Spring 2015 houstonhillel.org
Shabbat Shabbat with Houston Hillel
Shabbat at Houston Hillel - Dinner at 6:30 pm, optional services at 6:00. Check the Falafel for the locations of our Shabbat dinners on campus. January 16 Shabbat at Rice University at 5:30 January 23 Shabbat at University of Houston at 6:00 January 30 Interfaith Avi Schaefer Shabbat at Hillel - Challah baking at 5:30! February 6 Shabbat at University of Houston at 6:00 February 13 Shabbat 118 with Mentalist Banachek at Houston Hillel February 20 Shabbat at Rice U. Pres. Leebron’s home at 7:00 February 27 Shabbat at Houston Hillel - Challah baking at 5:30! March 6 Shabbat at University of Houston at 6:00 March 13 Rodeo Shabbat at Houston Hillel - Hamantaschen baking for Purim at 5:30! March 20 Shabbat at Rice University at 5:30 March 27 Shabbat at Houston Hillel - Challah baking at 5:30! April 3 Passover Seder Shabbat at Hillel at 6:00 April 10 Shabbat at Rice University at 5:30 April 17 Shabbat at University of Houston at 6:00 April 24 Israel Shabbat at Houston Hillel - Challah baking at 5:30! May 1 Shabbat at Houston Hillel Houston Hillel’s Shabbat dinners are sponsored by Elton and Janet Lipnick, David Lipnick, and Amy and Myles Kelman in memory of Paul and Fannie Lipnick. The Lipnick/Kelman families have generously sponsored Houston Hillel’s Shabbat dinners in Paul and Fannie Lipnick’s memory each year since 2009.
Highlights Lior Ben-Hur Wednesday, Jan 21 at 9:30 pm Willy’s Pub at Rice
that embodies the best of both
SermonSlam Rice - Wed, Jan 28 at 9:00 pm - Willy’s Pub UH - Tues, Feb 10 at 7:00 pm Legacy Lounge in the UC
Mentalist & Mindreader
Banachek Shabbat 118 Friday, Feb 13
Holiday Celebrations Jewstontexas Style Jewstontexas Shabbat Dinners
Optional Services at 6 Dinner at 6:30
Fridays at 7:00 pm - Jan 23, Feb 20, Mar 20, Ap 17, May 15, June 19 & July 24 For graduate students and young professionals between 21-29.
Jewstontexas Seders
Check the Jewstontexas Facebook page for the details on these traditional and not-quite-so-traditional Seders to be held around Houston!
Havdoggah: Havdallah at the Dog Park! Check the Jewstontexas Newsletter for days and location No dog? No problem! Show up anyway, we’ll have fun for humans, too.
Jewish Conversations and Learning Red, White & Schmooze
Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Ap 7 & May 5 at 8 pm Houston Hillel Wine and dessert - along with a conversation about contemporary Jewish topics led by Rabbi Kenny Weiss.
Meeting Friends and Having Fun Jews & Brews
Every other Tuesday from 8 -10 pm Jan 6, 20; Feb 3, 17; Mar 3, 17, 31; Ap 14, 28; May 12, 26; Ju 9, 23; Jul 7, 21 Jews and Brews. The name says it all. Check Jewstontexas on Facebook for the location! Look for a special Grad Student Happy Hour
Jewstontexas Sports Nights & Leagues
Monday night Softball and Wednesday night and Sunday Kickball! Check the Jewstontexas newsletter and Facebook group for details. Ice Skating - Friday, Feb 6 Track 21 - Friday, Mar 13 Rock Climbing - Friday, May 1
Brewery Tours
Saturday, Feb 28 8th Wonder Brewery Saturday, April 18 Karbach Brewery Saturday, June 6 St Arnold Brewery A most excellent option for your Shabbat afternoon.
PaintNite!
Thursday, Feb 12 & Ap 9
Get in touch with your creative side while drinking and schmoozing with friends.
Monthly Mitzvah Projects
Check the Jewstontexas newsletter and Facebook group for dates!
Campus-wide Afikoman Hunts!!!
During Passover Each day on campus at Rice and UH We will hide three afikoman each day at Rice and UH. Check out the special Facebook pages for the clues and start searching. Find an afikoman and you not only win a prize, we will also match that prize with a donation in your honor to a charity of your choice. Why? Because the Passover tradition is to “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” This is our way of giving back to the community.
Passover Shopping Trips
Afraid you’ll be stuck with the munchies and not a macaroon or matzah in sight? Call Zoe and she’ll take you shopping for Passover!
Chocolate Seder
Monday, April 6 after our Passover dinner What a wonderful Passover dessert!
Houston Hillel
Jewstontexas Seders
Check the Jewstontexas Facebook page for the details on these traditional and not-quite-so-traditional Seders to be held around Houston!
Bring Back the Bread w/ Houston Hillel
Saturday, April 11 from 8:00 to 9:30 pm Star Pizza on Norfolk We can’t think of a better way to end the matzah madness.
Sunday, March 8
Join the Houston Hillel or Jewstontexas teams! Contact Zoe or Michelle for info!
Explore Judaism Mini Courses on Campus
Every few weeks University of Houston and Rice University Email Kenny to join an existing informal lunch-time study group, or ask Kenny to form an additional group on a topic of your choice.
Cafe Ivrit (Hebrew Cafe)
Check the Falafel for schedule On campus and around town Schmooze in Hebrew and nosh on some food. All levels welcome!
Every Week or so
Tu b’Shevat
UH Lunches
Jewish Conference Opportunities
Every Tuesday, late morn to early afternoon UH Hillel Student Lounge Enjoy a FREE lunch with Houston Hillel in our cool Student Lounge in the A. D. Bruce Religion Center. No RSVP required.
Schmooze with Jews
UH - Tabling and planting seeds Rice - Lunch with trail mix Plant a tree in Hermann Park
Feb 2 Feb 4
Scholarships available! Israel advocacy, eco-Zionism, NUJLS (the National Union of Jewish Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Intersex Students), or just a weekend with other Jewish college students - there’s a conference for every interest. Check the Falafel for the possibilities.
Every Wednesday at Noon Rice’s Brochstein Pavilion FREE weekly lunches at Rice! Stop by once in a while or each week.
Shepherd School Lunches
Feb 5, Mar 12 & May 7 at Noon Rice’s Shepherd School of Music Hang for a casual lunch with other Jewish music students.
UH Lounge Nights
Jan 27, Feb 24, Mar 31 & Ap 21 UH Hillel Student Lounge Living on campus? Stop by Hillel’s Student Lounge in the A.D. Bruce Religion Center for movies, games and other stuff.
Israel
Pizza & Havdallah at Rice
Saturdays at 6:00 pm Check the Falafel for the location Jan 24, Feb 7, Mar 14 & Ap 18 Alternates bet north & south colleges FREE weekly lunches at Rice! Stop by once in a while or each week.
Run with the Rabbi Locations to be determined
Free Kosher for Passover Meals
Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff
Thursday, Jan 29 at 7 pm Tu b’Shevat Thursday, Feb 26 at 7 pm Hamantaschen for Purim Wednesday, Mar 18 at 7 pm Challah Thursday, Ap 2 at 7 pm Passover Thursday, May 7 at 7 pm Israeli Cuisine What’s more Jewish than food? Nothing! We’ll meet at Houston Hillel.
Check the Jewstontexas newsletter for monthly lunches at Baylor College of Medicine, South Texas College of Law, UH Law, Rice MBA Program, Rice Shepard School of Music, and Bay Area Hillel. Houston Hillel’s Graduate Student Lunches are sponsored by the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
Houston Hillel
At Houston Hillel
Jewish Cooking Classes
Graduate Student Lunches
Friday, April 3 at 6:00 pm It’s a student led FREE Seder. RSVP on Facebook!
Houston Hillel’s 2015 Passover Seders and meals are sponsored by Elton and Janet Lipnick, David Lipnick and Amy & Myles Kelman in memory of Paul and Fannie Lipnick. The Lipnick/Kelman families have generously sponsored Houston Hillel’s Passover Seders in Paul and Fannie Lipnick’s memory each year since 2008.
Rasta and Judaism!
for Jewish Twentysomethings
Free First Night Seder
Houston Hillel offers students FREE kosher for Passover lunches at UH and Rice, and dinners at Houston Hillel. How do you get yours? Just show up - no RSVP necessary! Rice lunches in Brochstein Pavilion Apr 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 at noon UH lunches in the UH Hillel Lounge Apr 6, 7, 8, & 9 at noon Dinners at Houston Hillel Apr 6, 7, 8 & 9 from 6 to 7 pm Passover Shabbat Dinner at Houston Hillel Apr 10 at 6:30 pm
Jewish Reggae
It’s a poetry slam for sermons
Jewstontexas
Passover
Every Monday around 8 am Rice Running Loop Enjoy some schmooze time w/ Kenny. Email Kenny so he’ll expect you, or just surprise him as he takes a clockwise loop or two.
Hang with Zoe and Kenny at Rice
Israel Week
Tabling at UH UH Israel Lounge Night Cafe Ivrit at Houston Hillel Tabling at Rice Israel Shabbat at Houston Hillel
Monday, Ap 20 Tuesday, Ap 21 Wednesday, Ap 22 Thursday, Ap 23 Friday, Ap 24
Every Thursday afternoon Rice’s Brochstein Pavilion One of them will be there to buy you a Cup O’ Joe and a snack while you schmooze about anything at all.
Go to Israel for FREE!
Cougar Coffee Hour w/ Zoe
Israel Updates with Niv - the JCC Israel Shaliach
On occasional Thursdays Zoe will be free for coffee or lunch on the UH campus. Email her at zgoldberg@houstonhillel.org and make plans to meet her somewhere on campus!
Bagel Shop Runs
Experience Israel firsthand with Houston Hillel and Taglit-Birthright Israel. If you are 18-26 you’re eligible to go for FREE! Contact Zoe for details.
Tuesdays noon Jan 27, Feb 24, Mar 24 & Ap 28 UH Hillel Student Lounge Wednesdays noon Jan 28, Feb 25, Mar 25 Rice University
Study Abroad in Israel
Call Zoe for a ride to New York Bagels - the best bagels in Houston!
Check out Rice University’s newly established relationships with Israeli universities, and explore alternatives for UH.
Hillel Rehearsal/Study Space
Israel Advocacy Conferences
Need a quiet place to study or rehearse? Houston Hillel is available any time of day or night. Contact Kenny to learn the possibilities.
Student Board Meetings
Watch the Falafel for other days and times Houston Hillel Open to everyone - and a great way to get involved with Hillel.
Ask Kenny about opportunities to attend a variety of conferences. Scholarships available!
Cougars for Israel
Like the Cougars for Israel Facebook group to keep up with Israel advocacy at UH - facebook.com/UHCougarsForIsrael.
Get the latest each week with Houston Hillel’s Falafel email. Send a message to hillel@houstonhillel.org to get on the list!