…5, 4, 3, 2,1,0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Taglit-Birthright Israel: Hillel Trip registration is now OPEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!!!!!
YAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!

If you’re Jewish, age 18-26, and have never been on a peer-group trip to Israel, Hillel offers the best ways for you to take the journey of a lifetime - FOR FREE!

Travel with other UMBC students while making friends from across the country. Hillel’s Explore Israel Trips provide an amazing introduction to the land and people of Israel!

Highlights include:

A jeep ride on the Golan Heights, visiting the Western Wall, floating in the Dead Sea, seeing the sunrise at Masada, an archaeological dig, a night in a Bedouin tent, a mifgash (encounter) with your Israeli peers, and swimming in the Mediterranean at sunset.

Oh, trust us, you will like it

Visit WWW.FREEISRAELTRIP.ORG for more information and to apply!
Join the OFFICIAL Taglit Birthright Israel Facebook group and I want to go to Israel with UMBC Hillel Face book group

This trip is a gift from Taglit-Birthright Israel!

Contact us for more information and we’ll help you to register - Tanya (tanya@umbc.edu - 443 977 0620), Rabbi Jason Klein (rabbijason@umbc.edu)

Don’t forget, this (and every other) Tuesday we are meeting at the Lecture Hall I end of the Commons Market Street (near the Israeli flag) for tea, cookies, and schmoozing.. from 3pm to 4:30pm.
Come by yourself, bring your fiends, roommates, pets …and your Jewish grandma

Sunday September 14th

Come out to take a Cruise on the Harbor with Hillel. There are a limited amount of tickets, so act now. Tickets are $8 for the cruise and an additional $5 for transportation back and forth. If you’re traveling from campus, please meet at the Commons Circle at 6 PM promptly. If you’re meeting the boat downtown, please board by 6:45 PM at the latest at 561 Light Street.

Cruise

Cruise + Transportation

BBQ with the Jewish Student Union. Kosher meat and veggie options straight from the grill, great music, and fun people.
Wednesday, September 3rd, from 5pm till the last bite

It’s going to be hot hot hot

Hey Everyone,

Come out to see Accepted with Hillel. We’re going to be meeting up Monday, September 1st at 5pm in the Chesepeake lounge and later we will be going out to dinner. Come join the fun!!

Dozens of students had their first day of school pictures taken today in the Commons Breezeway and ate some milk and alphabet cookies as we celebrated the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year. Dr. Hrabowski came to visit and have his picture taken with students as well! We wish you much success in your studies!

Enjoy milk & cookies and have a silly picture taken of you or you with friends on your first day!
Plus, we’ll have a Special Guest Star

Strawberries, blueberries, lots of whipped cream, and even Frisbee.
Join UMBC Hillel on Monday, August 25, 2008 from 6:00 to 9PM at the Erikson Field for “FRISBERRIES”!
yuuuuuuum…..;)

Welcome Week at UMBC is jam-packed with great programs, parties, and opportunities to meet your fellow students, new and returning alike. UMBC Hillel joins the University in welcoming you to campus and welcomes you at all of our Events:

Monday, August 25, 6–9 PM, Erickson Field: FRISBERRIES—get some fresh berries and whipped cream and toss around a disc as you connect and reconnect.

Wednesday, August 27, 10 AM–4 PM, Commons Breezeway: MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. Enjoy some milk & cookies and have a silly picture taken on your first day.

Wednesday, August 27, 5–8 PM, Interfaith Center Lawn: CAFÉ HILLEL—coffee, tea, and snacks.

Thursday, August 28, 11 AM–4 PM, Commons Main Street: WHAT THE HILLEL? Mezuzah-making (a mezuzah is the box that holds some biblical passages that it’s customary to attach to your doorpost).

Thursday, August 28, 5–8 PM, Interfaith Center Lawn: CAFÉ HILLEL—coffee, tea, and snacks.

Friday, August 29, 6 PM, Interfaith Center: SHABBAT, A SWEET TIME—Services at 6 PM, dinner at 6:45 PM, come for either or both. Dinner is free of charge (this week and every week). A group will head to the hypnotist afterward and hang out later Friday night.

Saturday, August 30, 12 Noon, 3116 Walker—BAGEL & LOX SHABBAT LUNCH (natkup@umbc.edu for more info–If you’re standing on the Commons Circle with Walker Avenue to your right, Shane’s entrance is the door all the way to the left.)

Monday, September 1, 5 PM, Meet in Chesapeake Lounge—watch the movie ACCEPTED and go to dinner afterward.

Tuesday, September 2, 3 PM, by the coffee place in the Commons: TEA WITH TANYA—meet Tanya Gutsol, UMBC Hillel’s Jewish Student Life Coordinator and schmooze about your first week so far. Drink some tasty tea and have a great conversation.

Tuesday, September 2, 5–8 PM, Interfaith Center Lawn: CAFÉ HILLEL—coffee, tea, and snacks

Wednesday, September 3, 5 PM, Erickson Field—BBQ WITH JSU (Jewish Student Union)—enjoy some kosher meat and veggie options straight from the grill.