No Shabbat Dinner on May 12th
2023-05-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Please note there is no shabbat dinner this week on May 12th!

Seniors and Families please sign up here for Graduation Weekend and Shabbat dinner here by May 10th!

Graduation Weekend and Shabbat!
2023-05-19 17:30 - 2023-05-20 14:15 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Join us for all or part of our graduation weekend, meals, programs, and events. Everything you need to know is below.

You can expect great food, connection with your community, and time to connect with and say farewell to your fellow seniors, families, and staff.

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Graduation Weekend 2023 Schedule

Sign-ups are closed. For sign up info please email Marilyn.Goldman@tufts.edu.

Friday May 19th

5:30pm Open House Reception

6:35 Candle Lighting and Services

7:15 Dinner by Tova’s Kosher Catering

Saturday May 20th

10:30AM Services

12:15 Buffet Kosher Lunch

Shabbat space until 2:15pm

2:15pm Hillel Closes

Shabbat Dinner Pricing:

Graduating Seniors ticket: Free of charge

Individual Dinner Ticket: $30 per person with a ($100 per family maximum*).

Family Dinner Ticket– 4 or more people: $100 (Please limit to immediate family (e.g. parents, guardians, siblings, grandparents).

*Please note that the cost to Hillel for Graduation Shabbat dinner is $40 per person.

Please consider a voluntary donation of $18, $36, or $72 to cover the cost for those who cannot pay full price. Please email Marilyn.goldman@tufts.edu with any questions

Tickets

Sign-ups are closed.

For sign up info please email Marilyn.Goldman@tufts.edu

Hillel Open House
2023-06-03 15:00 - 16:00 | MA
Welcome (or welcome back) to Tufts Hillel! Join us for desserts while reconnecting with classmates.

Even though this event is a part of Reunion Weekend 2023, all Tufts alumni and their loved ones are welcome to attend.

No RSVP needed; just stop by!

Hillel Open House
2023-08-29 09:00 - 17:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Join us to meet staff and student leaders and find out what’s going on at Hillel.

Light refreshments will be available.

Late Night Chill
2023-08-31 22:00 - 23:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Come as you are (comfy clothes encouraged!) and join us at Hillel for some yummy snacks and great company as we relax after a long orientation day! All are welcome — come meet your Class of 2027 peers and hang!

First-Year Shabbat
2023-09-01 17:30 - 20:30 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
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Sign-up below!

Join us for Shabbat pre-neg, services, dinner and dessert! You may come to one, two, or all Shabbat events. All food will be kosher and dinner will come with grape juice and delicious challah (along with allergy friendly options!). Please register for dinner on our website (tuftshillel.org) by Friday at 10am and bring your Tufts ID upon your arrival. Registration is highly encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome.

5:30pm: Pre-Shabbat Food and Music on Tisch Roof

6:00pm: Services

Conservative Services on Tisch Roof

Reform Services at Garden outside of Hillel (we will walk from Tisch roof together)

7:15pm: Shabbat Dinner at Hillel

8:00pm: Dessert and Board Games in Hillel Lounge

Sign up here!

Shabbat Services, Lunch, and Relax
2023-09-02 10:00 - 12:30 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Join us for Shabbat morning! Spend time with your HFELs in services or in the Hillel Lounge for a relaxing Shabbat vibe. Shabbat lunch following services – you may come to lunch with or without attending services. Please register for lunch on our website (tuftshillel.org) by Wednesday 8/30 @ 10am and bring your Tufts ID upon your arrival. Registration is highly encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome.

10:00am: Conservative Services in downstairs chapel or relax with HFELs in Hillel Lounge

12:00pm: Shabbat Lunch

Havdalah and JP Licks
2023-09-02 21:00 - 23:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Come celebrate the end of Shabbat with the symbolic ritual of Havdalah, then head over to J.P. Licks in Davis Square for ice cream. It’s on us! Meet at Hillel.

Bagel Brunch
2023-09-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Join us for the tastiest, bagel-iest, can’t-miss, event of the semester. Tufts Hillel presents our annual Bagel Brunch with performances by all campus a cappella groups! All are welcome to come grab a bagel (plain, everything, or whatever you like) and join us for this iconic orientation event!

Back to School Sip
2023-09-06 12:00 - 13:30 | MA
Come to Hillel for some fun flavored lemonade and reconnecting with friends!

Everyone is invited! Come for five minutes or stay the whole time!

Volunteer for Conservative High Holiday Services!
2023-09-06 18:00 - 19:00 | MA
Come talk to Michael and Sarah (Conservative minyan co-chairs) to discuss Conservative High Holiday services!

If there are any leadership roles you want to take on during services—whether leading a prayer, reading a poem, or sharing a reflection, let us know so we can make the holidays as meaningful as possible!

Israel Book Club
2023-09-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-29 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
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 BBQ Shabbat
2023-09-08 17:30 - 20:00 | Tufts Hillel-Dining Room, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Join Tufts Hillel for our Welcome Back BBQ Shabbat Dinner! Grab a Kosher burger (or veggie burger!), unplug from the week, and bring in Shabbat.

The BBQ will be taking place outside the Hillel building.

Reform and Conservative Shabbat services will be held right after, followed by dessert and board games! Whether you celebrate every week or it’s your first time, we’d love to see you there!

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.

Get the Scoop Hillel GIM
2023-09-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Tufts Hillel Building, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Come to Tufts Hillel to make an ice cream sundae and get the scoop on all things Tufts Hillel and classes. Learn about all the ways to get involved at Hillel and get advice from upperclassmen on everything and anything! Hope to see you at our fall GIM.

Babka & Birthright
2023-09-14 12:15 - 13:30 | MA
Hungry for Babka? Hungry for knowledge, too? Come to the Shalom V’Or Chapel for a sweet treat and the answers to all your questions about Birthright! Everyone is welcome to free babka, free soda, and (most importantly) free information!

Shabbat Friday Night
2023-09-15 18:00 - 20:30, 2023-09-22 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 below by Wednesday at 10:00am.

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

High Holidays at Tufts Hillel 2023
2023-09-15 18:15 - 2023-09-25 21:30 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
We look forward to welcoming you.

Join us for all or part of High Holidays, meals, and events. Everything you need to know is below.

⬇️Take me to the sign up! ⬇️

⬇️Take me to the Full Schedule⬇️

High Holiday Services

1. Traditional/Egalitarian services.

This service will use the machzor (prayer book) “Lev Shalem” and will include:

Traditional Hebrew liturgy combined with English readings and explanations

Guided meditations

Kabbalah-inspired themes

Integrated art, poetry and literature

Prayer as a personal journey

Communal singing

2. Reform services will include:

Familiar Reform Liturgy with Kavanah

Integrated Poetry/Creative Readings

Alternate Prayer Modalities

Space for Personal Reflection

Communal Singing

Musical instrumentation

High Holiday Meals

Yes, it’s true you can eat kosher food throughout the High Holidays.

You are invited to Tufts Hillel’s High Holidays Meals. You can expect great food, connection with your community, and spiritual renewal!

Transparent Meal Pricing:

In order for us to finance the delicious, Kosher food that we offer, The charge for meals are below.

The real cost of a meal to Tufts Hillel per person is over $40.00. Hillel subsidizes a portion of every meal. In order to make meals accessible to all students we ask you to cover the costs listed below.

If this price is prohibitive for you or you have questions please contact any member of the Hillel staff and we will ensure complete confidentiality. We want every student to have access to, and feel welcome at our events and programs.

Please consider a voluntary donation of $18, $36, or $72 to cover the cost for those who cannot pay full price.

In order to pay the lower price you must give us your student ID# on the registration form and permission to charge your meal plan. Please remember that all 1st year students have unlimited meal swipes and therefore can choose this option.

Registration

So that we can order the appropriate amount of food to accommodate everyone while avoiding food waste, we ask that you sign up for ALL Rosh Hashanah meals by 9/8 and for Yom Kippur meals by 9/15.

Walk-ins:

If you sign up in advance your meal is guaranteed; there is no guaranteed availability for walk-ins.

If you missed the deadline to sign up and would like to join us please come early and we will do our best to accommodate you depending on availability.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Full Schedule

9/15/23

Erev Rosh Hashanah

6:15 PM Erev Rosh Hashanah Reform Services Breed Hall

6:30 PM Erev Rosh Hashanah Conservative Services Hillel Downstairs Chapel

7:30 PM Dinner Hillel-Dining Room

9/16/23

1st Day Rosh Hashanah

10am-1pm 1st Day Rosh Hashanah Reform Services Breed Hall

10am-1pm 1st Day Rosh Hashanah Conservative Services Hillel-Downstairs Chapel

1:15-2:00pm Lunch Hillel-Dining Room

9/16/23

2nd Night Rosh Hashanah

7:30 PM 2nd Night Rosh Hashanah Conservative Services Hillel-Downstairs Chapel

8:00 PM Dinner Hillel-Dining Room

9/17/23

2nd Day Rosh Hashanah

10am-1pm 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Conservative Services Hillel-Downstairs Chapel

1:15-2:00pm 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Lunch Hillel-Dining Room

9/24/23

Erev Yom Kippur

5:30-6:15pm Erev Yom Kippur Pre-fast Meal Hillel-Upstairs Lobby

6:30-8:30pm Erev Yom Kippur Reform Services Breed Hall

6:30-8:30pm Erev Yom Kippur Conservative Services Hillel-Downstairs Chapel

9/25/23

Yom Kippur Morning

10am-2pm Yom Kippur Morning Reform Services Breed Hall

10am-2:30pm Yom Kippur Morning Conservative Services Hillel-Downstairs Chapel

9/25/23

Yom Kippur Evening

5:45-7:19pm Yom Kippur Evening Reform Services Breed Hall

5:30-7:19pm Yom Kippur Evening Conservative Services-Mincha/Neilah

Hillel-Downstairs Chapel

7:19-8:30pm Break Fast Meal Hillel-Dining Room

Sign up for Services and Meals!

Rosh Hashanah registration is now closed. Please see the Walk-ins section for info.

➡️ INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Please add the “Required Information” ticket to your cart.

2. Select a ticket for each meal and service you are attending.

Tufts Does Tashlich!
2023-09-17 14:30 - 15:30 | MA
Join us for reverse Tashlich at Mystic River! Rather than throwing bread in the river, we will be cleaning up litter at Mystic River while engaging in the Jewish ritual of Tashlich, in which we will be renewing ourselves in the new year by taking care of our environment! Get ready for great conversations surrounding the theme of forgiveness.

Join us at Hillel, and we will walk to the river together.

HCAP: General Interest Meeting
2023-09-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Join Hillel Community Action Partners to learn about volunteering with our after school program! We’re looking for volunteers to lead our art and engineering programs for local middle school students. The engineering program is on Tuesdays from 3:15-4:45 and the art program is on Thursdays from 3:15-4:45. Stop by for food and to hear more!

Conservative Yom Kippur Services Discussion
2023-09-20 06:00 - 19:00 | MA
Join Michael and Sarah (Conservative minyan co-chairs) in a conversation about Conservative Yom Kippur services! If there are any leadership roles you want to take on during services, whether leading a prayer, reading a poem, or sharing a reflection, let us know so we can make Yom Kippur as meaningful as possible!

Honey Cookie Palooza
2023-09-20 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Are you missing home-cooked desserts over the holidays? This is your opportunity to bake yummy Rosh Hashanah desserts at school.

Join in the Hillel kitchen to bake honey cookies!

Challah for Hunger
2023-09-21 16:00 - 20:00 | MA
Challah for Hunger is a group dedicated to doing Tzedakah (charity) through baking and selling Challahs! Join us to bake, make new friends, and make a difference.

Are you hungry? If so, be on the lookout at Hillel the following day (Friday starting at 10 AM) 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.

Want to help make Challahs? Sign Up Here!

Challah for Hunger - Challah Sale
2023-09-22 10:00 - 13:00 | MA
Are you hungry? If so, come to Hillel 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.

Conservative Minyan Pre-Neg
2023-09-22 17:00 - 18:00 | 51 Chetwynd, 51 Chetwynd, Somerville, Massachusetts, 02144
Come celebrate Shabbat early at the Conservative Minyan Pre-Neg, where we will hang out and chill before Shabbat services!There will be snacks, drinks, and cool people so come enjoy the Shabbos vibes!

Hungry Hungry Jumbos
2023-09-25 15:00 - 17:00 | MA
Come to Hillel on Yom Kippur to relax and play board games with other students, while counting down the hours till your fast ends. See you there!

Sukkah Decorating
2023-09-28 19:00 - 20:30 | MA
Sukkah Decorating is your chance to do arts and crafts to decorate our beautiful sukkah with arts and crafts, and snacks. Everyone is welcome, so please join!
