Monthly Archives: March 2011

Student of the Week – Tmima Shupack

Name: Tmima Shupack Academic major/minor: Psychology / English Year: First Hometown: Seattle Washington Birthplace: Jerusalem, Israel Previous education: Northwest Yeshiva High school Hillel involvement: UBC Jewish Students Association president-elect Hobbies: painting, singing Volunteering: at Hillel, food bank, Jewish youth groups Nickname(s): Tmimers, Timtam, Tim, Timmy Non-required reading: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran [...]
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This Week at SFU

Week of March 28 TUESDAY Hot Lunch, Noon-2 p.m. WEDNESDAY Brews with Jews, Highland Pub, 5 p.m. MARK YOUR CALENDAR … NEXT WEEK several Holocaust Awareness events will take place at SFU … Watch for details or come by Hillel to volunteer.
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This Week at UBC

Week of March 28 HOLOCAUST AWARENESS WEEK at UBC EXHIBITION With Eyes to Know and Wisdom to See: Exploring Propaganda from Nazi Germany A three-day event featuring a superb original exhibit created by UBC Hillel students Monday, March 28th Tuesday, March 29th Thursday, March 31st At the UBC SUB building, Main Concourse HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEAKS [...]
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Student of the Week – Bar Laniado

Name: Bar Laniado Academic major: Health Sciences Year: 3rd Hometown: Vancouver Birthplace: Ramat Gan, Israel Can frequently be seen: in the gym Last movie: 127 hours Typical Friday night: Shabbat Dinner with the family Love/hate about your university: Love: Hillel, beautiful sunsets on the way down from the mountain Mode of transport: 145 Bus Typical [...]
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This Week at SFU

Week of March 21 TUESDAY Hot Lunch! 12 – 2 p.m. Vancouver Hillel-Hebrew University Lecture Series – 6 p.m. at UBC Hillel (Carpool from SFU) Featuring Merav Schiffer on “The Land of Honey” … The discovery of an Iron Age industrial apiary at Tel Rehov, Israel, revolutionizes our knowledge of this economic endeavour in general [...]
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This Week at UBC

Week of March 21 MONDAY Free breakfast and Israeli news update with Shaliach Ohad – 10 a.m. Shmooze with Shmulik – Noon Mixed Martial Arts – 3 p.m. Jewish Students Association meeting – 5 p.m. TUESDAY Vancouver Hillel-Hebrew University Lecture Series – 6 p.m. Featuring Merav Schiffer on “The Land of Honey” … The discovery [...]
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Student of the Week – Ben Rolph

Name: Ben Rolph Academic major: Political Science Year: 5th Hometown: Vancouver Hillel involvement: President of Alpha Epsilon Pi and Active Member of Hillel Hobbies: Running, Sports, Politics, Reading, Music Non-required reading: Earth (John Stewart), Sein Language (Jerry Seinfeld) Favourite website(s): Sports Illustrated, Huffington Post, FratMusic Favourite quote: “90% of the game is half mental” – [...]
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This Week at SFU

Week of March 14 TUESDAY 12 – 2 p.m. Hot Lunch … 7:30 p.m.– IDEASLAM, 7:30 p.m. The Cellar, 1006 Granville Street @ Nelson … Jewish Federation wants to fund social innovation fellowships to turn your ideas into reality. Learn more or RSVP now and get involved at: http://www.ideaslamvancouver.com/ WEDNESDAY 5 p.m. – Brews with [...]
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This Week at UBC

Week of March 14 MONDAY ALL DAY – PB-and-J-a-thon outside of the SUB NOON — Rabbi Yossi with Food for Thought 1 p.m. – Israel Awareness Club Meeting 3 p.m. – Martial Arts 5 p.m. – Jewish Students Association Meeting TUESDAY 3:30 p.m. – Kabbalah Class 7:30 p.m. – IDEASLAM, 7:30 p.m. The Cellar, 1006 [...]
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This Week at SFU

Week of March 7 TUESDAY Noon – 2 p.m. – HOT LUNCH 6 p.m. — Vancouver Hillel and the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem welcome you to the second in our four-part lecture series bringing thinkers from Hebrew U to B.C. Tonight at 6 p.m. at UBC Hillel, join Dr. Nicole Adler [...]
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