Monday, February 01, 2010

Bioethics Shiur- Suicide and Euthanasia

8:00pm - 9:00pm @ 2901 campus Rd.
What's wrong with DR Kevorkian? What is the status of suicide and Jawish Law? What about King Saul, Martyrs of the crusades, Masada? Join Rabbi Boshnack for an eyeopening shiur on euthanasia. Dinner will be served.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Free Hot Soup All Week @ the Hillel!

Come escape the bitter cold weather and enjoy this hot treat from Hillel.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Acheinu

6pm
Back by popular demand, join us every Monday for a night of fun with Acheinu. Acheinu is a program for the physically and mentally challenged. Whether we are baking, crafting, gaming, or eating, you are bound to have fun and make a difference in the lives of of our brothers(not a big fan of the word consumers).

This program is a good resume booster and will benefit everyone;including those who are pt,st,ot, or ed majors. I am more than happy to write a letter of recommendation to anyone who participates in this program.

Dinner for those who attend is also included.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Talmud for Everyone with Rabbanit Sharon

6PM in Rabb Hall:

Whether you have been learning Gemara for some time or you want to experience for the first time the rich subject of Talmud study this class is for you. We will be learning the first chapter of Tractate Pesachim.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Speaker: Current Situation of Jews in Poland with Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich

4 PM

Born in the United States, Rabbi Schudrich is a graduate of SUNY Stony Brook and Columbia University. First ordained a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, he then received an Orthodox ordination from Yeshiva University.

Working in Warsaw from 1992 to 1998 under the sponsorship of the Lauder Foundation, Rabbi Schudrich participated in the revival of Jewish life in Poland. He returned to Poland in 2000 as the official rabbi of Warsaw and Łódź, and in 2004 was appointed as the chief rabbi of Poland.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Women’s Beit Midrash

Monday night- 5:45pm- Guest women lectures every other Monday night- (on other weeks there will be peer led chavrusa learning on unique topics.) check it out!

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Shiur on Euthanasia 2/1/10

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Monday, February 01, 2010

The Cornell Daily Sun: Orthodox Jewish Community Builds Ehruv on Campus

For the original article in the Cornell Daily Sun, Click here.

January 29, 2010 - 2:27am
By Elizabeth Krevsky

Observant Jews in the Cornell community can finally enjoy extended freedom during the Sabbath, thanks to the official establishment of the Rabbi Morris Goldfarb Memorial Ehruv.

An ehruv — a physical structure enclosing a larger area into a single domain — enables Jews to carry items such as food, books, medicines and coats without violating the Sabbath. According to Aaron Sarna ’11, president of the Center for Jewish Living, it is forbidden in the Jewish tradition to physically carry anything between a public and private domain during the Sabbath, which begins every Friday at sundown and ends after sundown every Sunday.

The religious ruling that necessitates the use of the ehruv is a rabbinical interpretation of a Biblical verse, according to Rabbi Jason Leib, Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus director, O.U. and rabbinic supervisor of the ehruv.

Dean Robinson, grad and leader of the Cornell Ehruv Committee, estimated that more than 70 Jewish community members benefit from the ehruv.

Sarna explained the positive impact the ehruv has had on the Jewish community. “[The ehruv] means that I can carry my books if I want to go study in the library,” he said. “I can go have a football game on the Arts Quad or bring water with me if I want to go on a walk in The Plantations. [The ehruv] makes things more mobile and simplifies things.”

Before the construction of the ehruv, Robinson said, “I could’ve worn a coat, but I couldn’t have taken it off.”

Leib, father of three young children, said, “My life has benefited tremendously. [The ehruv] means that we can push a stroller.”

“It makes [the Sabbath] more festive,” he added.

The new ehruv is essentially a long boundary consisting of pre-existing utility poles connected by wires, Sarna explained. The Cornell ehruv website states that the ehruv encloses the entire Cornell campus, the majority of Collegetown and significant portions of downtown Ithaca and Cayuga Heights.

To construct the ehruv, Leib said that the Ithaca community contracted a utility company to put the requisite ehruv moldings on existing utility poles. The Cornell Ehruv Committee sought civil permission for the ehruv which was ultimately granted by the sheriff of Tompkins County.

Local rabbinical supervision for the ehruv is provided by Rabbi Leib as well as by the Rav HaMachshir Rabbi Barry Freundel. Sarna said that Freundel inspected the construction and granted his approval in December.

Last week Leib performed the ceremony establishing the Rabbi Morris Goldfarb Memorial Ehruv as an ehruv and, “not a bunch of wires and poles,” Sarna said. Last weekend was the first Sabbath that the ehruv was usable.

“Going forward,” Sarna explained, “[the ehruv] still has to be checked every week to make sure that the structure is intact.”

Robinson said that the Cornell Ehruv Committee is currently in the process of organizing a rotation of students to drive around the entire 8.5-mile route every week to make sure that nothing has been knocked down. This process requires several hours every week.

However, these efforts are well worth it for many in the Ithaca Jewish community. “The whole point [of the ehruv] is that it makes observance of the Sabbath more pleasant and easier,” Robinson said. “I’m looking forward to making use of it.”

According to the Cornell Ehruv website, the ehruv project was made possible through donations from Robert and Sarah Steinberg ’78, the Welsbach Electric Corp. and others.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Guest Speaker at Hillel

7:00 p.m. @ Hillel

The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies program presents:

Efraim Inbar, director BESA center at Bar Ilan University, on The New Geopolitics of the Middle East.

For more information contact Mary Otterbein

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Cornell Eruv Goes Up

The Cornell Eruv has been completed, and we thank the Cornell Eruv Committee for its hard work and dedication.

Please see the full article in The Cornell Daily Sun at: cornellsun.com

or on the JLIC website at jliconline

To see if the Eruv is operational for Shabbat, please check http://cornelleruv.com.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Mini-Series in Collegetown

2 week mini-series in Collegetown on various topics related to Judaism! Topic and location changes for each mini-series.
Where? at the Apartment of Noam Schaap: 805 E. Seneca
When? Monday night at 8:30, Feb. 1st & 8th
What? Hands on Hilchot Shabbat. Part 1: How can I make guacamole on Shabbat?
With any questions or suggestions please call Chana @ 847-347-7081

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