Israel Book Club
2024-01-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Students and faculty members will meet weekly to discuss readings from Aaron J. Hahn Tapper and Mira Sucharov’s book “Social Justice and Israel/Palestine: Foundational and Contemporary Debates.” We will allot time during the meetings for participants to read the texts that we will be discussing, so no outside reading is necessary. All reading materials will be provided, and discussions will be run so that weekly attendance is not necessary to participate. Feel free to join us whenever you can! Lunch will be served each week.

All are welcome! Please contact Professor Hedda Harari-Spencer or Skyler Goldberg with any questions.

Welcome Back Shabbat
2024-01-19 18:00 - 20:30 | Tufts Hillel-Dining Room, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Services and Dinner

Join us for Shabbat services and dinner at Hillel! To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up via sms/text: Text HILLEL TO 617 420 7411

Shabbat dinner is provided compliments of Hillel. If you are on an unlimited meal plan, or have the resources to do so, please allow us to subsidize your meal by using a meal swipe.

Schedule

6:00pm Candle Lighting & Services

7:00pm Kosher Dinner vegetarian and meat options

8:00pm Dessert bar!

Shabbat Lunch at Hillel
2024-01-20 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-01-27 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-02-03 12:00 - 13:30
Join Tufts Hillel on Saturday for Shabbat lunch! No need to pre-register – just show up! All are welcome, we hope to see you there!

First Year Karaoke Club
2024-01-20 20:00 - 22:00
Join us for a fun night at the Hillel Karaoke Club! Free food, mocktails, live music, and laughs. Everyone is welcome!

Critical Conversations: An Evening with the Family of Israeli Hostages
2024-01-24 18:00
An Israel Education Series

RSVP Below!

6:00pm Buffet Dinner

6:30 Presentation, followed by Q&A

Registration strongly encouraged, and student IDs and sign-in will be required at the door.

When Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, they took Carmel Gat and Yarden Roman-Gat hostage, spurring an international movement for their release. Maya and Gili Roman, two of their family members, have been prominent voices in this campaign, traveling around the world to meet with politicians and media. In part thanks to their and others’ efforts, Yarden was released with other hostages on November 29, but Carmel remains a prisoner of Hamas. Join Maya and Gili Roman to learn about their push to free the hostages and their family in captivity.

Challah For Hunger
2024-01-25 15:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-25 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-08 15:00 - 20:00
Challah for Hunger is a group dedicated to doing Tzedakah (charity) through baking and selling Challahs! The current flavors are Chocolate Chip, Cinnamon Sugar, Everything Bagel, and Plain. 100% of the proceeds go to Family Table, one of the largest Jewish Food banks in the Greater Boston Area.

Join us to bake, make new friends, and make a difference.

Sign up HERE!

Challah for Hunger - Challah Sale
2024-01-26 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-09 10:00 - 13:00
Are you hungry? If so, stop by the Campus center to buy delicious Challahs! The current flavors are Chocolate Chip, Cinnamon Sugar, Everything Bagel, and Plain. 100% of the proceeds go to Family Table, one of the largest Jewish Food banks in the Greater Boston Area.

JWC Shabbat
2024-01-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Tufts Hillel-Dining Room, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Services and Dinner

JWC Shabbat is your chance to appreciate the importance of the female experience while celebrating shabbat. **ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME CELEBRATE!!!

Bingo with a prize, delicious food, and time with friends!

To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up via sms/text: Text HILLEL TO 617 420 7411

Shabbat dinner is provided compliments of Hillel. If you are on an unlimited meal plan, or have the resources to do so, please allow us to subsidize your meal by using a meal swipe.

Schedule

6:00pm Candle Lighting & Services

7:00pm Kosher Dinner Vegetarian and meat options

Saturday Morning Services
2024-01-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:00
Join Tufts Hillel for Saturday morning Conservative services throughout the semester. Services will take place at Hillel then followed by lunch.

Tu B'shvat Seder: Back to our Roots
2024-01-27 17:30 - 19:00
Join us for a fun and delicious Tu B’Shvat seder celebrating trees, nature, and getting back to our roots. Come explore our relationships to the earth and with one another as we eat fruit and discuss our role in and impact on nature.

Spring After-School Volunteer Program GIM
2024-01-29 12:00 - 13:00
General interest meeting to learng about volunteering for the after-school program.

Volunteer with local middle schoolers. Lunch will be provided!

First-Year Hillel Happy Hour
2024-01-30 19:00 - 20:00
Join us for tea, hot chocolate, and dessert after the community dinner! Relax at Hillel and get to know new first-year students before the retreat.

Critical Conversations, Prospects for Peace: Past, Present and Future with Dennis Ross and Ghaith al-Omari
2024-02-01 19:00 - 20:30
An Israel Education Series

RSVP Below!

What might peace between Israelis and Palestinians look like, and what needs to happen to reach that point? Join diplomats Dennis Ross and Ghaith al-Omari, experienced negotiators and experts, in a conversation about past initiatives to make peace, the present situation, and what the future in the region might look like.

Dinner will be served.

Registration strongly encouraged, and student IDs and sign-in will be required at the door.

Speaker Bios

Ghaith al-Omari is the former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. He served as advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during the 1999–2001 permanent-status talks and has held various other positions within the Palestinian Authority.

Ambassador Dennis Ross has served in a multitude of positions in the White House, including as special assistant to President Obama and the point person on the Middle East peace process for the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He helped broker the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty and the 1995 Interim Agreement (Oslo II). They’ll bring their expertise together to give a glimpse into the challenges faced in the region and offer insights into the current situation.

Shabbat Friday Night
2024-02-02 18:00 - 20:30 | Tufts Hillel-Dining Room, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Join Tufts Hillel on Music Shabbat, for an evening full of song, music, and community. Everyone is welcome! Bring your voices, music/poetry/short stories, listen to your peers, join in dinner and games, and much more.

There will be a Pre-Candles Coffee House: From 5:00-6:00. Bring an instrument, a song, a poem, or any form of music or thought you would like to share with the community! Live music (including instruments), a hot chocolate bar, and more.

Candle Lighting and Services: At 6:00, we will bring in Shabbat with candle lighting, followed by reform and conservative services.

Dinner: At 7:00, there will be a free community dinner, with games and more. Post-Dinner Tish:

Following dinner, we will be holding an evening song session and Tish, from 8:00 – 9:00. There will be songs, nigguns (wordless melodies), and more. Come with songs in mind or learn new tunes – we hope to see you there!

To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up via SMS/text: Text HILLEL TO 617 420 7411

Dinner and Discussion: Building Community Across Difference
2024-02-05 18:00 - 19:00
Shiur with visiting scholar R. Matthew Anisfeld

How do we Build Community Across Difference?: The Case of Amei Ha’arets in a world that can feel increasingly divided across social, political and religious lines, how do we go about sharing communal spaces and working towards shared goals? We will study the case of amei ha’aretz (people of the land) as a model for thinking about this question.

All are welcome!

Community Gathering
2024-02-06 18:00 - 19:15
Find community, process with you peers, and eat dinner at Hillel.

Food. People. Comfort.

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Succulent and Pot Decorating
2024-02-06 19:00 - 20:00
This is your chance to shmooze and relax while decorating a lovely succulent.

Join for succulents, pot decorating, arts and crafts!

Critical Conversations: What is Zionism? With Gil Troy
2024-02-07 19:00
An Israel Education Series

RSVP Below!

Registration strongly encouraged, and student IDs and sign-in will be required at the door.

7:00pm Dinner and Presentation

Often when we talk about Israel, we pass over the ideology that’s at the center of its existence: Zionism. What does it mean to be a Zionist? How do perspectives differ within schools of Zionist thought? What is the relationship between Judaism and Zionism? Historian and writer Gil Troy, editor of The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland—Then, Now, Tomorrow, will share his understanding of Zionism, shedding light on different historical and contemporary streams of Zionism and their impacts on present-day Israel and Jewry.

Gesher: Building Bridges
2024-02-07 20:00 - 22:00
Since October 7th, we’ve felt many things—grief, mourning, anger, fear, confusion. And one thing has been missing: dialogue. “Gesher: Building Bridges” is a new Tufts Hillel initiative aimed at bridging the divides within the Jewish community.

Gesher fellows will engage in weekly seminars over 10 weeks to study diverse perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a focus on seeing the other and building bridges, particularly amid the ongoing war. We will delve into important themes, including identity, diaspora, humanization, and challenging hate. This is a student-led fellowship designed for all students—Jewish and allies alike—committed to shared learning, open to new experiences, and respectful toward diverse voices. Fellows will have the opportunity to explore their own views in a challenging, tolerant, and respectful environment. The fellowship will feature a highly subsidized trip over Patriots’ Day Weekend to hear insightful speakers and come together in pursuit of collective healing.

Club Cholent
2024-02-08 14:00 - 15:00
Come join Tufts Hillel’s first-ever Club Cholent, where we’ll be making cholent for this week’s Shabbat lunch. Feel free to come for as little or as long as you’d like – drop by once or come every session! Don’t enjoy cooking? Come taste each of our Cholents on Saturday afternoon, during Shabbat lunch.

What is cholent, anyways?

Cholent is a traditional stew, prepared prior to Shabbat and slow cooked throughout the day. It stems from both Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish traditions, with variations on recipe and flavor profile. Bring a favorite recipe, chop some veggies, or just come to taste test! Meat and vegan options (both gluten-free) will be offered.

Shabbat Friday Night
2024-02-09 18:00 - 20:30 | Tufts Hillel-Dining Room, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Services and Dinner

Join us for Shabbat services and dinner at Hillel! To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up via sms/text: Text HILLEL TO 617 420 7411

Shabbat dinner is provided compliments of Hillel. If you are on an unlimited meal plan, or have the resources to do so, please allow us to subsidize your meal by using a meal swipe.

Schedule

6:00pm Candle Lighting & Services

7:00pm Kosher Dinner Vegetarian and meat options
