Monthly Archives: September 2010
This week at UBC
Week of September 20, 2010 Monday – Jewish Students Association Meeting at Hillel House, 5 p.m. Tuesday –Sukkah building at Hillel. Come and put your engineering skills to spiritual use, 4 – 6 p.m. Wednesday –Free Kosher BBQ! 12 – 2 p.m. Wednesday – Israel Awareness Club Meeting, Hillel House, 5 p.m. Wednesday to Friday [...]
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Student of the Week : Adi Burton
Name: Adi Burton Academic major/minor: Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Philosophy (UBC) Year: Three Hometown: Richmond, BC Previous education: Magee Secondary School Hillel involvement: I co-organized the 2008 Hillel Holocaust Awareness Week (with Stand UBC) Hobbies/Interests: Literature, film (the very good and the truly awful), music, art, travelling…blah blah blah Volunteering: Stand UBC/Stand Canada (raising [...]
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This Week at UVic
Week of September 13, 2010 MONDAY – First general meeting at the Hillel House (4012 Dawnview Crescent). We will talk about upcoming events, and what we all want to achieve this year, for both Israel on Campus, and for those interested, the Jewish Student Association as well. Not sure if you want to be involved, [...]
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Staff Blog: Pat Johnson, Program Manager
Building Homes, Building Leaders Students at UVic and SFU will forgive Hillel staff if there seemed to be a bit of an attention surplus given to UBC last week. The opening of the new Hillel House: The Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life is a monumental turning point in the history of our organization. [...]
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This Week at SFU
Week of September 13, 2010 TUESDAY – Birthright Registration opens for Winter 2010-11 FREE trips to Israel. All details at israelforfree.com. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY – Club Days at Burnaby Mountain. Drop by the Hillel booth and bring friends to sign up. Volunteers still needed to staff Club Day booths. WEDNESDAY – HOT LUNCH SFU Hillel’s [...]
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This Week at UBC
Week of September 13, 2010 Some big happenings this week, from the first club meetings of the year (Monday) and Birthright registration (Tuesday) to the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar (Yom Kippur begins sundown Friday). NOTE changed day for Hot Lunch! MONDAY – Jewish Students Association general meeting, 5 p.m.; Israel Awareness Club [...]
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Student of the Week: Visnja Milidragovic
Name: Visnja Milidragovic Academic major/minor: Publishing (Master’s), SFU Year: 2011 Hometown: Vancouver, BC Birthplace: Sarajevo, Bosnia Previous education: BA, English (UBC, 2009) Hillel involvement: Although I never held an official position, you could find me at the Hillel House almost every single day welcoming newcomers, promoting events, and making friends. Hillel was the epicenter of [...]
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STUDENTS CUT RIBBON AT UBC HILLEL
Diamond Foundation Centre Opens Doors to New Epoch Grand Inaugural For Community October 17 The new Hillel House: The Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life at the University of B.C. opened last week with a ribbon-cutting for students on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. “It is so fitting that we are opening this building [...]
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Start Up Nation Book Club
Author Speaks to Hillel Gala November 21 In one of this community’s widest reaching examples of shared experience, thousands of Jewish British Columbians are reading Start-Up Nation, the landmark book about Israel’s economic miracle. Start-Up Nation, by Dan Senor and Saul Singer, was already catching fire when local philanthropists Joseph and Rosalie Segal sponsored copies [...]
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