Dinner@Six -- Free Dinner with MIT Faculty
Jordyn Rozensky
Tue Jan 16, 05:45-07:00pm, W11 - Small Dining
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 16-Jan-2007
Limited to 24 participants.
Single session event
Enjoy a relaxed dinner and coversation with your favorite MIT faculty and administrators. The dinner is delicious, the company is wonderful, and the meal is free, could you ask for more? Come at 5:45, the dinner will be served at 6 promptly, and the event will end at 7. Dinner is by RSVP only.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hillel/www
Contact: Jordyn Rozensky, W11-040, (617) 253-2982, jordynr@mit.edu
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Environmental Tour: Green Fuel Technologies
Rabbi Gerson Segal
Thu Jan 25, 04-07:00pm, W11 - Hillel Center, Meet at W11 to travel.
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
GreenFuel Technologies Corporation is a pioneer in the development of algae bioreactor technology to convert the CO2 in your smokestack gases into clean, renewable biofuels. Take a tour of these facilities with Rabbi Segal, and learn about Jewish persepecctives to taking care of our environment.
Contact: Rabbi Gerson Segal, W11-040, x3-2982, ravsegal@mit.edu
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Go Gaga for GA-GA
Carol Young
Sat Jan 27, 07-09:00pm, MAC Court, W35-375
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Ga-Ga is an Israeli version of the ever-popular game of dodgeball. The entire MIT community is welcome to join in this fantastic game, which, in essence, involves hitting a ball, much like in four-square, at the other players, to get them out of the game. Guaranteed to be a good time!
Contact: Carol Young, W11, x3-2982, cyoung@mit.edu
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Hebrew Reading Marathon
Rabbi Ben Lanckton
Mon Jan 29, Tue Jan 30, 04-08:00pm, W11 - Small Dining
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 22-Jan-2007
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 25.00 for Books and materials
If you or someone you know always wanted to learn Hebrew, this mini-course is for you. With little or no experience of Judaism or the Hebrew language, you will learn to decipher the Hebrew Alef-Bet and read a few basic words in just eight hours.
Ample snacks provided. Registration with a study partner recommended.
Contact: Rabbi Ben Lanckton, W11-040, x3-2982, rabbiben@mit.edu
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Israeli Folk Dancing
Valarie Rosen
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Dance to music ranging from last week's Israeli pop hit to folk songs from the days of the pioneers. Come learn the newest, hottest dances in Israeli folk dancing. Lots of teaching! Lots of fun! Beginners are most welcome! No partner needed and absolutely no experience necessary. Come by yourself or bring friends. Beginner teaching until 9 pm, mixed-level dancing 9-11 pm. These dances continue as a regular series on Wednesday nights, so you can keep coming once you get hooked!
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc/
Contact: (617) 253-FOLK, fdc-request@mit.ed
Cosponsor: Folk Dance Club
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 10, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 407
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 17, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 407
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 24, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 407
Israeli Dance Beginner's Night
Valarie Rosen
Tonight's dance features a Beginner's Night from 8 to 9 pm, followed by a regular session until 11 pm.
Come learn the basic Israeli dance steps! By the end of the session, you'll be doing some easy circle dances.
No experience necessary!
Wed Jan 31, 08-11:00pm, Lobby 13
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It's MORE than Tay-Sachs!
Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai alumna
Wed Jan 17, 05-06:30pm, 1-135
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
11 = number of genetic diseases for which Jewish people are at greater risk
25 = percent of Jews who is a carrier for one or more of these diseases (many of which result in childhood death)
Even if you are not ready to have kids now, you may be ready someday.
Come hear more....
Dr. Hoffman, from Tufts-New England Medical Center, will speak on the risks, carrier screening, and reproductive options that allow for the birth of a healthy baby. You will be able to sign-up to reserve your spot for the actual screening, coming in March, at this talk! For more information on this program, go to www.JewishGeneticScreening.org
Contact: Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai, rakurnik@alum.mit.edu
Cosponsor: FSILG Office
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Jewish Genetics: “It’s More than Tay-Sach’s”
Jordyn Rozensky, Dr. Jodi Hoffman,Tufts-New England Medical Center, Floating
Wed Jan 17, 05-07:00pm, 1-135
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn what we should all know about Jewish genetic diseases. One in four individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descent is a carrier for one of several genetic diseases- many of which result in childhood death.
Contact: Jordyn Rozensky, W11-040, x3-2982, jordynr@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Medical
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Middle Eastern Drumming
Rachel Shiffrin, George Kirby
Sun Jan 21, 07-09:00pm, W11 - Main Dining
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Spend an evening learning Middle Eastern rhythms on the dara bukka/dumbeg, an hourglass-shaped drum. We will be learning and practicing a variety of rhythms and techniques, especially as used for folk dancing. Bring your own drum if you have one. If you have any interest in learning more about Middle Eastern culture this program is for you! Guest teacher George Kirby.
Contact: Rachel Shiffrin, W11-040, x3-2982, shiffrin@mit.edu
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Pi, "Pi", Pie.
Rachel Shiffrin
Thu Jan 25, 07:30-10:00pm, W11 - Hillel Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Join MIT Hillel for an evening packed to the brim with pi. We’ll view the movie “Pi”, while simultaneously enjoying a dinner of pizza pies. To top the evening off we’ll have a Pi competition—the person who knows the most digits of Pi will be rewarded with a Pie!
Contact: Rachel Shiffrin, W11-040, x3-2982, shiffrin@mit.edu
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Protecting the Environment: Perspectives from Jewish Law
Rabbi Gerson Segal
Thu Jan 18, 06-07:00pm, W11 - Board Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
With all of this buzz about saving our environment, have you been curious what Rabbinic teachings would advise you to do? Join Rabbi Segal Thursday January 18th W11, Boardroom, 6-7:30 to understand our obligation and to our land and our future.
Contact: Rabbi Gerson Segal, W11-040, x3-2982, ravsegal@mit.edu
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Shabbat 101
Rabbi Ben Lanckton
Fri Jan 26, 04-10:00pm, W11 - Hillel Center
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 24-Jan-2007
Single session event
Fee: 15.00 for Dinner and Materials
This experience will serve as an introduction to the Jewish Sabbath for Jews and Non-Jews who want to learn about basic practices. It consists of afternoon and evening services, Sabbath dinner, and an Oneg Shabbat dessert discussion with formal explanations of rituals and customs.
Jews with a lot, or some, or no Jewish background are welcome, as are non-Jewish spouses, partners, and friends.
Contact: Rabbi Ben Lanckton, W11-040, x3-2982, rabbiben@mit.edu
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Star Wars: The Jewish Side of the Force
Jordyn Rozensky
Wed Jan 31, 07-09:30pm, 1-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join Rabbi Ben Lanckton and MIT Hillel for a viewing of Star Wars (A New Hope) and a discussion to follow touching on the Jewish Themes within the original trilogy. Come and interpret the Jedi philosophy through a Jewish lens!
Contact: Jordyn Rozensky, W11-040, x3-2982, jordynr@mit.edu
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T4: Tea for Tuesday Torah Teaching Time
Rabbi Ben Lanckton
Tue Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 12:30-01:30pm, W11 - Board Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Bring your lunch and join an open discussion of the Passover story (the Torah portions read in synagogue during January). Tea and light dessert will be served.
Drop in or call 3-2969 to confirm your participation. For beginner to intermediate students of the Torah and Jewish tradition.
Contact: Rabbi Ben Lanckton, W11-040, x3-2982, rabbiben@mit.edu
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The Torah, the Whole Torah, and Nothing But the Torah
Rabbi Ben Lanckton
Thu Jan 18, 25, 04-05:00pm, W11 - Hillel Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
What is really in the Torah, the Five Books of Moses? Does it deserve to be the holiest text in the Jewish tradition? How is it copied, read, studied, preserved? This two-session course, designed as an introduction for Jews and non-Jews alike, will explore the basics of the content and context of the Torah in Judaism. The emphasis will be on breadth, not depth, and practical details, not abstract philosophy. We will learn the “five books in five minutes” version of the Torah and look at an actual kosher Torah scroll. All are welcome.
Contact: Rabbi Ben Lanckton, W11-040, x3-2982, rabbiben@mit.edu
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The World’s Largest Matzah Ball
Jordyn Rozensky
Tue Jan 30, 12-06:00pm, W11 - Main Dining
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Ever wonder what the world’s largest matzah ball would look like? Join MIT Hillel in breaking the record (and the scales) with the creation of an incredibly large and extremely delicious matzah ball. Come by early in the day to help prepare and cook, or help out later on when we divvy up the matzah ball and hit the streets to sell the soup- with proceeds to benefit a local charity.
Contact: Jordyn Rozensky, W11-040, x3-2982, jordynr@mit.edu
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Tu B'Shevat Shabbat
Rabbi Ben Lanckton
Fri Feb 2, 07-09:00pm, W11 - Main Dining
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Fee: 10.00 for Shabbat Dinner
Join the Jewish community of MIT in celebrating the Jewish New Year of the Trees, Tu B'Shevat.
After Sabbath services, we will enjoy a Shabbat meal featuring the traditional symbolic foods of the Tu B'shevat seder, the celebratory meal of the Tree New Year.
Contact: Rabbi Ben Lanckton, W11-040, x3-2982, rabbiben@mit.edu
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