September 2009

Tuesday, September 1:

• Welcome Week begins at the U of M

Friday, September 4:

• Refresh Yourself Fair

Saturday, September 5

• Community Service Welcome Week Sessions at Hillel
• Student Activities Fair

Monday, September 7

• Opening BBQ

Wednesday, September 9

• Hillel's Taglit Birthright Israel Trip registration opens

Thursday or Friday, September 10th or 11th

• Paint the Bridge

Friday, September 11

• First Shabbat of the year!

Sunday, September 13

• Apple Picking!


• St. Paul UJFC Kickoff

Monday, September 14

• Come into Hillel today for a FREE apple treat like apple pie, apples and honey, caramel apples.

Tuesday, September 15

• Come into Hillel today for a FREE apple treat like apple pie, apples and honey, caramel apples.

Wednesday, September 16

• Come into Hillel today for a FREE apple treat like apple pie, apples and honey, caramel apples.


• Student Activities Fair at Coffman Memorial Union

Thursday, September 17

• Come into Hillel today for a FREE apple treat like apple pie, apples and honey, caramel apples.


• Interactive Apple Baking


• Exercising your Spirituality

Friday, September 18

• Come into Hillel today for a FREE apple treat like apple pie, apples and honey, caramel apples.


• Rosh Hashana Dinner and Services

Saturday, September 19

• Rosh Hashana Morning Service- 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 20

• Rosh Hashana New Year's picnic and walk by the river

Tuesday, September 22

• Come Hungry
• Student Activity Fair at the St. Paul Student Center
• Hillel LIFE. First Session. 7pm.

Wednesday, September 23

• Food for Thought

Friday, September 25

• Coffee Talk

Sunday, September 27

• Yom Kippur (eve)

Monday, September 28

• Yom Kippur Morning Service
• Yom Kippur discussion with Phil Sherman, Rabbinical Student
• Yom Kippur Closing Service, with light break-fast to follow.

Tuesday, September 29

• Build the Sukkah!

October 2009

Thursday, October 1

• Ice Cream Social in the Sukkah!
• Living Torah: more than what you learned in Hebrew School.

Friday, October 2

• Sukkot Shabbat

Tuesday, October 6

• Laughter Yoga
• Hillel LIFE. Second Session.
Wednesday, October 7

• Hillel (Adult) Board Meeting. Everyone welcome. 7pm.

Thursday, October 8

• Living Torah: more than what you learned in Hebrew School.

Friday, October 9

• Coffee Talk


• Alternative Shabbat

Tuesday, October 13

• Come Hungry
Thursday, October 15

• Food for Thought: "What is a Jew"


• First Year Dinner

Sunday, October 18

• Disney A Cappella Auditions
Tuesday, October 20

• Laughter Yoga
• Hillel LIFE. Third Session.
Thursday, October 22

• Living Torah: more than what you learned in Hebrew School.

Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24

• Ultimate Shabbat Experience

Thursday, October 29

• Living Torah: more than what you learned in Hebrew School.

Friday, October 30

• Coffee Talk

November 2009

• Laughter Yoga
• Hillel LIFE. Fourth Session.

• Living Torah: more than what you learned in Hebrew School.

• Milgrom Shabbat

• Come Hungry

• Taglit-Birthright Israel photo gallery opening

• Coffee Talk

• Laughter Yoga-- cancelled for this week! Please join us on Dec. 1
• Hillel LIFE. Fifth Session.

• First Year Bowling

• Food For Thought- "What Type of Jew are You?"
• Living Torah: more than what you learned in Hebrew School.

• Traditional Shabbat. Services at 6pm, Dinner at 7. FREE for Students. Sponsored by Chuck and Yvonne Selcer, in loving memory of Susie Selcer.

• Minneapolis Jewish Federation's Super Sunday. Volunteer with us! Contact Alison at Alison@ujews.com or email or call Miranda (tmiranda@mplsfed.org), 952.417.2328

• Dangers of a Nuclear Iran

January 2010

• Winter BBQ

• Jewish Culture Month Meeting

• Come Hungry meeting

• Israel themed Shabbat

• Israeli Cooking in Territorial Hall

• Jewish Culture Month Meeting

Friday, January 29

• Coffee Talk


• Alternative Sustainability Shabbat

February 2010

• Hillel Life

• Jewish Culture Month Meeting


• Board of Director's Meeting. 7pm. Open to the public.

• Liberal Shabbat, sponsored by the Uppermidwest region of Hadassah

• Jewish Culture Month Meeting

• First Year Event: Tye Dye-ing

• Coffee Talk

• First of Adar! Get excited!

• Jewish Culture Month Event: Matzo Ball soup giveaway on the Mall. 11-1pm


• Laughter Yoga


• Hillel Life (Second Session)

• Jewish Culture Month Event:The Tribe short film showing!

• Come Hungry
• Knead Challah? (Learn how to make Challah). 7pm. Hillel.
• Sentenced to Marriage Movie

• Traditional Shabbat

• Special Lecture Event: Khaled Abu Toameh

• Israel Study Abroad info session

• Purim Masquerade Party

• Coffee Talk- at multiple locations!

• Megillah Reading

March 2010

• Hillel Life (Third Session)

• Shabbat Kit Giveaway!

• Student Elections for Hillel's 2010-2011 student board, 5pm, everyone welcome to come and vote!

• Learner's Shabbat with Bible Raps!

• Hungry? Stop by any of the UDS Residential Resturants for Falafel between 4:30-7pm

• Bizarre College Cuisine with Andrew Zimmern and Rudy Maxa

• Hillel Life (Fourth Session)

• NEW LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY for Interested Students!
• First Year Bowling

• Coffee Talk

• Passover Seder

April 2010

• Come Hungry

• Passover Shabbat

• Semitic Idol Competition filming

• Blood Drive

• JINGLE (Jewish and Single)

• Liberal Shabbat

• Yom Hashoa (Holocaust Rememberance Day)

• LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY for Interested Students!

• Hillel Life (Fifth Session)

• Never Again, Never Forget: A unique opportunity

• Coffee Talk

• First Year Sunday Sundae Social

• Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) Event

• LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY for Interested Students!

• Come Hungry -last one of the semester

• Traditional Shabbat, sponsored by The Israel Program Center of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation

• Hillel Life (Sixth Session)

• Semitic Idol V!

• Coffee Talk-- Last session of the semester!

May 2010

• Hillel Life (Final Session)

• Board of Directors Meeting. 7pm. Everyone Welcome!

• End of the Year BBQ

• Showing of Unsettled: the movie

• Final Shabbat/Senior Shabbat

• Study Extravaganza

• Study Extravaganza