Word: hillel
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Jewish student groups Alpha Epsilon Pi, Harvard Hillel, Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, and Harvard Students for Israel hosted a number of events yesterday to recognize the 61st anniversary of Israel’s independence. There was a barbeque at the MAC Quad, a “Cheap Eats for Grads” event at Hillel, and a film screening of the Israeli film “The Troupe”—all intended, organizers said, to bring people together and celebrate Israel Independence Day. For AEPi, a national fraternity committed to charity work, the barbeque event...
...small group of students gathered at the Harvard Hillel last night to discuss and sample Israeli Cuisine and learn about its evolution throughout the nation’s history. The talk, led by Naor Ben-Yehoyada, a teaching fellow for Social Analysis 70: “Food and Culture,” gave students a crash course in Israeli food and culinary traditions. The history of Jewish and Israeli food is largely intertwined with Israel’s turbulent history, but according to Ben-Yehoyada, “what we eat doesn’t travel along the same lines...
...worship, you might be interested in the Islamic Society Spring Dinner (Quincy Dining Hall, 8:30 p.m., $5), where there will be Iraqi and South Asian foods. But be sure to come in cultural attire. You can also join in on the Havdalah on the Charles (meet at Harvard Hillel, 8 p.m., free). There will be food...
...Claiming that Protestant Memorial Church is simply another outlet for religious life at Harvard—akin to the Harvard Hillel or the Catholic Student Center at St. Paul’s Church—is unrealistic. Memorial Church is favored not only because of its place in the center of Harvard Yard, but also because of Reverend Gomes’s presence at major university events. Although Gomes has done an exemplary job of negotiating this role in the past 30 years and building Memorial Church to the dynamic institution it is today, it is time for the church...
Harvard Hillel’s leaders quelled student concerns about a lack of rabbinic presence on campus last night at their second Coordinating Council meeting of the semester. The meeting, designated “Priorities of the Community,” was an open discussion in which Hillel members voiced their concerns regarding their organization’s response to the current financial downturn. Last night’s meeting was inspired in part by an e-mail sent by Hillel member Peter N. Ganong ’09 over the Hillel undergraduate mailing list in late February...