Biblical and Rabbinic Women You Haven't Yet Met
Rabbi Michelle Fisher
Wed Jan 13, 20, 27, 12-01:00pm, W11 - Small Dining
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Explore some of the lesser known women in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature. These are really characters who turn some of what we think we know on its head. We'll look at the original texts and explore what these women's stories teach us. Women to be explored include: Serach bat Asher, Lillith, and Ba-Kol.
Kosher lunch will be provided
Contact: Rabbi Michelle Fisher, (617) 253-2982, rabbif@mit.edu
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Comparing Bibles
Rabbi Sam Seicol
Thu Jan 21, 04:30-05:30pm, W20-PDR #3
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The Jewish, Catholic/Anglican, and Protestant communities teach and read from “the Bible”. This session will offer an overview on the similarities and differences among the three “Bible”s. Historical and theological issues will be presented for discussion. The purpose of this time will be to understand differing views and not advocate on behalf of any one system.
Contact: Rabbi Sam Seicol, (617) 253-2982, rabbisam@mit.edu
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Dinner@Six - Hummus Theme - Free Dinner with MIT Faculty
Eliad Shmuel
Tue Jan 26, 05:45-07:00pm, W11 - Small Dinning
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 02-Jan-2010
Limited to 24 participants.
Single session event
Enjoy a relaxed dinner and conversation 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.
In honor of MIT Hummus Experience (www.hummus.mit.edu), we will serve Hummus along with the other dishes.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hillel/www
Contact: Eliad Shmuel, W11-040, (617) 253-2982, dinner-at-six@mit.edu
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Hebrew Literacy Marathon
Rabbi Sam Seicol
Mon Jan 25, Thu Jan 28, 05-09:00pm, 1-134
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 5.00 for Reg fee
If you don't know even a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, this class is for you. Be part of an eight hour Hebrew learning marathon. You will learn the
aleph-bet and vowel signs of Hebrew, be able to read in Hebrew, be exposed to many basic words and grammar of Hebrew. No background required. Register and pay reg fee of $5. Enrollment is limited to the first 15 to register and pay the fee.
Web: http://Web: http://www.mit.edu/hillel/www/iap-events.html
Contact: Rabbi Sam Seicol, W11-040, (617) 253-2982, rabbisam@mit.edu
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Hebrew Reading/Writing/Speaking Crash Course
Mish Madsen
Mon, Wed, Jan 6, 11, 13, 20, 25, 27, 12-01:00pm, 2-136
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 5.00 for Study Materials
We'll quickly cover the alphabet and vowels (no experience necessary) and then move on to modern Israeli Hebrew, focusing on gaining a solid overall grasp of the language and general conversation structure. There will be some written homework assigned each class to prepare you for extensive speaking and listening practice in class. You will complete the course with a solid understanding of basic grammar and vocabulary of modern Hebrew. (Students with knowledge of the aleph-bet may start a few classes late; please contact instructor for details.)
Contact: Eliad Shmuel, W11-040, x3-2982, eliad@mit.edu
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Israeli Folk Dancing
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 491
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
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Jewish Medical Ethics and Health Care Reform: A Traditional Perspective
Rabbi Gershon Segal
Thu Jan 21, 28, 05:30-06:30pm, W11 - Community Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The recent Health Care Reform debate has generated much discussion about end of life issues, treatment of the elderly, abortion and health care rationing. This series will address some of these issues using the Talmud, Maimonides, Shulchan Aruch and other traditional Jewish sources.
Contact: Rabbi Gershon Segal, ravsegal@mit.edu
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Jewish Text Study with Rabbi Ganz
Rabbi Ganz
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The class will focus on concepts. And although original texts will be used, English translations are provided. As such, no prior knowledge of Hebrew is required to participate.
Contact: Eliad Shmuel, W11-040, x3-2982, eliad@mit.edu
Empathy for the Less Fortunate
Rabbi Ganz
Do we - and furthermore, can we - truly tune in to the suffering of the underprivileged? If not, how can one develop the ability and sensitivity to tune in to the misfortune of everyone…from a friend or spouse with a headache to a terribly broken down “street person?”
Mon Jan 4, 12-01:00pm, 12-122
Can Truly Noble Intentions Motivate Terrible Wrongdoing?
Rabbi Ganz
For example, how should we view religious fanatics who murder in the name of G-d? Are they truly religious, but perhaps misguided, or are they simply murderous thugs who operate under the pretext of religion?
Mon Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 12-122
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Jewish Views on Creation
Rabbi Sam Seicol
Tue Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, W20-PDR #3
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The creation stories in the book of Genesis may be read in a variety of ways. This session will explore some of the ways that Judaism has approached these stories. Participants will be encouraged to wrestle with the historical, scientific, and moral issues involved in reading the opening chapters of Genesis.
Contact: Rabbi Sam Seicol, (617) 253-2982, rabbisam@MIT.EDU
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MIT Hummus Experience
Eliad Shmuel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Hummus, a delicious dip made from chickpeas, is now found throughout the US in many variations .
Make Your Own Hummus (1/27 – RSVP required) and submit it to The Annual Hummus Taste Off (1/28 noon, Building 10 - Bush Room).
The first workshop will be mastered by Lura Steele, a world-renowned Hummus fan, and Eliad Shmuel, a native of Haifa, Israel and MIT Hillel's Program Director.
Not sure what hummus is? Join George Kirbi '79 and Learn How To Make Hummus For Beginners (1/19)
All we are saying is "give chickpeas a chance."
Web: http://hummus.mit.edu/
Contact: Eliad Shmuel, (617) 252-1521, hummus@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT - Israel
Learn How to Make Hummus for beginners
Eliad Shmuel
Workshop participants will learn how to make hummus from a great chef -- George Kirby '79 who is well-known in greater Boston for his homemade hummus.
Bonus - Spice it up with a Yemenite hot sauce (Zhug)
Tue Jan 19, 07-09:00pm, W11 - Main Dinning R
Hummus tour
Eliad Shmuel
Touring a hummus factory is like walking into a Mediterranean "wonderland": oceans of chickpeas, mountains of hummus, rivers of olive oil, and warm pita for dipping... The MIT community also experiences the engineering feats behind production. RSVP is required (RSVP to hummus@mit.edu); space is limited.
Tue Jan 26, 09am-01:30pm, W11
Make Your Own Hummus
Eliad Shmuel
Put together a team with an idea of what flavor you would like to make. We provide the basic recipe, which you can adapt to your liking using traditional and funky ingredients (peanut butter, lime, Tabasco and more surprises; if desired, please include any specific ingredients with your rsvp). All entries will be held for the Taste Off the next day and will be judged by the entire MIT Community! RSVP required.
Wed Jan 27, 07-09:00pm, W11
The Annual Hummus Taste Off
Eliad Shmuel
Vote for the best home-made hummus at MIT. Help choose the best hummus at MIT's annual "made from scratch" hummus taste-off! Participate in a blind tasting of hummus made by fellow students. Be dazzled by the variations in flavor and texture. We promise free hummus and pita, give aways, and much more.
Thu Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, Bush Room (10-105)
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Middle Eastern Drumming
Eliad Shmuel, George Kirby
Sun Jan 24, 07-09:00pm, W11 - Main Dinning R
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: Eliad Shmuel, W11-040, x3-2982, eliad@mit.edu
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Shabbat 101
Rabbi Sam Seicol
Fri Jan 29, 07-09:00pm, W11 - Main Dinning R
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 27-Jan-2010
Single session event
Fee: 15.00 for to help cover the costs of the dinner
This event focuses on the Friday night Jewish experience through the themes of work and rest, Sabbath as holy time, giving thanks and taking time for meditation and reflection. Come learn about the many rituals and customs of this weekly holiday from an egalitarian Jewish perspective. A delicious Shabbat dinner is included, $15.00. Rsvp by Wed, Jan 27 with rabbisam@mit.edu Event cosponsored by the MIT Conservative Minyan and the Reform Students Chavurah.
Contact: Sam Seicol, W11-040, x3-2982, rabbisam@mit.edu
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Shabbat 101 Service
Rabbi Sam Seicol, Eliad Shmuel
Fri Jan 29, 06-07:00pm, W15 - Chapel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Share in an educational and experiential service of welcoming of the Shabbat. This is a continuation of the Hebrew Marathon class but is open to everyone. The focus will be on the structure, meanings, and forms of the Friday evening service; with an emphasis on the songs and special reflections unique to the Shabbat.
If you would like to join us for dinner, please email rabbisam@mit.edu by Wed at noon. The price for the dinner is $15
Contact: Rabbi Sam Seicol, rabbisam@mit.edu
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Theology of Creation: an Interfaith Panel Discussion
Bob Randolph
Wed Jan 13, 06:45-08:00pm, W11 Main Dining Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
What does the material world \*mean\*? How are we intended to relate to the plants, the rivers, the sky? How does our faith inform (or not) our response to climate change? An interfaith panel of MIT chaplain offer remarks on their theology of creation to open up discussion of these issues. A light (kosher) dinner will be served.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/lem
Contact: Amy McCreath, W11.007, x3-2983, mccreath@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Episcopal Chaplaincy
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