Photo Album

Hillel students gather with student rabbi, Rebecca Pinsker, for the last shabbat service of the Spring semester

Jacob Balshan, singer, songwriter and guitarist performed a Spring Concert of Jewish Love Songs

Interfaith Discussion Passover

Congregants and pastors from different Christian churches in the Carlisle area gathered for a kosher lunch and presentation led by Profs. Ted Merwin and Andrea Lieber.

Rabbi Harold Robinson

B'nai Zion Congregation in Shreveport, LA as well as Rear Admiral in the Navy gave a lecture entitled "Just War Theory In The Jewish Tradition; Or What If They Gave A War And No One Came?"

Xu Xin, President, China Judaic Studies Association School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University speaks with students at a Friday night Shabbat dinner.

Joseph Berger,

Deputy Education Editor of the The New York Times gave a lecture entitled "Displaced Persons: The Holocaust Survivors In America" on December 2nd.

Arthur Kurzweil performed a "magic show" on November 17th, leading us through a unique exploration of both the world of illusions and the treasures of Jewish thought.

Black, Jewish and Inter-Racial

Katya Gibel Azoulay, Grinnell College was the Pincus lecturer on October 20th.

First Annual Regional Hillel Advisors Conference

Twelve Hillel coordinators from colleges and universities throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland gathered on September 7th to share ideas and discuss strategies for cooperative programming.

Interfaith Discussion of the Jewish High Holy Days

Congregants and pastors from six different Christian churches in the Carlisle area gathered on Sept. 21st for a deli lunch and presentation led by Profs. Ted Merwin and Andrea Lieber.

Sukkot

Rebecca Pinsker, Hillel's student rabbi, shows a young community member how to shake the lulav and etrog (palm frond and citrus fruit) at the annual Hillel/Beth Tikvah celebration of Sukkot, the Jewish harvest festival.

Dr. Robert Massa, Vice President Enrollment Management and College Relations and Professor Ted Merwin give a presentation to prospective Jewish students at the Jewish Community Center in Trenton, NJ on Sunday, October 24th

Left: Crossing High St. with the Torah scrolls to dedicate the center; Right: Students at the dedication ceremony

Left:Emeritus Prof. of Judaic Studies Ned Rosenbaum Right:Play-reading with playwright Jon Marans

Left:Family Weekend Bagel Brunch Right:President Durden talks to parents at bagel brunch

Left:Buffet at bagel brunch Right:Students with Hannah Merwin, daughter of Profs. Andrea Lieber & Ted Merwin

Left:Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre of New York doing play-reading Right:Rabbi Mitch Chefitz speaking on Jewish mysticism

Left:Yiddish folk-singer Adrienne Cooper Right:Klezmer trumpeter Frank London

Left:Building sukkah Right:Students with Gary Rosenthal working on the ark in his studio

Left:Students at the Dedication