HILLEL@FSU

Don’t be sad. We’ll still be here when you get back for Fall (ie: football season)!! Join us this Friday evening for the final Shabbat of the semester! It’s a 1-2-3 Shabbat (that means 1 torah, 2 candles and 3 blessings) followed by an oneg!!
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See you there!!

Welcome to Tallahassee in the summer. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. So, when you’ve got some free time, join us for “Coffee Talk” on Thursdays, preferrably iced – we’ll buy the first round. Check the calendar at the right for details, or come by the house any afternoon for a ice pop and a place to chill.

No matter what your interests, you can connect with everything that going on with Jewish life at FSU through Hillel. It’s easy:

• Make sure Hillel is listed as one of your organizations on your “campus” portal
• Follow Hillel at FSU on Twitter
• Join the FB group – hillel at fsu
• Subscribe to our e-newsletter – link on left
• Just check the web calendar post here on the right

It’s not to early to think about going on the Taglit: Birthright Israel – Hillel trip. We’re planning one for next May . . .and possiblity this December. Either way, visit this link to sign up for a reminder postcard (Join our email notification list). Be sure to get your passport as soon as you can — you can go to the International Programs Center in University Center A, Suite 5500 at the stadium. When you click the passport picture you’ll get all the details you need.

See you soon.

You’ve made it to campus – - or you will sometime before June 27th! You’ve moved into the new place and meeting the new roomies. When you find yourself just sitting there saying: “Now what?” here are some suggestions:

Move-In Day Dessert Night at Hillel

Wednesday 6/22 from 4-7:30p
Is parting sweet sorrow? Chocolate, cookies and ice cream can help. Ruin your appetite with succulent sweets at Hillel’s summer meet and greet! Come before or after dinner. Jenna, Melanie and others will be here to welcome you and your family or others you’d like to bring along. It’s free and a great way to cool off.

Coffee Break on Thursday 6/23
Take your choice depending on when you get going in the morning:

10-11a with Melanie     1-2p with Jenna @ Starbucks on Woodward. Hillel will buy you a FREE coffee or iced tea! Come talk about FSU, Jewish life, and
how to go to Israel!

Pitaria! Thursday 6/23     6:30p

Skip Suwannee! Join Jenna at Pitaria located across from the Tennessee strip next to Gumby’s!

Shabbat in Suwannee Friday 6/24 7p

Shabbat Shalom yall! It’s our quickie Shabbat cuz we have one Torah, two candles, three blessing and dinner! You’re going to be eating in Suwannee anyway, why not meet some other new students as well. Look for us in the Gold Room — there’s will be balloons outside the door.

If you like what you see here, you can connect with everything that going on with Jewish life at FSU through Hillel. You can:

• Make sure Hillel is listed as one of your organizations on your “campus” portal
• Follow Hillel at FSU on Twitter
• Join the FB group
• Subscribe to our e-newsletter
• Just check the web calendar post here on the right

Find us on campus for Coffee Talk or at Market Wednesdays. Hillel activities are open to everyone. They are usually free. Come by the house during the day to say “Hi!” or just hang out.

L’hitraot — see you soon (in Hebrew). And, be sure to ask us about going to Israel for FREE – use this link to sign up for a registration reminder.

Every Tuesay starting June 14 at 1p Hebrew for Fun
Location: Hillel at fsu
Description: Summer is the time we take to enjoy learning Hebrew at YOUR pace. Bring your problems, questions, challenges. We’ll start where you are and go where you want to go with the group. Each week there will be a selection to read (or attempt to). Since it is lunch time, bring along your food, or we can order in.
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2011-06-14

Tomatoes? Cheese? How about some special pizza and other treats? Shavuot celebrates the giving of the 10 Commandments. It’s also the season for new fruits, cheese and vegetables. In honor of the festival which begins Tuesday night, Hillel invites you to our annual (dairy) Shavuot lunch at noon on Wednesday. We’ll share delicious food (some from our Hillel garden), good times and look at Shir Hama’alot – A song of Ascension to Jerusalem. Send us a quick email so we’ll have enough food, or just drop in at the last minutes. See you then! You can learn more about Shavuot at My Jewish Learning.

Check our links to local synagogues using the Jewish Resources link on the navigation bar on the left.

Start Time: 12:00, noon

Attention all Seminoles!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you here this summer? So are we! Starting Summer Session C we’ll have some great programs at Hillel at FSU! Want to find out what’s going on? Friend us on facebook ‘hillelatfsu’ and join the ‘here with hillel summer 2011′ group!

Stay cool! And see YOU this summer!

I hope you are all excited for Passover! First night Seder is Monday night, April 18 here at Hillel at 7p.m. Doors open at 6:45pm. Tickets are $20 per student or $36 for a community member. We have room for about 60-70 people. It is first come, first serve. Kosher for Passover food will be available all during the week of passover for lunch and dinner.
NOTE: As of this morning, April 13th we have no more space at First Seder (so we took the Paypal button off the site.)

We are offering free “Seder in a Box” which is almost everything you need to host a Seder in your own home/dorm. You can reserve before Thursday at noon by email request here and plan to pick-up by Friday, April 15 by 6p.m.

Want to attend a Seder at a local synagogue or with a family? Contact the director, Melanie Annis, and she’ll make arrangements. Chabad will be hosted both first and second night Sederim. Temple Israel (Reform) will be hosting a Second night Seder. Check the links on the left at the “Jewish Resources” page.

Be sure to sell your Chametz no later than Monday, April 18 at noon. You can do so through the local Conservative synagogue (click here to request the form) or on-line at the Chabad website.

For scholarship seats at Hillel’s First Seder, or to volunteer just call us at: 850-222-5454. Happy Passover!

Keep Kosher During Passover (KK4P)

Every day of Passover we will be serving lunch and dinner at Hillel. Lunch : 12:00pm-2:00pm and Dinner: 6:30-8:30pm. Lunch is $2 and dinner is $3 payable at the door. If you’d like to buy a $20 meal plan for the whole week, just click the button below.

We use Paypal which securely accepts most credit cards — and you don’t need an account, so select “Buy Now” enter your info and you’re on your way!

Here are the dates and basic planned menus. There will be salad, fruit and matzah at every meal. And, there talk of adding some very interesting dishes too.

Wednesday April 20:
Lunch: Tuna and Egg Salad
Dinner: Baked Potato Bar

Thursday April 21:
Lunch: Pancakes
Dinner: Matzah Flat Bread

Friday April 22:
Lunch: Matzah Brie and Eggs
Dinner: Traditional FREE Shabbat Dinner
(Thank you Irma Horn and the Shabbat Heritage Fund)

Saturday April 23:
Dinner: Matzah Pizza

Sunday April 24:
Lunch: Tuna and Egg Salad Lettuce Wraps
Dinner: Farfle Mac N’ Cheese and  Egg Noodle Pasta *
*This is also Senior Send-off Night with some special elements for our graduating seniors.

Monday April 25:
Lunch: Fruit Crepes
Dinner: Potato Panckaes

Tuesday April 26:
Lunch: WWGs (whatever we gots) Leftovers!

On Saturday morning, March 19, Shira Brownstein passed away. Her funeral will be at Culley’s Meadowwood on Timberlane Road on Monday, March 21, at 10 AM. Immediately afterward, the family will receive visitors at the home of Lou and Rhea Schwartz, 3133 Ortega Drive.

There will be a minyan held at the home of Fred and Patti Brownstein, 3354 Barrow Hill Trail, at 7 PM Monday through Thursday (3/21-3/24).

For further information contact Hillel director, Melanie Annis, 850-222-5454 or email director@hillelatfsu.org.

It’s Purim and that means we’ll be reading the Scroll of Esther – a great story of what it means when you stand up for yourself and what you believe in! There are a couple of places in Tallahassee you can go to hear the whole Megilla read. Click here to learn more about  Purim and Esther.

Chabad of Tallahassee:
Saturday night March 19th, Megillah Reading will start at 8:45 pm SHARP.
Sunday Morning, March 20th, Morning Services start at 9:30am followed by the Megillah Reading at 10:15am.
Sunday Afternoon, March 20th, Megillah Reading will be at 4:00pm SHARP followed by our annual Purim Party

Shomrei Torah (Conservative):
Sunday, March 20: We’ll have a Shacharit service/Megillah reading at 8:30 a.m. and then it’s time for Shomrei Torah’s annual Purim carnival!

Temple Israel (Reform):
March 19, 2011 – Purim Potluck & Purim Service
We will start with a vegetarian/dairy pOTluck dinner at 6 pm in the Social Hall. Then around 7 pm we will move into the sanctuary for the Purim Service that includes the megillah reading and Purim Spiel written by our very own Leah Cassorla & Stefanie Posner This is one service when you are encouraged to be loud especially when we say Haman! Costumes and groggers encouraged! Very kid friendly!

From Mar. 20-25, Hillel at FSU will host its first ever Jewish awareness week. For the entire week there will be programming open to the entire student body about various Jewish customs, holidays, and celebrations. The week is fully packed and Hillel is very excited to share the excitement with all of you.  Among a Bagel Brunch, Purim Carnival on Landis Green, and Holocaust Remembrance program, a comedy troupe called “Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad” (presented by SGA, PRIDE, Noles for Israel, and Hillel) will be taking the stage on our campus. Join us for a FREE show on Monday Mar. , 21 at 8 pm in Moore auditorium.  This event is free and open to the entire community. Along with the programming each day there will be tabling on various hot topics and issues in the union. During tabling and programming there will be daily raffles and prizes such as free sweatshirts, T-shirts, gift cards at hot spots, and a parking spot at Hillel for the rest of the semester! Get excited, and hope to see you there! All events are free and open to the public.

If you have any questions please visit us on … Facebook at: Hillel at FSU or On our website at www.hillelatfsu.org

Calendar of Events -:

Sunday, 12:00 pm- Bagel Brunch and Blood drive

Monday,  8:00 pm- “Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad” performance at Moore Auditorium

Tuesday, 5:45 pm-Holocaust Remembrance Program

Wednesday, 11:00-2:00pm- Purim Carnival

Wednesday, 8pm- Hookah night at “Sheesha Nights”

Thursday, 5:30 pm- IDF Solider Remembrance Program

Friday, 4PM- “Keeping the Faith”  Movie showing

7pm- Mega Shabbat and FULL Dinner