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...Harvard Hillel sponsored a talk by Auschwitz survivor Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold, director emeritus of Hillel, who spoke about his experience in the Holocaust. Members of Hillel will read names of the murdered from a microphone on the steps of Widener Library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m today. Hillel??s Rabb Hall will also be open for the lighting of remembrance candles and reflective meditation. —Staff writer Shifra B. Mincer can be reached at smincer@fas.harvard.edu...
...Jewish community with Judaism-oriented classes, activities, and, more recently, HUDS dinners a cut above standard fare since 1944. Its extra perks include the $8 million Hillel building’s prime Mt. Auburn Street location and flashy modern design. According to head Rabbi Avi Poupko, Hillel??s mission centers around the ideal of an open university community.Chabad, on the other hand, is relatively new to Harvard, arriving here in 1997. Its somewhat less glass-tacular base of operation—also the home of Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi and his wife, Elkie—is past Mather House...
...current president. Candidates each wrote position papers before the election outlining what they felt were the important issues to address in the coming year. Greenberg wrote in an e-mail that some of the major priorities included creating more leadership opportunities and the “integration of Hillel??s many disparate parts.” She also wrote that the organization would focus on “addressing the ever-present question of why students identify Jewishly but choose not to be part of our community.” Herbstman said that she was thrilled...
...Pinsky—who will be doing a similar reading this evening at the Harvard Hillel??also has a more academic following. Many critics consider the Boston University professor as important a modern American poet as William Carlos Williams, and in 1997, the Library of Congress selected Pinsky to be the nation’s ninth poet laureate. His translation of “The Inferno of Dante” also won awards from the L.A. Times and the Academy of American Poets...
...addition to serving as the Executive Vice President, Sassieni will also hold the title of Chief Operating Officer, taking care of the “nuts and bolts” of Hillel??s daily management, which will allow Steinberg and the board of directors to concentrate their energies on long-term goals...