. Asbell Center Presents: 

Iranian Nukes, The Peace Process, Obama, and The Jews

Neil Rubin, PH.D., Editor, Baltimore Jewish Times

What impact will the impending U.S. elections have on the Obama administration's outreach to the Muslim world, the Washington-Jerusalem relationship, and the efforts to halt a nuclear Iran? Rubin is a well-known journalist who has covered both American and Middle East politics for more than a decade. 

Please join us on Thursday, October 28th, at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, at the Asbell Center.  Free pizza will be provided for lunch.  We hope to see you there!

 

 

]]> Alan Fleishman's Visit to Dickinson College http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Alan-Fleishman-s-Visit-to-Dickinson-College/?blogid=10737419090            A wonderful visit and talk from Author, Alan Fleishman, regarding his novel "Goliath's Head"

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A wonderful visit and talk from Author, Alan Fleishman, regarding his novel "Goliath's Head"

]]> The Jews of Uganda http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/The-Jews-of-Uganda/?blogid=10737419090 The Milton B. Asbell Center Presents Abayudaya The Jews of Uganda Slideshow Presentation and African Jewish Music Jonathan Golden, Ph.D. Professor at Drew University Lunch at noon on Thursday, October 14th Asbell Center

]]> 2010-10-12T13:43:40Z The Milton B. Asbell Center Presents

Abayudaya

The Jews of Uganda

Slideshow Presentation and African-Jewish Music

Jonathan Golden, Ph.D.

Professor at Drew University

Lunch at noon on Thursday, October 14th

Asbell Center

]]> INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/INTERNSHIP-OPPORTUNITY--MUSEUM-OF-JEWISH-HERITAGE/?blogid=10737419090  The Lipper Internship brings together graduate and undergraduate students from across the Northeast to train in New York City for a semester long internship in museum education. Interns teach students about the Holocaust in local schools in their college communities

]]> 2010-10-06T13:38:01Z  The Lipper Internship brings together graduate and undergraduate students from across the Northeast to train in New York City for a semester-long internship in museum education. Interns teach students about the Holocaust in local schools in their college communities and on visits to the Museum. 

Prior to the beginning of the fall or spring semester Interns attend an intensive two-week training session at the Museum in New York City to learn how to teach public middle and high school students about the Holocaust. During training Interns meet with Museum staff, hear testimony from Holocaust survivors, and learn methods for teaching from artifacts in the Museum's collection. Following training, Interns visit several middle and high schools in their college communities to give an introductory lesson in the classroom followed by a guided tour at the Museum. Interns then return to the classroom one last time to facilitate a discussion about the lessons learned during the course of the program. 

Interns receive a stipend and are reimbursed for travel expenses. Lodging in New York City is provided during the training period, if necessary. Students of all backgrounds and academic interests are encouraged to apply. 

Spring Semester applications due November 1; mandatory training in early January. The application is available online here: http://www.mjhnyc.org/documents/LipperApplication.pdf 

   

   

   

 

]]> Birth Control: A Brief History by Melissa Klapper http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Birth-Control---A-Brief-History-by-Melissa-Klapper/?blogid=10737419090 Melissa R. Klapper  Birth Control   A (Very) Brief History  Thursday, October 7, 12pm 1pm  What did women do for birth control?  Who used birth control, when, and why? Part of this discussion is also about the value, economic, social,

]]> 2010-09-30T10:59:10Z Melissa R. Klapper 

Birth Control:  A (Very) Brief History 

Thursday, October 7, 12pm-1pm 

What did women do for birth control?  Who used birth control, when, and why? Part of this discussion is also about the value, economic, social, and otherwise, of children at various points in American history.  Join Melissa R. Klapper from Rowan University for an informal chat in the Landis House living room.  Co-sponsored by the Asbell Center. 

 

]]> Rosh Hashanah at the Levin's Home http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Rosh-Hashanah-at-the-Levin-s-Home/?blogid=10737419090 We are greatly thankful for the wonderful Levin family for hosting Dickinson students at their beautiful for Rosh Hashanah.  Over 25 students attended and had a lovely evening.  

]]> 2010-09-28T10:28:56Z We are very thankful for the wonderful Levin family for hosting Dickinson students at their beautiful home for Rosh Hashanah.  Over 25 students attended and had a lovely evening.

 Rosh Hashanah A Rosh Hashanah B Rosh Hashanah DRosh Hashanah C Rosh Hashanah E 

]]> Students Discovering Dickinson http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Students-Discovering-Dickinson/?blogid=10737419090    Students discoverning Dickinson at the Asbell Center.  They enjoyed kosher cooking and designing their own mezzuzahs from the Gary Rosenthal Collection.  

]]> 2010-09-28T10:08:11Z  Discovering Dickinson Students 

Students discovering Dickinson at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life.  They enjoyed kosher cooking and designing their own mezzuzahs from the Gary Rosenthal Collection.

 

]]> Sukkot Dinner and Bonfire at Dickinson College Farm http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Sukkot-Dinner-and-Bonfire-at-Dickinson-College-Farm/?blogid=10737419090  This family friendly event will feature a vegetarian meal of locally grown foods and informal text study led by Prof. Andrea Lieber, Sophia Ava Asbell Chair of Judaic Studies at Dickinson.  The evening will also include composting workshops and tours

]]> 2010-09-22T13:59:01Z  This family friendly event will feature a vegetarian meal of locally grown foods and informal text study led by Prof. Andrea Lieber, Sophia Ava Asbell Chair of Judaic Studies at Dickinson.  The evening will also include composting workshops and tours of the Dickinson College Farm, a 180-acre working farm and educational resource located in Boiling Springs, PA.  The farm includes state-of-the-art sustainable operations, such as solar-electric and solar-hot water systems.  Stay past sunset and enjoy a festive bonfire! 

(There is no charge for this event, but registration is mandatory.  Transportation is available for those who register before Friday, September 24th.  Vans will depart Kaufman parking lot promptly at 4:30 pm.  To RSVP, contact Lori Loudon at (717)-254-8963 or loudonl@dickinson.edu 

]]> Hillel Students: Selling Challah http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Hillel-Students---Selling-Challah/?blogid=10737419090 Hillel will be selling Challah this Friday, September 24th, in the lower level of the HUB from 11 30 to 1 30. Make sure to come by and show your support for Hillel by buying a delicious $4 chocolate chip,

]]> 2010-09-22T13:40:07Z Celebration of Sukkot at the Asbell Center http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Celebration-of-Sukkot-at-the-Asbell-Center/?blogid=10737419090 Event Name Celebration of Sukkot Location Asbell Center for Jewish Life Event Type Miscellaneous Fee Free Teaser Services and

]]> 2010-09-22T10:29:34Z Event Name: Celebration of Sukkot Location: Asbell Center for Jewish Life Event Type: Miscellaneous Fee: Free Teaser: Services and a free pot-luck dinner Description: Sukkot, the Hebrew word for “hut” of “booth,” is sometimes referred to as the Jewish Thanksgiving. Beginning four days after Yom Kippur, it is the time when Jews give thanks for the fall harvest and commemorate the forty years of wandering in the desert. The holiday is celebrated with festive meals in a sukkah, which is a temporary hut that provides shade but also allows those in it to see the sky. The sukkah symbolizes the fragility of life. It also enables people to connect with Jewish history by replicating the type of structures in which those wandering the desert would have lived. The Asbell Center for Jewish Life will be celebrating Sukkot with the Beth Tikvah Congregation and Hillel students on Friday, September 24th, on the lawn between Weiss Center and the Asbell Center. Please come to enjoy the Sukkot Services and music by Eric Komar, Jewish musician from NJ. All are welcome! Phone: 717-254-8963 Email: loudonl@dickinson.edu Web:   Date/Time: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 - 6:00 PM
  ]]> Decorating the Sukkah at the Asbell Center http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Decorating-the-Sukkah-at-the-Asbell-Center/?blogid=10737419090  Do you like pizza? Do you like sunshine? If you answered yes to one or both of the questions, come eat some delicious pizza in the Sukkah We will also be decorating the Sukkah. Bring anything you'd like to decorate

]]> 2010-09-22T09:14:51Z  Do you like pizza? Do you like sunshine? If you answered yes to one or both of the questions, come eat some delicious pizza in the Sukkah! We will also be decorating the Sukkah. Bring anything you'd like to decorate the Sukkah with…we will also provide supplies for you to decorate it. We will meet in the Sukkah (outside, between Weiss and the Asbell Center) this Thursday, September 23rd, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. 

 

]]> Alan Fleishman - Author - Speaks about his Novel GOLIATH'S HEAD http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Alan-Fleishman---Author---Speaks-about-his-Novel-GOLIATH-S-HEAD/?blogid=10737419090   This Sunday, September 26th, at noon, Alan Fleishman – Author – Speaks about his Novel  GOLIATH’S HEAD  FREE BAGELS AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED  Event Name   Alan Fleishman Author Speaks about his Novel GOLIATH'S HEAD  Location   Asbell

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This Sunday, September 26th, at noon, Alan Fleishman – Author – Speaks about his Novel  GOLIATH’S HEAD 

FREE BAGELS AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED 

Event Name:  

Alan Fleishman - Author - Speaks about his Novel GOLIATH'S HEAD 

Location:  

Asbell Center for Jewish Life 

Event Type:  

Lecture/Discussion 

Fee:  

Free 

Teaser:  

GOLIATH'S HEAD revisits a profound time in Jewish History through the eyes of a Ukrainian Jew 

Description:  

GOLIATH'S HEAD tells the story of a search for courage and hope in the midst of crushing oppression. Avi Schneider is a Jewish boy growing up in Russia on the eve of early-twentieth-century revolution. He is only nine years old when he first meets his own personal devil, a brutal youngster who relished tormenting Jews. In the years that follow, Avi is the object of his tormentor's obsession. The story reaches a climax fourteen years later in 1905 when the Tsar instigates riots against the poor, teeming Jewish village.  

Phone:  

717-254-8963 

Email:  

loudonl@dickinson.edu 

Web:  

  

Date/Time: 

Sun, Sep 26, 2010 - 12:00 PM 

 

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!! 

]]> The KOVE: Certifiably delicious (Kosher-Vegan Food) http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/The-KOVE--Certifiably-delicious-(Kosher-Vegan-Food)/?blogid=10737419090   The KOVE Certifiably delicious (Kosher Vegan Food)  

]]> 2010-09-10T11:13:12Z  The KOVE: Certifiably delicious (Kosher-Vegan Food)

KOVE: Certifiably delicious (Kosher-Vegan Food) 

Keeping kosher doesn’t have to mean just matzo-ball soup, and vegan options today go far beyond simple salads or soy-cheese pizza. That’s why the Dining Hall includes the KOVE (kosher + vegan).

Certified by Star-K, an internationally recognized kosher-certification agency based in Baltimore, and overseen by two mashgichot (kosher food-preparation supervisors), the KOVE is open for lunch and dinner Sunday through Friday afternoon (no dinner served on Friday).

 

]]> Back To School: More Kosher Choices for College Students in 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Back-To-School--More-Kosher-Choices-for-College-Students-in-2010/?blogid=10737419090  See link below  http www.koshertoday.com news.asp#backtoschool  New York by Tova Ross  Back To School More Kosher Choices for College Students in 2010  New York by Tova Ross  Colleges and universities with traditionally large percentages of Jewish students, such as Columbia,

]]> 2010-09-08T08:57:41Z  See link below:

 http://www.koshertoday.com/news.asp#backtoschool 

New York by Tova Ross 

Back To School: More Kosher Choices for College Students in 2010 

New York by Tova Ross 

Colleges and universities with traditionally large percentages of Jewish students, such as Columbia, NYU, CUNY colleges, and the University of Pennsylvania, have always offered kosher food to their students, but now smaller colleges with typically fewer Jewish students are trying to bolster their Jewish population by offering kosher food in their dining halls for the first time. Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA has seen an increasing number of Jewish students attend its school, despite the fact that it is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church and named for the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America. To respond to the needs of kosher consumers, and to further push their growing reputation to the forefront of Jewish students, it recently opened The Noshery. Featuring two separate kitchens, Noshery North and Noshery South, meat or pareve/dairy meals are served to students and faculty at the college who keep kosher or have other dietary restrictions. The school plans to open the restaurant to the general public the following semester and to offer kosher catering. University spokesperson Mike Bruckner said, “Muhlenberg has an extremely active Jewish population, 37 percent of our student body is Jewish, and our college is very attractive to Jewish students from Maine to Virginia.” Rabbi David Wilensky, of Allentown’s Congregation Sons of Israel said that the restaurant will also be frequented by the community since there are no kosher restaurants in Allentown. 

Also in Pennsylvania, Dickinson College’s new kosher vegan eatery, innovatively called The KOVE, serves dishes such as falafel chicken, spicy corn chili, and lentil and brown rice casserole, rather than the stereotypical matzah ball soup or potato kugel. All the food is certified by the Star-K. 10 percent of Dickinson’s student body is Jewish. Stephanie Balmer, Dickinson’s Dean of Admissions, stated: “Given Dickinson's strong Judaic-studies program, Hebrew language and study abroad offerings in Israel and extraordinarily active Hillel chapter, we thought a certified-kosher dining option would further enrich Jewish life at the college.” West Virginia University (WVU) Dining Center started offering kosher food to students for the first time this semester, at the request of Sharon Sinay, the first student at the university to ever request this particular type of food. Sinay told WVU publication The Daily Athenaeum that “kosher is part of the Jewish religion…this is a big part of the American culture. I think it should be in every dining room and in every dorm so everyone will be able to eat.” Bradley University, in Peoria, Illinois, has also begun offering kosher food to students this semester. Rabbi Eli Langsam of Chabad, was enlisted to be the kosher supervisor at the two new kosher kitchens, one for meat and one for dairy. The food will also be available to the 700 Jews who reside in the city of Peoria. 

  

 

]]> Taglit-Birthright Trip to Israel http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Taglit-Birthright-Trip-to-Israel/?blogid=10737419090  Registration for the 2010 Taglit Birthright Trip to Israel is scheduled for September 14 for everyone and a day earlier (Sept. 13) for previous applicants. You must sign up quickly since spots are limited. It is vitally important that you

]]> 2010-09-01T15:45:59Z  Registration for the 2010 Taglit-Birthright Trip to Israel is scheduled for September 14 for everyone and a day earlier (Sept. 13) for previous applicants. You must sign up quickly since spots are limited. It is vitally important that you register - and pay your deposit - as soon as registration opens.  Waiting even a few days could result in being shut out of the process.   

 The Taglit-Birthright trip is a FREE 10 day trip to Israel sponsored through HILLEL. You must be a Jewish student to be eligible to go. This trip takes place sometime between the end of December and January. We will have more information on this after registration.

To register, go to "www.freeisraeltrip.org".  

   

 

]]> Asbell Center for Jewish Life Fall 2010 Events http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Asbell-Center-for-Jewish-Life-Fall-2010-Events/?blogid=10737419090 We hope that you will take advantage of the many wonderful opportunities offered by the Asbell Center for Jewish Life. The Asbell Center, located in an historic building on High Street, sponsors Shabbat and holiday celebrations, cultural programs, lectures, discussion

]]> 2010-08-26T15:05:46Z We hope that you will take advantage of the many wonderful opportunities offered by the Asbell Center for Jewish Life. The Asbell Center, located in an historic building on High Street, sponsors Shabbat and holiday celebrations, cultural programs, lectures, discussion groups, and social justice projects. In addition to serving as the home base for Hillel, the Asbell Center also hosts the kosher cooking club and the Jewish men’s group, both of which started just last year. 
Our building features a kosher kitchen, a beautiful sanctuary with stained glass windows, a third-floor lounge with TV room, and a living room/dining room where meetings, meals, seminars, and film screenings are held. We are introducing electronic card access this Fall, so that students will be able to use the building in the evenings and on weekends to do homework, plan activities, or just hang out!
In line with the college’s emphasis on “engaging the world,” we encourage students to travel to other places in order to experience different aspects of Jewish life. As a “Small and Mighty” Campus under Hillel International, we have slots for birthright trips to Israel—don’t miss the opportunity to spend ten days in the Jewish homeland!  For the third time, the Asbell Center is organizing an amazing Alternative Spring Break social action trip to South America under the auspices of Hillel Argentina. And throughout the year, we will offer exciting Jewish-themed day trips to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C.
There will be a number of options for the High Holidays. The local Reform congregation, Beth Tikvah, sponsors lay-led services on campus for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We will also obtain High Holy Day tickets to different Harrisburg-area synagogues and provide van transportation to those services. We will have two Rosh Hashanah dinners, one in the Asbell Center and one in the home of a local Carlisle family who host dozens of students each year. And we will have many other holiday celebrations as well, including a Break-the-Fast for Yom Kippur and a Sukkot observance at the college’s organic farm.
We hope to meet many students at some of the Orientation activities, including the cooking and art workshops on Friday, August 27th in the Asbell Center, the Shabbat service on Friday evening, August 27th in the Asbell Center, and the bagel brunch on Sunday, August 29th at 11:15 in the Depot!  Please see the Jewish Life Fall 2010 information below for details:

    

ASBELL CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE FALL 2010 

Events and holidays are open to all!!  Please stop by to visit our newly updated building and student lounge. 

   

Friday, August 27th, 1:00pm                        Discovering Dickinson 

Asbell Center                                                 (Cooking and Art workshops) 

   

Friday, August 27th, 6:00pm                        Hillel Shabbat Services 

Asbell Center                                                 (Refreshments to follow Service) 

   

Sunday, August 29th, 11:00 am                   Tour of the Asbell Center 

Asbell Center 

   

Sunday, August 29th, 11:15am                    Jewish Life Bagel Brunch 

Depot 

   

Wednesday, September 8th, 7:00pm        Erev Rosh Hashanah – Oneg to follow 

Memorial Hall                                                (For details please go to  

                                                                        http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/content/High-Holy-Days/ 

   

Wednesday, September 8th, 6:00pm         Rosh Hashanah dinner Celebration 

Asbell Center                                                 (Please email loudonl@dickinson.edu to make reservations) 

   

Wednesday, September 8th, 6:00pm         Rosh Hashanah dinner Celebration at Mr. & Mrs. Levin’s home 

                                                                        (Please email loudonl@dickinson.edu to make reservation) 

   

Thursday, September 9th, 9:30am             Rosh Hashanah Morning Service 

Memorial Hall                                                (For details please go to 

                                                                        http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/content/High-Holy-Days/ 

   

Friday, September 10th, 9:30am                Second Day Rosh Hashanah Service 

Asbell Center                                                (For details, please to  

                                                                        http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/content/High-Holy-Days/ 

   

Please go to http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/content/High-Holy-Days/ to view Harrisburg Services and van transportion info.  Please email loudonl@dickinson.edu to make reservations. 

   

Friday, September 17th, 7:00pm                Kol Nidre 

Stern Center 

   

Saturday, September 18th, 9:30am           Yom Kippur Morning Service 

Stern Center                                                 Yizkor Service – 11:00am 

                                                                         Chanting and Meditation Service – 4:00pm 

                                                                         Evening Service – 5:30pm 

   

Saturday, September 18th, 7:15pm           Break-the-Fast 

HUB SR-201-202 

   

]]> New Kosher Food Station at Dickinson College http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/New-Kosher-Food-Station-at-Dickinson-College/?blogid=10737419090 The KOVE Certifiably delicious (Kosher Vegan Food) With entrees such as falafel chicken, citrus London broil, soy burgers and lentil and brown rice casserole, Dickinson's new kosher vegan food station offers mouth watering mealtime alternatives that extend far beyond stereotypical kosher fare. “When you

]]> 2010-08-25T13:33:08Z The KOVE: Certifiably delicious (Kosher-Vegan Food)

With entrees such as falafel chicken, citrus London broil, soy burgers and lentil and brown rice casserole, Dickinson's new kosher-vegan food station offers mouth-watering mealtime alternatives that extend far beyond stereotypical kosher fare.

“When you walk down Giant’s kosher aisle, what do you see? A couple of jars of gefilte fish, matzo soup and egg noodles. But there’s so much more to the kosher diet,” observed kosher-food expert Louise Powers. “Anyone can eat kosher food, and we want to be sure it is tasty enough so anyone may want to. Food can be kosher and delicious.”

Powers and colleague Ricki Gold are kosher-food inspectors, or mashgiachs, from Star K, a nationally recognized kosher-certifying agency based in Baltimore.  They direct the new kosher kitchen at Dickinson, ensuring that all kosher and vegan food served at the new food bar meets their rigorous standards.

Dubbed the KOVE—a clever blend of “kosher” and “vegan”—the food bar offers one vegan entree and one kosher dairy, meat or fish entree at lunch and dinner. Thursday nights feature international kosher and vegan cuisine, and students enjoy comfort-food offerings on Sundays. Kosher entrees will also be available at college events, such as the upcoming barbecue. “The food also meets halal requirements, because we follow such strict guidelines,” said Gold.

All of the food is prepared under Powers' and Gold's watchful eyes. The two inspectors begin with certified-kosher ingredients, including meat, chicken and other ingredients from a Baltimore-based company, as well as from Harrisburg’s Feesers Foodservice Distributor. When possible, they use produce from the Dickinson College Farm and other local outlets.  

“We have to check all leafy vegetables—lettuce, spinach, broccoli—for insects, using a light box and magnifying glass. We also check eggs for blood spots. These are things that most people are not aware of, but we need to be very careful,” said Gold.

To ensure that all meat and dairy food is kept separate, the mashgiachs also supervise the chef in Dickinson's new kosher kitchen.

That kitchen appears to have been decorated by a harlequin jester: One half of the room, where meat is prepared, is painted red; the other, where dairy dishes are created, is blue. Each side features a complete set of major and minor appliances, dishes, utensils, cookware and bakeware—all color-coded, to avoid confusion when it's time to put the dishes and utensils away.

Powers notes that their hard work is more than worth it—and not just to those who keep kosher for religious reasons. “Many students who don’t keep kosher often enjoy the food, either because they perceive it to be more healthy, or because they just like the taste,” said Powers, explaining that the KOVE will feature college standbys, such as kosher hot dogs, hamburgers and pizza, as well as healthier options, such as salads and salmon brushed with a Jack Daniels sauce. “We’re hoping everyone will give it a try.”

To read the entire article on the new food stations and seating arrangements at the dining hall, please follow the link below:

 Read the article “Radical Dining”

]]> Photography Contest Winners Announced!! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Photography-Contest-Winners-Announced!!/?blogid=10737419090 The Asbell Center for Jewish Life is proud to announce our winners for the 1st Annual Photography Contest.  We received over 40 wonderful pictures, which made for some tough decisions.  We are proud to announce the following winners   First

]]> 2010-05-07T14:50:26Z The Asbell Center for Jewish Life is proud to announce the winners for the 1st Annual Photography Contest.  We received over 40 wonderful pictures, which made for some tough decisions.  We are proud to announce the following winners:  First Place:  Missy Reif,  Second Place:  Emily Weiner,  Third Place:  Kim Starfield,  Honorable Mention Winners:  Flo Kantt, Terri Soifer, Sarah Fields, and Missy Reif.  Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for this fun and exciting contest!!  Below are the winning photographs in order of placement:

Photo Contest - Missy Reif     Photo contest - Emily Weiner    Photo Contest - Kim Starfield                     

   Photo Contest - Flo Kantt    Photo Contest - Terri Soifer  Photo Contest - Sarah Fields  Photo Contest - Missy Reif #2

  

Congratulations!!!!!

]]> Jewish Perspective on Tattoos and Body Piercing http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Jewish-Perspective-on-Tattoos-and-Body-Piercing/?blogid=10737419090 Rabbi Ron Muroff will be leading a lunch discussion on Jewish perspective of tattoos and body piercing this Thursday, April 22nd, at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life, starting at 12 00 pm – 1 00 pm.  He will discuss

]]> 2010-04-20T16:06:56Z Rabbi Ron Muroff will be leading a lunch discussion on Jewish perspective of tattoos and body piercing this Thursday, April 22nd, at the Asbell Center for Jewish Life, starting at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.  He will discuss whether there is a debate within the sources about these things, is it always necessarily seen as self-mutilation or can the body be "beautified" in this way, and also about tattooed Holocaust numbers as the ultimate in degradation.  Please join us for pizza, salad, and drinks for lunch and enjoy the discussion.

 

]]> Bagel Brunch and Presentation by Lieutenant Colonel Doug Cherry http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Bagel-Brunch-and-Presentation-by-Lieutenant-Colonel-Doug-Cherry/?blogid=10737419090 Lieutenant Colonel Doug Cherry from the Army War College will give a presentation centering on Peacekeeping Operations in the Sinai. He will also answer questions on any aspect of the Army, including current events, the US military and their relationship

]]> 2010-04-12T14:41:32Z Lieutenant Colonel Doug Cherry from the Army War College will give a presentation centering on Peacekeeping Operations in the Sinai. He will also answer questions on any aspect of the Army, including current events, the US military and their relationship with the US government.

 

Lt. Col. Cherry has over twenty-six years of services. His areas of expertise are:

 

1)    Force development: The determination of requirements for future Army Force Structure and the design of those organizations.

2)    Combat development: The determination of requirements for future weapons systems/equipment – specializing in ground combat and logistics systems.

3)    Army strategist: Responsible to ensure that future Army plans (primarily force structure and material) are consistent with our national priorities as described in such documents as the National Security Strategy and the National Military Strategy.

 

Join us for this event at the Asbell Center on April 18th at noon.

 

]]> American Judaism's Past & Present Scorecard http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/American-Judaism-s-Past---Present-Scorecard/?blogid=10737419090 Through the history and metaphor of sports Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of "Judaism's Encounter with American Sports," explores issues of Jewish acceptance, integration and identity in America during the 20th and early 21st century. He will examine how a foreign

]]> 2010-04-12T14:30:04Z Through the history and metaphor of sports Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of "Judaism's Encounter with American Sports," explores issues of Jewish acceptance, integration and identity in America during the 20th and early 21st century. He will examine how a foreign cultural force, called "athleticism," entered into, competed with, and transformed Jewish life in the United States. There will be a catered meal following the lecture. Please rsvp to loudonl@dickinson.edu.  We hope to see you there!

]]> Holocaust Memorial Service - April 10, 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Holocaust-Memorial-Service---April-10,-2010/?blogid=10737419090 Yom Hashoah HolocaustGuest speaker Herbert Hane, second generation Holocaust survivor Event type Lecture DiscussionLocation Stern Great RoomFee Free Saturday, April 10th, 2010, 5 30 pm In its magnitude, the Holocaust stands as one of the prime cataclysmic events in our

]]> 2010-04-08T11:06:58Z Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Guest speaker: Herbert Hane, second-generation Holocaust survivor.  Event type: Lecture/Discussion.  Location: Stern Great Room.  Saturday, April 10th, 2010, 5:30 pm. 

In its magnitude, the Holocaust stands as one of the prime cataclysmic events in our time. It is unique, yet universal, providing lessons about the effects of hatred and intolerance. You will hear testimony from second-generation Holocaust survivor, Herbert Hane, who was born in Giessen, Germany.
For more information: 717-254-8963
Contact: loudonl@dickinson.edu

 

 

]]> PASSOVER SEDERS AT DICKINSON - 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/PASSOVER-SEDERS-AT-DICKINSON---2010/?blogid=10737419090 The eight day festival of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan.  It commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.  And, by following the

]]> 2010-03-22T16:12:08Z The eight-day festival of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan.  It commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.  And, by following the rituals of Passover, we have the ability to relive and experience the true freedom that our ancestor gained.  Please join us for the celebration of Passsover, the festival of freedom.  Passover begins this year on Monday, evening, March 29th.  There will be fun-filled Seders on both the First and Second nights of Passover.  Please see the following schedule:

Monday, March 29th:  1st Community Seder, 6:00 pm, sponsored by Hillel and Beth Tikvah, at Stern Center 102, catered by Dining Services (Student's Meal Plan/Adult $16/Children $8)

Tuesday, March 30th:  2nd Seder, 6:00 pm, Asbell Center for Jewish Life, catered by Ingram's Catering

Please RSVP to loudonl@dickinson.edu no later than noon on Friday, March 26th.

 

]]> Birthright Students - Great Trip!! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Birthright-Students---Great-Trip!!/?blogid=10737419090 Adrian Majlis, Michael Neuberg, Ana Rader, Jennifer Saber, and Kim Starfield were selected for the Birthright Trip to Israel that took place at the end of December.  They met new Israeli friends who traveled with them providing a first hand

]]> 2010-03-16T15:53:27Z Adrian Majlis, Michael Neuberg, Ana Rader, Jennifer Saber, and Kim Starfield were selected for the Birthright Trip to Israel that took place at the end of December.  They met new Israeli friends who traveled with them providing a first hand look into Israel.  They attended a meeting at the Hebrew University, visited the Jewish People's memorial to those murdered during the Shoah (Holocaust), Israel's national cemetery where the leaders of the nation buried their solders who sacrificed their life for the nation, attended a show by the "Nalag'at" Theater Company, rode camels, and walked the famous desert stronghold overlooking the Dead Sea complete with palaces of King Herod and the site of the last battle against the Romans during the First uprising.  They had an absolutely wonderful and exciting experience, and recommend anyone who qualifies for this trip to register as soon as the next opportunity comes up!!

Birthright 2010 #4          Birthright 2010 #3

Birthright 2010 #2        Birthright 2010 #1

]]> Dickinson's Fourth Annual Multicultural Seder a Success!! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Dickinson-s-Fourth-Annual-Multicultural-Seder-a-Success!!/?blogid=10737419090 Many students joined together on March 8th to celebrate the many cultures represented on Dickinson's campus as they commemorated the ways in which people around the world have struggled to be free.  The annual dinner allows Dickinsonians to share a

]]> 2010-03-16T15:08:53Z Many students joined together on March 8th to celebrate the many cultures represented on Dickinson's campus as they commemorated the ways in which people around the world have struggled to be free.  The annual dinner allows Dickinsonians to share a meal along with stories and insights about various cultures.  It is modeled after the Jewish seder, a ceremonial dinner held during Passover, in which Jews eat traditional foods and recall their forefathers' exodus from Egypt. The Multicultural Seder was sponsored by Hillel, Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life, Student Senate, Office of Diversity Initiatives, Office of Religious Life and Community Service, and the Departments of Judaic Studies and Religion.

Multicultural Seder EMulticultural Seder B

Multicultural Seder DMutlicultural Seder A

]]> March 2010 Jewish Life Calendar of Events http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/March-2010-Jewish-Life-Calendar-of-Events/?blogid=10737419090   Jewish Life March 2010   Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat   1 2 3 4 5 6   Challah Selling for Haiti. 11 30 AM – 1 00 PM. HUB Lower Level   Hillel Café. 8 00

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Challah Selling for Haiti. 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. HUB Lower Level

 

Hillel Café. 8:00 – 9:00. Asbell Center 3rd Floor

 

Kosher Cooking Club – 4:30 PM Asbell Center

Asbell Center Board Meeting – 6:00 PM at the Asbell Center

Shabbat Dinner and Service led by Eric Rosenstein

 

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Bagel Brunch and Treasurer Election. 12:00 – 1:00 Asbell Center

Multi Cultural Seder. 6:00 – 8:00. Social Hall

Challah Selling for Haiti. 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. HUB Lower Level

 

 

 

Shabbat Services
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Spring Break Trip to OZ Farm.


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Challah Selling for Haiti. 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. HUB Lower Level

Hillel Café. 8:00 – 9:00. Asbell Center 3rd Floor

 

 

Relay for Life – Sign up for the Hillel/Achim Team!

Shabbat Services with Eric Komar 7:15 – Asbell Center

 

 

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Challah Selling for Haiti. 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. HUB Lower Level

Passover – 6:00 PM Stern 102

 

Kosher Cooking Club – 4:30 PM Asbell Center

 

  

 

 

]]> Official Rabbi of the 2010 Winter Olympics!! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Official-Rabbi-of-the-2010-Winter-Olympics!!/?blogid=10737419090   Rabbi Shmuel Birnham '76 was appointed official rabbi of the 2010 Olympics.  Shmuel Birnham '76 was recently named official Jewish clergyman of the 2010 Winter Olympics. And as he counts down the days until the opening ceremony, he says he

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Rabbi Shmuel Birnham
Rabbi Shmuel Birnham '76 was appointed official rabbi of the 2010 Olympics.

 

Shmuel Birnham '76 was recently named official Jewish clergyman of the 2010 Winter Olympics. And as he counts down the days until the opening ceremony, he says he looks forward to offering spiritual support to the finest young athletes in the world.

“I’ve had some good conversations in the multifaith planning-committee meetings, and at the Olympic villages, with clergy from other faiths," he says, speaking by phone from Vancouver, host city of the 2010 Winter Games. "And any time religious persons from different faiths work well together—respectfully, collaboratively, creatively—you have something good going on. Significant things can, and do, happen.”

That’s a fitting stance for a man who is poised to work with athletes and clergy from all over the world. But, in fact, it's a philosophy he’s voiced often in his two-decade rabbinical career—a career that took root during his days as a Dickinson student.

A Gradual Awakening
A Long Island native, Birnham was raised in a family that did not attend synagogue, and identified himself as a Jewish atheist when he was a teen. But an epiphany during his first year at Dickinson inspired him to change his spiritual tune.

Birnham was hiking with four classmates in Yellowstone National Park when he had a powerful religious experience. Later, he experienced similar feelings of spiritual connection while competing on Dickinson’s NCAA men’s cross-country and men’s-track teams. “I wasn’t a top runner, but I had some truly transcendent moments while running,” he recalled. “I had a true sense of something beyond me.”

On leaving Dickinson and entering the workforce, sociology degree in tow, Birnham vowed to plumb that spiritual sense. Three years, and a brief business career later, he traveled to Israel, where he studied and lived in a kibbutz. After earning a master’s degree and ordination from New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary, he went to his first congregation, in Asheville, NC.

Today, Birnham serves a congregation in West Vancouver, a city well-known for its strong and vibrant Jewish population. And, he actively works to promote understanding between faiths. As a result, he was a speaker and participant at a retreat during the Dalai Lama’s 2004 visit to Canada. And, his public work attracted the attention of the Olympics’ multi-faith committee. A new opportunity transpired.

Hard-Won Empathy
As head of a team of Olympic rabbis, Birnham looks forward to helping young athletes deal with family crises that may arise, and with the unique stresses and pressures of high-stakes competition on the international stage. And he believes his experiences as a Dickinson student-athlete will inform this work.

While he stresses that his time competing at the NCAA level cannot compare to the Olympic experience, it certainly does help him inhabit the athletes’ mindsets. And, as a second-place-ribbon-earning athlete whose final running season was shut down prematurely due to illness, Birnham can also well understand the devastation of athletic opportunities lost.

“Not many of these athletes will get the gold medal. Most people are going to lose, even though they’re the top athletes in the world,” Birnham observes. “We're there to help them through it … it’s a rare honor and a rare responsibility."


]]> Kosher Food at Dickinson http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Kosher-Food-at-Dickinson/?blogid=10737419090 We are in the process of introducing Kosher food at Dickinson College  More information will be available soon.  We will keep you posted.

]]> 2010-02-18T16:37:05Z We are in the process of introducing Kosher food at Dickinson College!!  More information will be available soon.  We will keep you posted.

]]> Jewish Life Photography Contest http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Jewish-Life-Photography-Contest/?blogid=10737419090 The Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life presents "Jewish Life Photography Contest"   The photography is open to all students and will be judged based on technical quality, subject matter, content, composition, and originality.  There will be prizes award

]]> 2010-02-17T14:08:50Z The Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life presents "Jewish Life Photography Contest"!!!  The photography contest is open to all students and will be judged based on technical quality, subject matter, content, composition, and originality.  There will be prizes awarded to the top three photographs selected to be displayed in the newly renovated Asbell Center Lounge.  The three prizes are brand new cameras!!  Photos mush have a Jewish theme.  Submissions should be sent to jewishlife@dickinson.edu along with contact information.  All submissions must be received by April 1, 2010.

]]> Birthright Trip to Israel - OPEN REGISTRATION STARTS SOON! http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Birthright-Trip-to-Israel---OPEN-REGISTRATION-STARTS-SOON!/?blogid=10737419090 The Birthright Trip to Israel for Spring 2010 will open for Registration on February 17th. Check back for more information soon.

]]> 2010-02-04T13:51:31Z The Birthright Trip to Israel for Spring 2010 will open for Registration on February 17th. Check back for more information soon.

]]> Deli Night with Comedian Dave Goldstein on February 6, 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Deli-Night-with-Comedian-Dave-Goldstein-on-February-6,-2010/?blogid=10737419090 Comedian Dave Goldstein will be performing at the Dickinson College Depot on Saturday, February 6th, from 10 00 pm. 1 00 am.  You may recognize him from one of his 12 appearances on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien.  His stage

]]> 2010-01-18T14:16:59Z Comedian Dave Goldstein will be performing at the Dickinson College Depot on Saturday, February 6th, from 10:30 pm. to 1:00 am. Doors will open at 10:00 pm for students to enjoy the Kosher Deli Trays from New York City. You may recognize him from one of his 12 appearances on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien.  His stage act is a blend of original intelligent writing and inspired live riffs.  He has performed stand up comedy on The Comedy Network, XM Satellite Radio, The National Lampoon Radio Network and Comedy.net.  He was also an original member of the improv group Far Beneath Gotham in New York City.  Dave, whose career has taken him across the United States, Canada and Europe, first performed publicly at 13 as a guest of disc jockey New Orleans Slick on WFEC in his home town of Harrisburg, PA.  Tickets sold at door:  $2 (All proceeds will go to the Haiti Relief Fund)

]]> Asbell Center Common Hour with Sara Felder on February 18, 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Asbell-Center-Common-Hour-with-Sara-Felder-on-February-18,-2010/?blogid=10737419090 Juggler, comedian and performance artist Sara Felder brings a fresh perspective, witty monologues and very sharp knives to her unique performance.  With circus tricks and a queer sensibility, Sara's show juggles Jewish traditions, GLBT issues and American Life.  Common Hour

]]> 2010-01-04T15:50:18Z Juggler, comedian and performance artist Sara Felder brings a fresh perspective, witty monologues and very sharp knives to her unique performance.  With circus tricks and a queer sensibility, Sara's show juggles Jewish traditions, GLBT issues and American Life.  Common Hour performance starts at 12:00 pm at the Weiss Center on Thursday, February 18th.

]]> Multi-Cultural Seder on March 8, 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Multi-Cultural-Seder-on-March-8,-2010/?blogid=10737419090 The Multi Cultural Seder will be held on Monday, March 8th, from 6 00 pm to 8 00 pm in the Social Hall.  Enjoy food and music provided by David Chevan and the Afro Semitic Experience Band.

]]> 2010-01-04T15:45:02Z The Multi-Cultural Seder will be held on Monday, March 8th, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Social Hall.  Enjoy food and music provided by David Chevan and the Afro Semitic Experience Band.

]]> Art Spiegelman on February 4, 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Art-Spiegelman-on-February-4,-2010/?blogid=10737419090 Art Spiegelman will be at the Clarke Forum on February 4, 2010, at 7 00 pm.

]]> 2010-01-04T15:40:51Z Art Spiegelman: Comix 101.1 - Thursday, February 4, 7:00 p.m. at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) Auditorium

In his lecture "Comix 101.1," Spiegelman takes his audience on a chronological tour of the evolution of comics, all the while explaining the value of his medium and why it should not be ignored.  He believes that in our post-literate culture the importance of the comic is on the rise, for "comics echo the way the brain works."

 

 

]]> Tu Bi-Shevat Celebration with Musician Eric Komar on January 29, 2010 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Tu-Bi-Shevat-Celebration-with-Musician-Eric-Komar-on-January-29,-2010/?blogid=10737419090 Celebrate Tu Bi Shevat at the Asbell Center on Friday, January 29th, from 5 30 7 30, with Eric Comer, a Jewish musician from the New Jersey area.  Tu Bi Shevat is a time of celebrating the promise of spring,

]]> 2010-01-04T15:34:47Z Celebrate Tu Bi-Shevat at Memorial Hall on Friday, January 29th, from 6:30 to 8:30, with Eric Komar, a Jewish musician from the New Jersey area.  Tu Bi-Shevat is a time of celebrating the promise of spring, when the trees will again bloom and leaf.  This holiday is the beginning of the annual cycle for trees - their New Year.  Food will be provided.  All are welcome to join in the festivities. 

]]> Gary Rosenthal Project http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Gary-Rosenthal-Project/?blogid=10737419090 The Hiddur Mitzvah Project from the Gary Rosenthal Collection.  Special Guest Appearance by Gary Rosenthal at Beth El Temple, Harrisburg, on September 13, 2009 From left to right   Florencia Cabral, Jen Anolik, Julieta Rabinovich, Ethan Grosso, Nina Geller, and

]]> 2009-12-15T14:51:44Z The Hiddur Mitzvah Project from the Gary Rosenthal Collection.  Special Guest Appearance by Gary Rosenthal at Beth El Temple, Harrisburg, on September 13, 2009

From left to right:  Florencia Cabral, Jen Anolik, Julieta Rabinovich, Ethan Grosso, Nina Geller, and Moriah Zuckerman

Gary Rosenthal Event at Beth El Temple

]]> Hanukkah Party http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Hanukkah-Party/?blogid=10737419090 Come join us on Thursday, December 10th, at 25 27 W. Hight Street, starting at 8 00 p.m., for a traditional Hanukkah party with food, desserts, and dancing.

]]> 2009-11-25T09:34:13Z Come join us on Thursday, December 10th, at 25-27 W. Hight Street, starting at 8:00 p.m., for a traditional Hanukkah party with food, desserts, and dancing.

]]> Trip to Holocaust Museum in D.C. http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Trip-to-Holocaust-Museum-in-D-C-/?blogid=10737419090 Join us on Saturday, December 5th, for a bus trip to Washington, D.C., and the Holocaust Museum.  Leave from ATS at 8 00 a.m., spend the morning and lunch on your own in D.C., then join up at 1 00

]]> 2009-11-25T09:32:24Z Join us on Saturday, December 5th, for a bus trip to Washington, D.C., and the Holocaust Museum.  Leave from ATS at 8:00 a.m., spend the morning and lunch on your own in D.C., then join up at 1:00 p.m. at the Holocaust Museum for the tour.  We will return to Dickinson by 6:30 p.m.  Deposit is $10 and returned on the bus.  Sign up in the Campus Life Office and complete trip forms.

]]> Shabbat Services - Beth Tikvah Congregation http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Shabbat-Services---Beth-Tikvah-Congregation/?blogid=10737419090 Congregation Beth Tikvah, Reform affiliated, meets at 7 15 p.m. for Friday night services.  With lay leaders conducting the services, members of the congregation rotate responsibilities for leading D'var Torah.  The services are informal and they welcome students and members of

]]> 2009-11-25T09:29:23Z Congregation Beth Tikvah, Reform-affiliated, meets at 7:15 p.m. for Friday night services.  With lay leaders conducting the services, members of the congregation rotate responsibilities for leading D'var Torah.  The services are informal and they welcome students and members of the community to join them.

 

 

]]> World Music Concert - November 12, 2009 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/World-Music-Concert---November-12,-2009/?blogid=10737419090 Common Hour Presented by the Asbell Center Location   Weiss Center Phyllis Chapell, guitar and Ken Ulansey, Horn     Phyllis Chapell performs an unique mix of originals, folk, jazz and international music, including sings in up to 12 languages from Brazil,

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World Music Change #1

Common Hour Presented by the Asbell Center

Location:  Weiss Center

Phyllis Chapell, guitar and Ken Ulansey, Horn

    Phyllis Chapell performs an unique mix of originals, folk, jazz and international music, including sings in up to 12 languages from Brazil, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.  She has performed in concert throughout the East Coast, the Midwest, in Brazil, Latin America, Mexico, and in Europe--and has released many CDs as a solo and with her work jazz ensemble Siora.

    Ken Ulansey is considered one of the most joyous, virtuosic of horn players anywhere, with the ability to play in a multitude of styles, including classical, jazz, latin, folk, and popular music.  A Pennsylvania Council for the Arts winner and Pew Grant finalist, he plays alto and soprano sax and penniwhistle.

]]> Dr. Hasia Diner - November 11, 2009 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Dr--Hasia-Diner---November-11,-2009/?blogid=10737419090   "American Jewish History"    Hasia Diner is the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, with joint appointment in the department of history and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.  She

]]> 2009-11-23T16:11:41Z  Dr. Hasia Diner

"American Jewish History"  -  Hasia Diner is the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, with joint appointment in the department of history and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies.  She is also director of the Goldstein Goren Center for American Jewish History.  She has built her scholarly career around the study of American Jewish history, American immigration and ethnic history, and the history of American women.  She has written about the ways in which American Jews in the early twentieth century reacted to the issue of race and the suffering of African Americans, and the process by which American Jews came to invest deep meaning in New York's Lower East Side.  Her most recent book addresses post-World War II American Jews, in the period up to 1962, and their intense engagement with the Holocaust.  She has also written about other immigrant groups and the contours of their migration and settlement, including a study of Irish immigrant women and of Irish, Italian, and east European Jewish foodways.

]]> Guest Speaker at Asbell Center - September 17, 2009 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Guest-Speaker-at-Asbell-Center---September-17,-2009/?blogid=10737419090           Israeli Playwright, Doran Ben Atar, talks about his new play, Peace Warriors, with Hillel and Judaic Studies students         from left   Jake, Doron, and Eli

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Doron Ben-Atar

        Israeli Playwright, Doran Ben-Atar, talks about his new play, Peace Warriors, with Hillel and Judaic Studies students

        from left:  Jake, Doron, and Eli

]]> HILLEL DIRECTORS WITH WAYNE FIRESTONE http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/HILLEL-DIRECTORS-WITH-WAYNE-FIRESTONE/?blogid=10737419090   from left, bottom row   Bonnie Cramer, Union College Deb Greiger, Director of the Soref Initiative, Hillel International Patti Sheinman, Wellesley College Ted Mewin, Dickinson College from left, top row   Marc Bragin, Kenyon College Bruce Bromberg Seltzer, Smith

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Small and Mighty Change #1

from left, bottom row:  Bonnie Cramer, Union College; Deb Geiger, Director of the Soref Initiative, Hillel International; Patti Sheinman, Wellesley College; Ted Merwin, Dickinson College

from left, top row:  Marc Bragin, Kenyon College; Bruce Bromberg Seltzer, Smith/Amherst Colleges; Wayne Firestone, President, Hillel International; Nancy Luberoff, Elon College

 

]]> Discovering Dickinson - Fall 2009 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Discovering-Dickinson---Fall-2009/?blogid=10737419090 Students learn how to cook kosher cuisine.  Each year, a student run cooking club prepares a kosher meal that all students are invited to enjoy.                                         

]]> 2009-11-23T15:50:37Z The kosher cooking class was held in the kitchen of the Milton B. Asbell Center for Jewish Life.  Located on the campus of Dickinson College, the center brings together students, faculty and community members to celebrate the Jewish culture and faith.

Orientation Day #2 Change #1                   Orientation Day #1 Change #1                     Orientation Day #3 Change #1

Students learn how to cook kosher cuisine.  Each year, a student-run cooking club prepares a kosher meal that all students are invited to enjoy.

 

]]> Bagel Brunch - August 30, 2009 http://www.dickinson.edu/student-life/resources/asbell-center/Asbell-Center/Bagel-Brunch----August-30,-2009/?blogid=10737419090 Over 100 students attended this wonderful welcoming Bagel Brunch held on Sunday, August 30, 2009, on the lawn of the Asbell Center for Jewish Life.

]]> 2009-11-23T15:47:53Z Over 100 students attended this wonderful welcoming Bagel Brunch held on Sunday, August 30, 2009, on the lawn of the Asbell Center for Jewish Life.

Bagel Brunch in August(1)

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