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Hillel's Weekly E-Newsletter 09/24:Birthright registration ends on 10/03!! - 24 Sep 2008

   
 
 

September 24, 2008

http://www.hillelsv.org

Welcome to Hillel of Silicon Valley’s Weekly E-Newsletter!

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All Hillel of Silicon Valley students are welcome and encouraged to attend any event listed at any campus!!

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in this issue

Hillel of Silicon Valley house/Special events outside the house

• High Holidays Info
• Second Night of Rosh Hashanah Dinner at Hillel
•  Get Ready for Rosh Hashanah at Hillel
• Meet our new Israel Fellow!
• Shabbat Dinner


San Jose State University

•  Get Ready for Rosh Hashanah at Hillel
• MUNCH (Monday Lunch) and JSU Tabling
• JSU Meeting
• Spartans for Israel meeting


Foothill College

• JIFF Tabling
• JIFF Meeting


De Anza College

• JIF Tabling
• “Apples and Honey”


Santa Clara University

• Shofar Factory!
• JSU advisor hosts Rosh Hashanah dinner


Santa Clara University-Law School

• Wine and Cheese: Networking night with JLSA


Job opportunities/Scholarships/Conferences

• babysitting jobs 1
• babysitting jobs 2
• babysitting jobs 3
• Great opportunity for MBA and JD students in Israel!!


Volunteer opportunities

• Great opportunity: Hillel of Silicon Valley Board of Directors
• Community Service Day
• Ushers for the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival

 
  Hillel of Silicon Valley house/Special events outside the house
High Holidays Info


Dear students,

Hillel of Silicon Valley can provide you free tickets to the synagogue of your choise. In order for you to get the tickets we need you to contact us ASAP and let us know what synagogue you would like to attend and when!

Rosh Hashanah meals:

Hillel of Silicon Valley is hosting the a FREE KOSHER dinner second night of Rosh Hashanah at the Hillel house at 7PM. This is on Tuesday, September 30th! Please RSVP to studentlife@hillelsv.org if you want to attend!

For the first night of Rosh Hashanah we have board and community members who would like to host students for dinner so please write to studentlife@hillelsv.org if you want to have dinner in one of the houses.

For Yom Kippur we will be hosting a break the fast at the Hillel house after services from 6 to 8PM.

 
Second Night of Rosh Hashanah Dinner at Hillel
Tuesday, September 30th from 7:00pm to 10:00pm

A dinner with your home away from home!

Hillel will be hosting a Rosh Hashanah Dinner at the Hillel house at 7pm on Tuesday the 30th, which is the second night of Rosh Hashanah. Join us to celebrate together the Jewish new Year,  EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
 
Get Ready for Rosh Hashanah at Hillel
Wednesday, September 24th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

A shot for the New Year!

Stop by Hillel on Wednesday the 24th at 7pm for honey shots and the opportunity to learn something new about Rosh Hashanah!
 
Meet our new Israel Fellow!


Shalom everyone!
For those of you who haven’t met me yet, my name is Zohar Porshyan and I am the new Israel Fellow for Hillel of Silicon Valley. I arrived here three weeks ago. I was able to come and work here through a partnership between the Jewish Agency and Hillel.
My role this year is to focus on all Israel related programs, activities, trips, and much more.
I hope to meet all of you soon.

Feel free to contact me anytime.

Zohar Porshyan - Israel Fellow
Hillel of Silicon Valley
israel@hillelsv.org / ( 408 ) 340-3491
 
Shabbat Dinner
Friday, September 26th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Friday nights are here again!

Food, friends and more food! Shabbat Dinner at Hillel is the only way to start off your weekend! Come at 7pm!
 
 
  San Jose State University
Get Ready for Rosh Hashanah at Hillel
Wednesday, September 24th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

A shot for the New Year!

Stop by Hillel on Wednesday the 24th at 7pm for honey shots and the opportunity to learn something new about Rosh Hashanah!
 
MUNCH (Monday Lunch) and JSU Tabling
Monday, September 29th from 11:30am to 1:30pm

Something sweet to add to your early week treat!

Stop by for the usual Munch and to help break in the New Year with apples and honey! We’ll be located on the grass next to the 7th Street BBQ Pits!!!
 
JSU Meeting
Thursday, October 2nd from 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Come give your input on JSU events and help plan upcoming events!
 
Spartans for Israel meeting
Thursday, October 2nd from 5:30pm to 6:30pm

Please Join us for our 1st meetung as we will be planning future events!

Student Union, Pacheco Room

 
 
  Foothill College
JIFF Tabling
Thursday, September 25th from 12:00pm to 2:00pm

A great way to get into the groove of things!

Come stop by the New Campus Center by the green umbrellas on campus to help kick off Welcome Week at Foothill! JIFF’s own Miriam will be belly dancing and there will also be bagels provided to nosh on.
 
JIFF Meeting
Monday, September 29th from 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Everyone is welcome!

JIFF will be having its first meeting of the year in room 2018 on Monday September 29th. Come and enjoy a free lunch while helping to plan programs for the fall semester.
 
 
  De Anza College
JIF Tabling
Monday, September 29th from 11:30am to 1:30pm

Get to know JIF!

Stop by the Main Quad on Monday, September 29th for information on upcoming JIF events and how you can travel to Israel this winter for FREE!
 
“Apples and Honey”
Wednesday, October 1st from 11:30am to 1:30pm

Party in the Main Quad with JIF!

Visit the Main Quad on Wednesday, October 1st and celebrate the New Year with JIF! There will be apples and honey shots!


 
 
  Santa Clara University
Shofar Factory!
Monday, September 29th from 11:30am to 1:30pm

The JSU and Campus Ministry invite you to our first Shofar Factory. Build your own shofar and take it home for FREE. Start celebrating the Jewish New Year with the JSU!

Location: Benson Center.

 
JSU advisor hosts Rosh Hashanah dinner


Michal Strutin, JSU advisor at SCU is hosting a Rosh Hashanah dinner for SCU students at her house. The dinner will take place during the first night of Rosh Hashanah (September 29th).

Please RSVP to Michal at: mstrutin@scu.edu by Friday 09/26 and you will get her address.

 
 
  Santa Clara University-Law School
Wine and Cheese: Networking night with JLSA
Wednesday, September 24th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm

It's that time of year again! Santa Clara's Jewish Law Student Association invites you to come meet and network with local attorneys and SCU Law students while enjoying wine, cheese, and other hors d'oeuvres!

Wednesday, September 24th, from 7-9pm in the foyer of the Arts and Sciences Building (the large modern structure with big glass windows across from Bannan).

If you have any questions, email us at scuJLSA@gmail.com
 
 
  Job opportunities/Scholarships/Conferences
babysitting jobs 1


Looking for female babysitter for two girls, ages 5 and 8 in sunnyvale on tuesday and thursday afternoons, includes pick up from school.

Contact Susan at: spacker@gmail.com

 

 
babysitting jobs 2


Looking for experienced female babysitter for Tu/Thurs Afternoons, from 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm in Sunnyvale for two girls, ages 5 and 8. Responsibilities include pick up from school. $12/hour.

Please contact me at k9nine@gmail.com

 

 
babysitting jobs 3


Wanted: Part-time nanny/driver for Palo Alto family's two really nice children, ages 8 and 11, on Monday and Thursday afternoons from 2:30 pm (sometimes 4pm) to 6pm. Would involve pick up from school, help with homework and simple meal prep. Must be kind, dependable and energetic, have own car, clean driving record and excellent references. Please contact lindafresco@hotmail.com
 
Great opportunity for MBA and JD students in Israel!!


Shalom !
Hillel International organizes an Alternative Break Program in Israel for Graduate students and student for MBA and JD. It is a “TZEDEK” (social action program) . The program is a week long in Israel and students get to do voluntary work there. Cost: $500.
More details in the next link: www.hillel.org/tzedek/altbreaks/Alt_break_israel_08-09.htm

Registration is now open, click here.


For questions and details
Zohar Porshyan
Israel Fellow-Hillel of Silicon Valley
israel@hillelsv.org
408-286-6669x16

 
 
  Volunteer opportunities
Great opportunity: Hillel of Silicon Valley Board of Directors


Are you interested in helping to set the direction of Hillel of Silicon Valley? The board very much wants student participation and student voices on the board. If you are willing and able to consistently attend monthly board meetings (Monday nights at 7:30 - usually the first or second Monday of the month) please contact Sue Maltiel at director@hillelsv.org or at 408-286-6669.
 
Community Service Day


The JCC is having a Community Service Day that I am organizing on October 12. We will be going to Starbird Park in San Jose from 10am-12pm and cleaning and gardening. We will then come back to the JCC and have a bagel lunch while we decorate the Sukkah.


Jason Goldstein
Teen Director
Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley
14855 Oka Road, Teen Lounge
Los Gatos, CA 95032
408-357-7497

 
Ushers for the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival


The Jewish Film Festival (SVJFF.org) at Camera 12 on Wednesday(7:30) night or Sundays(1,3,5,7) from late October through mid November.
Thank-you, Gary Zatkin . Gzatkin@sbcglobal.net or phone 226-4357
 
 
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Hillel of Silicon Valley is a beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley and the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties and a grantee of the Koret Foundation, Israel Peace Initiative, Hillel: FJCL, Myra Reinhard Family Foundation, David B. Gold Foundation and the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund

 

Hillel of Silicon Valley is a beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley and the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties and a grantee of the Koret Foundation, Israel Peace Initiative, Hillel: FJCL, Myra Reinhard Family Foundation, David B. Gold Foundation and the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund