Mental Health, Wellness, and Sukkot: Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Elie Lehmann of Hadar
2023-10-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Life on campus can be challenging. Join Rabbi Elie Lehman of Hadar for a Lunch and Learn about Judaism and mental health in the Tufts Hillel Sukkah! Lunch will be provided. Everyone is welcome!

Sign Up Here!

Cummings Speaker Series: Sophie Dorf-Kamienny
2023-10-04 19:30 - 20:30
Every other week this fall, this conversation series offers students the chance to hear from peers about their families’ histories with genocide and help share their stories.

Listen to Sophie Dorf-Kamienny speak about her grandparents’ experience in the Holocaust and the importance of carrying on their legacy.

Join the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust & Genocide Education on Wednesday, 10/4 at 7:30 p.m. for the first installment of its fall speaker series. Over dinner in the sukkah (an outdoor hut constructed for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot), hear from Sophie Dorf-Kamienny A25 about her family’s story of surviving the Holocaust and discuss the importance of intergenerational storytelling. Food will be provided and no RSVP necessary! Please email rebecca.krauss@tufts.edu with any questions or dietary restrictions.

Reform Community Sukkot Dinner
2023-10-05 19:30 - 21:00
Join the Reform community for a cozy dinner in the sukkah! Free dinner, amazing people, and great vibes. Join us, all are welcome!

Candy Sukkah Making
2023-10-05 20:00 - 21:00
Come to Hillel to build your own candy sukkahs! Everyone welcome, See you there!

Shabbat Friday Night
2023-10-06 18:00 - 20:30, 2023-10-20 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

Simchat Torah
2023-10-07 19:00
Simchat Torah is an amazing Jewish holiday where we celebrate the annual conclusion of reading the Torah, and start right back at the beginning! There will be delicious hot appetizers, dancing with the Torah, singing, and more! All are welcome!

Community Gatherings
2023-10-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-10-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-10-12 19:00 - 20:30
Find community, process with you peers, and eat dinner at Hillel.

Minyan @ 7:00 pm

Dinner @ 7:30 pm

Food. People. Comfort.

For the most up to date info please see our social media

instagram.com/tuftshillel

facebook.com/tuftshillel

Late Night Chill Part 2
2023-10-11 20:00 - 21:00
Join us for Late Night Chill Part Two to continue the fun from Orientation Week. Chill at Hillel with games, food, and great company!

All are welcome!

Challah For Hunger
2023-10-12 16:00 - 20:30, 2023-10-26 16:00 - 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.

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

Sign up HERE!

Israel Book Club
2023-10-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-27 12:00 - 13:00
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.

Parents and Family Weekend
2023-10-13 16:45 - 21:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
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 for Shabbat Dinner on Friday Night below!

Full Schedule of Events

Friday, October 13th

4:45 p.m. – 5:45p.m.

RECEPTION AND OPEN HOUSE AT TUFTS HILLELJoin parents, students, and staff for a pre-Shabbat reception and schmooze!

5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

COMMUNAL SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

STUDENT-LED SHABBAT SERVICES

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

7:00 p.m.

SHABBAT DINNER – Please register below!

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

Saturday October 14th

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

STUDENT-LED SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES [Followed by Kiddush & Nosh]Come join us for Conservative Shabbat morning services.

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

TUFTS HILLEL OPEN HOUSE

Tufts Hillel is open for you to hang out, schmooze, & relax.

12:00 p.m.

SHABBAT LUNCH

Please RSVP for Friday night dinner below

Community Dinners // Cummings event
2023-10-17 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-10-19 19:30 - 22:00

Cummings Fall Speaker Series
2023-10-18 19:30 - 20:30
Join the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust & Genocide Education on Wednesday, 10/18 at 7:30 p.m. for the second installment of its fall speaker series. Over dinner, hear from Hailey Swett A25 about her family’s story with the Armenian genocide and the importance of intergenerational storytelling. Discussion will also include connections to current events surrounding Armenia. Food will be provided and no RSVP necessary!

Please email rebecca.krauss@tufts.edu with any questions or dietary restrictions.

Repair the World Day of Service: Volunteer with Kahal
2023-10-20 12:15 - 15:15
Join Kahal in a Repair the World Day of Service and volunteer at a local food pantry! We will meet at Hillel for a quick lunch and then head to Project Soup in Somerville for a volunteer shift. More details to come!

Please RSVP HERE!

Shabbat Nature Walk
2023-10-21 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for an alternative Shabbat morning as we take a meditative walk followed by lunch.

Shabbat Lunch at Hillel
2023-10-21 12:00 - 14:00
Join Tufts Hillel for Shabbat lunch! No need to pre-register – we hope to see you there!

Reform Havdalah
2023-10-21 18:30 - 20:00 | The Bayit, 98 Packard Avenue, Somerville, MA, 02144
Join the Reform community for Havdalah and dinner. We will be hosting a

quick Havdalah service followed by great food with amazing people!

All are welcome – see you there!

Hillel Apple Picking
2023-10-22 13:00 - 17:00
Join us to pick apples and enjoy cider and donuts at Honey Pot Orchards! This is an awesome opportunity to get in the Fall spirit with friends!

Bus transportation will be provided! Arrive at Hillel at 1pm for a 1:15pm departure. We will apple pick from 2 – 4 pm so that we arrive back at Hillel by 5pm.

Sign up here by October 18th!

Queer Text Study
2023-10-23 12:15 - 13:15
Would you like to learn about queerness in the Torah? Come to the Queer Text Study!

Everyone is welcome! Free dinner!

Community Dinners // Cummings event
2023-10-24 18:00 - 19:30
Find community, process with you peers, and eat dinner at Hillel.

Dinner @ 6:00 pm

Food. People. Comfort.

For the most up to date info please see our social media

instagram.com/tuftshillel

facebook.com/tuftshillel

Challah for Hunger - Challah Sale
2023-10-27 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.

Jewpardy Shabbat
2023-10-27 18:00 - 20:30 | Tufts Hillel-Dining Room, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Services and Dinner

Jewpardy shabbat is a chance to have a nice shabbat dinner with a side of Jewish trivia questions and lots of prizes!

Dinner, trivia, and prizes.

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

Conservative Minyan Se'udah Shlishit
2023-10-28 16:30 - 18:00 | 51 Chetwynd Rd #1, 51 Chetwynd Rd #1, Somerville,, 02144
Join the Conservative minyan for se’udah shlishit (a Shabbat afternoon meal) and board games!

We’ll be having a light meal, playing lots of board games, and schmoozing. See you there!
