Shabbat Lunch at Hillel
2024-10-12 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-10-19 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-10-26 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-11-02 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
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!

Community Dinner
2024-10-15 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-10-22 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-10-29 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-11-05 17:30 - 18:30
Find community, make connections with your peers, and eat dinner at Hillel. Join us for a kosher meat dinner with a vegetarian option.

Food. People. Comfort.

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The Torah-ed Poets Department
2024-10-15 20:00 - 21:00
Love Taylor Swift? We do too! Join us at our Eras Tour themed “Learn about Simchat Torah” party! Simchat Torah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of reading the Torah (and the beginning of a new cycle).

We’ll be celebrating Simchat Torah together next week at Tufts Hillel, but if you’re someone who want to learn more about Simchat Torah before 10/24 or just like Taylor Swift, stop by for a fun time filled with friendship bracelets, snacks, and music!

What Is Sukkot Anyways? Lunch and Learn!
2024-10-16 00:00 - 13:00
Can you use a person as a wall of a sukkah? Can you build a sukkah on a camel’s back? Can you build a sukkah on an elephant?! Come to this lunch and learn for comedy, Jewish learning, and free food!

Sukkot Services & Meals
2024-10-16 18:30 - 2024-10-24 13:00
Join Tufts Hillel to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot! We will be having services and meals throughout the holiday, in addition to a variety of programming. See below for our service and chag meal schedule!

Click here for all of our Sukkot events!

Contact Katie with any questions Kate.Hamelburg@tufts.edu

Sukkot Chag Meal Times:

Wednesday, 10/16Services: 6:00pmDinner: 7:00pm

Thursday, 10/17Services: 6:00pmDinner: 7:00pm

Friday, 10/18Services: 6:00pmDinner: 7:00pm

Saturday, 10/19Services: 10:00amLunch: 12:00pm

Wednesday, 10/23Services: 6:30pmDinner: 7:00pm

Thursday, 10/24Services: 10:00amLunch: 12pm

SNL: Sukkot Night Live
2024-10-17 19:00
Join Tufts Hillel for Sukkot dinner and SNL: Sukkot Night Live! As we’re bringing in the holiday of Sukkot, we’ll have a night of food, friends, and comedy in the Sukkah. Can’t wait to see you there!

Weekly Talmud Chaburah with Rabbi Brawer
2024-10-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-10-25 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-11-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Join Rabbi Brawer Friday mornings for Talmud study. This opportunity is for those who have studied Talmud previously and want to develop their Talmud study skills. We will be studying select passages of Agadah.
Coffee & Cake served!
For more information contact Naftali, Naftali.Brawer@tufts.edu

Parents and Family Weekend
2024-10-18 16:45 - 2024-10-19 13:00
We look forward to welcoming you to Parents and Family Weekend at Tufts Hillel!

Location: All events are at Tufts Hillel | 220 Packard Avenue

Please register below for Friday Night Shabbat/Sukkot Dinner and Saturday Shabbat/Sukkot Lunch!

Full Schedule of Events

Friday, October 18th

4:45 – 5:30 PM : RECEPTION AND OPEN HOUSE AT TUFTS HILLEL

Join parents, students, and staff for a pre-Shabbat reception and schmooze!

5:30 PM : COMMUNAL SHABBAT/SUKKOT CANDLE LIGHTING

6:00 – 7:00 PM : STUDENT-LED SHABBAT/SUKKOT SERVICES

Please join us for student-led Reform and Conservative Shabbat/Sukkot services.

7:00 PM : SHABBAT/SUKKOT DINNER – Please register below!

Share the Hillel Shabbat/Sukkot experience with your entire family! Join us for a delicious kosher dinner (with a vegetarian option) following services. You are welcome for dinner, services, or both.

Saturday, October 19th

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM : STUDENT-LED SHABBAT/SUKKOT SERVICES

Come join us for Conservative Shabbat/Sukkot morning services.

12:00 – 1:00 PM : SHABBAT/SUKKOT LUNCH – Please register below!

Please RSVP for both Friday night dinner & Saturday lunch below

Master Chef: Sukkot Edition
2024-10-20 14:00 - 15:00
Want to put your master chef skills to the test? Join Tufts Hillel for Master Chef: SUKKOT EDITION! Come join us on Sunday, 10/20 to build your best Sukkot in the Sukkah. All food ingredients will be provided. Feel free to come as a team or come on your own and join a group when you get there!

Challah For Hunger
2024-10-21 15:00 - 21:00
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. For this week only: join us for a special dinner in the Sukkah from 6 – 7pm, while we let the dough rise.

Dough 3-4PM

Braiding 5-6PM

Dinner 6-7PM

Baking 7-9PM

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

Sign Up!

Care Package Assembly for Rosie's Place
2024-10-21 20:30 - 21:30
Join us for Care Package Assembly as we assemble care packages for the women at Rosie’s Place!

We’ll put together essential supplies like toiletries, books, and other necessities to help provide comfort and support. Your participation will make a meaningful impact—let’s come together to make a difference! Can’t wait to see you there.

Challah for Hunger – Challah Sale
2024-10-22 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.

Comedy Lunch and Learn: Can you build a Sukkah on an elephant?
2024-10-24 12:00 - 13:00

Simchat Torah
2024-10-24 19:00
Join Tufts Hillel for a SIMCHAT TORAH CELEBRATION, on Thursday, October 24th! We will be joining together for the holiday of Simchat Torah, which celebrates the annual conclusion of reading the Torah. There will be singing, dancing with the Torah, and lots of food – we hope to see you there! All are welcome!

Simchat Torah Song Circle
2024-10-25 11:00 - 12:00
Join us to sing and pray together, joining voices, hearts, and rhythms to create a sacred healing space. Learn and sing new melodies by queer Jewish musicians. Although this will not be a Torah service, we will include some morning prayers! Whether you enjoy singing or want to listen, everyone is welcome.

Decades Shabbat
2024-10-25 18:00 - 20:30
Services and Dinner

It’s DECADES SHABBAT! Join us at Tufts Hillel for a special decades-themed Shabbat dinner. Come dressed as your favorite decade (or come as you are!) We can’t wait to see you there!

To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up by Wednesday at 10:00am 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

Apple Picking
2024-10-27 13:00 - 17:00
Escape the hustle and bustle and join us for a day of fun and fresh air at our annual Apple Picking Event! Enjoy the beautiful orchards, where you can handpick delicious apples straight from the tree.

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Apple Crisp Bake Event
2024-10-29 18:30 - 20:30
Come join us as we bake yummy apple crisp from the apples we pick at apple picking! Hope to see you there.

Shabbat Friday Night
2024-11-01 18:00 - 20:30
Services and Dinner

Join us for Shabbat services and dinner at Hillel! To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up by Wednesday at 10:00am 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

World Series Shabbat
2024-11-01 19:00
It’s the World Series, so we’re celebrating with WORLD SERIES SHABBAT! Come join us for food, friends, and fun at Tufts Hillel. Candle Lighting and services at 6pm, World Series Shabbat Dinner at 7pm. We can’t wait to see you there!

Elections & Eats: A Community Gathering
2024-11-06 12:00 - 13:15
Feeling excited that you just voted in your first presidential election? Feeling stressed about election results? However you’re feeling, come hang out at Hillel after Election Day for bagels, snacks, and company.

Challah For Hunger
2024-11-07 15:00 - 21:00
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.

Dough 3-4PM

Braiding 5-6PM

Baking 7-9PM

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

Sign Up!
