Jewish Cultural Month Calendar of Events 2014
Theme: “An American Journey”
Complete Description of Events
Monday, March 17 – Friday, March 21, 2014
Ut Prosim
Photography Contest
Time & Location: Squires Student Center, 2nd floor
Description: Social justice is a Jewish value and any student that has ever experienced an alternative break will be able to submit photos from their trip that most resonates Ut Prosim. Throughout their trip they take many inspirational photographs which they choose their 2 best and submit to Hillel at Virginia Tech. The chosen photos will share, inspire, and educate the Hokie community. Passer-byers are able to vote on their favorite picture. The top 3 are presented awards.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech Contact: Sue Kurtz, skurtz@vt.edu Cost: Free
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Krav Maga Training
Time & Location: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / War Memorial Gym
Description: Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the military in Israel and Slovakia. It is similar to boxing, Judo, jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai. Training is aerobic and builds strength and personal protection. This is also a social event, as you will meet others interested in developing these skills.
Sponsor(s): Friends of Israel
Contact: Isabel Shocket, isabelmshocket@gmail.com Cost: Free
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Network Luncheon – Jewish Graduate Students
Time & Location: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. / GLC, Room GDescription: Come and connect with fellow graduate students of Jewish background and hear their experiences with their culture and religion.
Sponsor(s): Office of Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives (Graduate School) Contact: Brittany Ralph, mmadis@vt.edu
Cost: Free
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Krav Maga Training
Time & Location: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / War Memorial Gym
Description: Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the military in Israel and Slovakia. It is similar to boxing, Judo, jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai. Training is aerobic and builds strength and personal protection. This is also a social event, as you will meet others interested in developing these skills.
Sponsor(s): Friends of Israel
Contact: Isabel Shocket, isabelmshocket@gmail.com Cost: Free
Friday, March 28, 2014
Recycled Treasures
Time & Location: 4 p.m. / Malcolm Rosenberg Hillel Center (710 Toms Creek Rd)
Description: Time for some Spring cleaning, ladies! Go through your closets and come bring some treasures that you'd like to trade with other fashionistas along with clothes that no longer fit or are no longer your cup of tea. As a Rosh Chodesh, Jewish Women's Event, we are promoting recycling and Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), two important Jewish values, before Shabbat. Any other extra clothing we will generously donate to a local Women's shelter or clothing bank. Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech
Contact: Emma Cohen, ecohen@vt.edu
Monday, March 31, 2014
Who am I? What informs my identity?
Time & Location: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. / Black Cultural Center, Squires
Description: Ask Big Questions is an organization that brings diverse college students together for conversations that help people better understand themselves and others. For Jewish Cultural Month, the conversation will focus on the question, "Who am I? What informs my identity?" The event is open to all faculty, staff, student, and community members. Refreshments will be
provided.
Sponsor(s): Ask Big Questions
Contact: Alicia Cohen, acohen@vt.edu Cost: Free
Community Chalkboards
Time & Location: Daytime / Drillfield
Description: TedEx speaker, Candy Chang will visit campus to talk about motivation and the importance of reflection and sharing in public space. A large part of Judaism includes story-telling, and this is a great way to honor that aspect of the religion during Jewish Cultural Month. Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech, Jewish Student Union (JSU), Ask Big Questions
Contact: Isabel Shocket, isabelshocket@gmail.com Cost: Free
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Krav Maga Training
Time & Location: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / War Memorial Gym
Description: Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the military in Israel and Slovakia. It is similar to boxing, Judo, jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai. Training is aerobic and builds strength and personal protection. This is also a social event, as you will meet others interested in developing these skills.
Sponsor(s): Friends of Israel
Contact: Isabel Shocket, isabelmshocket@gmail.com Cost: Free
Friday, April 4, 2014
THE Big Event Shabbat
Time & Location: 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. / Malcolm Rosenberg Hillel Center (710 Toms Creek Rd) Description: Hillel ladies are invited for a Rosh Chodesh event involving a chocolate seder. We will discuss the events that involve a seder, including the traditional foods and prayers. We'll also have a separate discussion about how we each celebrate our own Passover at home.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech Contact: Elena Mircoff, elena94@vt.edu Cost: Free
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Artists4Israel
Time & Location: all day / College Avenue
Description: A select group of internationally recognized graffiti Artists 4 Israel will travel to our campus to paint, with students, a giant mural. Artists for Israel empowers students to express their ideas about Israel, its artistic and cultural freedoms. Students will work across artistic mediums to produce beautiful, radical and effective pieces of art.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech, Friends of Israel, Peer Network Engagement Interns Contact: Melissa Eichelbaum, melise4@vt.edu
Cost: Free
Monday, April 7, 2014
A Peace of Israel
Time & Location: 7:30 p.m. / Malcolm Rosenberg Hillel Center (710 Toms Creek Rd) Description: A Peace of Judaism concert includes the musical talents of Alexander Fiterstein, David Yang, Benjamin Wyatt, Teresa Ehrlich, David Castonguay, Adam Margulies, David Ehrlich and the Radford University Chorus. The music played at this concert will be a collection from contemporary Jewish music to music from the Holocaust. There will also be poetry
readings and a powerpoint presentation about the Holocaust and Jewish history. This will be a powerful artistic composition. There will be a meet and greet with the artists at the conclusion of the concert.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech & Center for the Performing Arts Contact: Kate Gorbach, kate18@vt.edu
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Daniel Pearl movie night & Dessert reception
Time & Location: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. / WAJ Movie TheatreDescription: Hillel will show "A Mighty Heart as part of Daniel Pearl week. Pearl was a Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped, tortured, and eventually murdered in Pakistan shortly after 9/11 solely because he was Jewish. Dessert and discussion will follow after the movie.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech Contact:
Cost: $3 with VT ID; $5 without VT ID
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Daniel Pearl Music Day Presentation: Reel Big Fish
Time & Location: 7 p.m. / Commonwealth Ballroom – Squires Student Center
Description: For annual Daniel Pearl Music Day, we are very excited to host a concert by Reel Big Fish. Virginia Tech, Hillel at Virginia Tech, and VTU have worked in collaboration since 2007 to put on an event celebrating music. Daniel Pearl Music Day uses the power of music to reaffirm our commitment to tolerance and humanity to Virginia Tech's multicultural community. Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech, Jewish Student Union (JSU) & Virginia Tech Union (VTU) Contact: Kate Gorbach, kate18@vt.edu
Cost: $8 in advance; $10 at the door
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Screening of “Melting Away”
Time & Location: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. / Newman Library first floor
Description: This heartfelt drama follows the story of a family drawn into crisis after the parents discover their child is secretly exploring gender and kick him out of the house. Later, when the father is dying of cancer, the mother hires a private detective to track him down. Instead of a "son", the detective finds a woman who earns her pay dancing at gay cabarets.
For the first time in the history of Israeli cinema, a feature film dealing with parents coping with their transgender child. "Melting Away" has been conceived after the brutal murder at the
Friday, April 11, 2014
Avi Schaefer Shabbat
Time & Location: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. / Malcolm Rosenberg Hillel Center (710 Toms Creek Rd) Description: In the memory of Avi Schaefer, Hillel invites other student groups on campus to join us in a discussion of diversity and culture.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech
Contact: Elizabeth Wisgerhof, ewisg@vt.edu
Cost: $1 without an RSVP. Please RSVP to www.hillelatvirginiatech.com by Thursday, April 10, 2014.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Passover Seder
Time & Location: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. / Malcolm Rosenberg Hillel Center (710 Toms Creek Rd) Description: Join us for a night of celebrating Passover at a traditional Seder. We will be
enjoying kosher food cooked in our very own kitchen, a community led haggadah reading and so much more.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech
Contact: Elizabeth Wisgerhof; ewisg@vt.edu Cost: $36
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
LGBTQ & JEWISH COMMUNITY FORUM, Ask Big Questions Together! Time & Location: 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. / Brush Mountain Room A, Squires Student Center Description: Through our histories, LGBTQ and Jewish lives have been intertwined. To better understand where we have been and where we are going, we must sit down today and hold meaningful conversations. This program will ask participants to come together and talk about the big questions that are left unanswered.
Sponsor(s): LGBTA of Virginia Tech Contact: Zack Fry; zackfry@vt.edu Cost: Free
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Krav Maga Training
Time & Location: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / War Memorial Gym
Description: Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the military in Israel and Slovakia. It is similar to boxing, Judo, jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai. Training is aerobic and builds strength and personal protection. This is also a social event, as you will meet others interested in developing these skills.
Sponsor(s): Friends of Israel
Contact: Isabel Shocket, isabelmshocket@gmail.com Cost: Free
Monday, April 21 – Friday, April 18, 2014
Israel Photo Contest
Time & Location: Squires Student Center, 2nd floor
Description: Any student who has ever traveled to Israel from Virginia Tech may choose their 2 best inspirational photos. The top 10 photos are chosen by committee and are exhibited on the second floor of Squires to share, inspire, and educate the Hokie community. Passers-by are able to vote on their favorite picture. The Hillel committee takes their vote and the votes of the passer-byers to choose the top 3. The top 3 are presented awards.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech Contact: Sue Kurtz, skurtz@vt.edu Cost: Free
Monday, April 28, 2014
Reading of the Names
Time & Location: Daytime / Drillfield
Description: The Reading of the Names falls on Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day of the year, we pause to remember victims of the Holocaust. The names of those taken by the evils of war will be read aloud on the Drillfield.
Sponsor(s): Hillel at Virginia Tech
Contact: Isabel Shocket; isabelmshocket@gmail.com Cost: Free
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