BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Tufts Hillel - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Tufts Hillel X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tuftshillel.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Tufts Hillel REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T123000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20250917T201726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T211327Z UID:10003025-1760877000-1760877000@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Trip to Nova Exhibition Boston DESCRIPTION:Oct 7th: the Moment Music Stood Still \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn partnership with the Office of the President\, we’re honored to offer this important opportunity. Join us for a guided tour of the exhibit and hear directly from a survivor of October 7. \n\n\n\nWe’ll start with a light brunch at Tufts Hillel before leaving campus together. \n\n\n\nLogistics: \n\n\n\n\nPre-registration is required\n\n\n\nYou must bring your Tufts ID to board the bus\n\n\n\n\nBefore registering \n\n\n\nplease read the know before you go guidelines \n\n\n\nand review the Tufts Code of Conduct URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/trip-to-nova-exhibition-boston/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NOVA.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T173000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20250911T150415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T202657Z UID:10002939-1761064200-1761067800@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Texts and Values: A Weekly Jewish Study Circle DESCRIPTION:Join Rabbi Naftali Brawer for a weekly exploration of Jewish values and ethical teachings embedded in ancient Jewish texts. No prior knowledge is required\, just curiosity and an open mind. URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/texts-and-values-a-weekly-jewish-study-circle/2025-10-21/ LOCATION:Tufts Hillel Building\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155 CATEGORIES:Jewish Learning ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025_09_16_TextsAndValues_AWeeklyJewishStudyCircle-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20250902T174250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T205319Z UID:10002799-1761067800-1761071400@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Community Dinner DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free mid-week Kosher catered dinner! Come for the food\, stay for the people! Check the instagram on Tuesday morning for what’s being served. \n\n\n\nFood. People. Comfort. \n\n\n\nFor the most up to date info please see our social media \n\n\n\ninstagram.com/tuftshillel \n\n\n\nfacebook.com/tuftshillel URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/community-dinner-13/2025-10-21/ CATEGORIES:Be Social (Social Program),Israel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2023_10_13-Community-Gatherings-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20260213T205500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T205638Z UID:10003262-1761067800-1761071400@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Community Dinner DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free mid-week Kosher catered dinner! Come for the food\, stay for the people! Check the instagram on Tuesday morning for what’s being served. \n\n\n\nFood. People. Comfort. \n\n\n\nFor the most up to date info please see our social media \n\n\n\ninstagram.com/tuftshillel \n\n\n\nfacebook.com/tuftshillel URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/community-dinner-14/2025-10-21/ CATEGORIES:Be Social (Social Program),Israel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2023_10_13-Community-Gatherings-3-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20251017T123622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T123708Z UID:10003211-1761069600-1761071400@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Bayit Info Session for Rising Juniors & Seniors DESCRIPTION:Attention: all rising juniors and seniors! Applications to live in the Bayit (Tufts Jewish Culture House) during the 2026-2027 school year are due on Wednesday 10/22/25 at 5pm via the Housing Portal on SIS. \n\n\n\nHave questions? Stop by Community Dinner on Tuesday 10/21 @ 6pm for a brief info session on what it’s like to live in the Bayit and how the application process works! Current Bayit residents & a representative from Tufts ResLife will be there to answer all your questions. \n\n\n\nRising sophomores\, your applications window will open later this semester 🙂 URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/bayit-info-session-for-rising-juniors-seniors/ LOCATION:Tufts Hillel Building\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025_10_17_BayitInfoSession-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T200000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20251016T230640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T230645Z UID:10003210-1761069600-1761076800@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Read by the River Paint Party DESCRIPTION:Read by the River is an annual youth literacy carnival hosted by Tufts Hillel where local kids come and enjoy reading themed activities. \n\n\n\nHelp us prepare for this amazing event by painting decorations! This is a super fun way to destress after a long day and hang out with your friends. All artistic abilities are welcome. This year\, the carnival is circus themed\, so get ready to paint popcorn\, elephants\, balloons and more! URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/read-by-the-river-paint-party/ CATEGORIES:Be Social,Be Social (Social Program) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025_10_10_ReadbytheRiverPaintParty.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T110000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20250902T190648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T142621Z UID:10002870-1761300000-1761303600@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Talmud Chaburah DESCRIPTION:Want to take sharpen your Talmud skills? Join a weekly\, text-based study group where you’ll work through the Hebrew/Aramaic of the Gemara together\, sharpening both reading skills and analytical thinking. Guided by Rabbi Brawer\, this chaburah offers a collaborative space for deep learning and thoughtful discussion. \n\n\n\nPrerequisite: Participants should be comfortable reading Talmud in the original Hebrew/Aramaic. URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/talmud-chaburah/2025-10-24/ LOCATION:Tufts Hillel Building\, 220 Packard Ave\, Medford\, MA\, 02155 CATEGORIES:Jewish Learning ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2026_2_13_WeeklyTalmudChaburah-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T174500 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20250709T163156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T141938Z UID:10002786-1761324300-1761414300@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Parents and Family Weekend 2025 DESCRIPTION:Registration has closed. If you would like to join us\, please email Marilyn.Goldman@tufts.edu \n\n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming you to Parents and Family Weekend at Tufts Hillel! \n\n\n\nGet Tickets Now! \n\n\n\nLocation: All events are at Tufts Hillel | 220 Packard Avenue \n\n\n\nPlease register below for Friday Night Shabbat Dinner and Saturday Shabbat Lunch! \n\n\n\nFull Schedule of Events\n\n\n\nFriday\, October 24th\n\n\n\n4:45 – 5:30 PM : RECEPTION AND OPEN HOUSE AT TUFTS HILLEL  \n\n\n\nJoin parents\, students\, and staff for a pre-Shabbat reception and schmooze!  \n\n\n\n5:30 PM : COMMUNAL SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING  \n\n\n\n6:00 – 7:00 PM : STUDENT-LED SHABBAT SERVICES  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for student-led Reform and Conservative Shabbat services. \n\n\n\n7:00 PM : SHABBAT DINNER – please register below! \n\n\n\nShare the Hillel Shabbat 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. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nSaturday\, October 25th\n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 12:00 PM : STUDENT-LED SHABBAT SERVICES \n\n\n\nCome join us for Conservative Shabbat morning services. \n\n\n\n12:00 – 1:00 PM : SHABBAT LUNCH – please register below! \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\nRegistration has closed. If you would like to join us\, please email Marilyn.Goldman@tufts.edu URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/parents-and-family-weekend-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2023_10_14_Parents-and-family-weekend-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T025322 CREATED:20250918T150602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T142724Z UID:10003118-1761328800-1761411600@tuftshillel.org SUMMARY:Shabbat at Tufts Hillel DESCRIPTION:Shabbat at Tufts Hillel \n\n\n\nShabbat is an opportunity to unplug from the week and plug into rest of all kinds as a community. On Shabbat\, we invite you to step away from school\, technology\, and other stressors of the week\, and step into holy rest and celebration at Tufts Hillel! We’re so happy you’re spending Shabbat with us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Nights:  \n\n\n\nCandle Lighting: Every Friday\, join us in the Hillel lobby as we transition into Shabbat with a communal candle lighting and intention-setting. Candles will also be available to light on your own time as you arrive at the Hillel building. In the winter\, feel free to come by earlier to light candles as the sun sets.Services: After candle lighting\, welcome Shabbat with prayer in our Reform or Traditional Egalitarian services. Services are student led\, with song\, dvar torahs\, intention setting\, and a way to begin the weekly holiday with joy as a community. \n\n\n\nInterested in leading a part of the service? Want to bring a melody you love\, or a poem you want to share? Looking to learn some of the prayers? Looking to start (or re-start) a new minyan or service during Shabbat? Contact our staff or Tufts Hillel minyan chairs!  \n\n\n\n\nShabbat Dinner: There is always a place for you around our Shabbat table! All students are welcome – bring your friends or come make new ones at Hillel every week for our delicious kosher Shabbat dinners. Each week is facilitated by a cohort of Shabbat Fellows\, who are there to welcome you\, facilitate the evenings\, and ensure everyone who attends feels at home.Dinner concludes with Birkat Hamazon (the blessing after meals)\, dessert\, and board games – we would love to see you for any or all parts of Friday night you can make it for!Registration for Shabbat dinner is strongly encouraged. To Sign up for weekly Shabbat dinners and to receive information about Shabbat each week\, sign up for our text bot system: \n\n\n\n\nText the word ‘Dinner’ to 617 420 7411\n\n\n\nclick here to see upcoming Shabbats\n\n\n\nSaturdays:  \n\n\n\nShabbat at Tufts Hillel continues on Saturday mornings\, with bi-weekly Saturday morning Conservative services. All students are welcome!  \n\n\n\nFollowing Shabbat morning services\, join us for Shabbat lunch upstairs at Hillel. To register for Shabbat lunch\, text the word ‘lunch” to 617 429 7411.  \n\n\n\nShabbat at Tufts Hillel concludes on Saturday afternoons and evenings\, with bi-weekly mincha and maariv services\, dinner\, singing\, and Havdalah! Join us for any or all parts of the evenings as we conclude the day of rest as a community \n\n\n\nAll are welcome! We look forward to celebrating with you.  \n\n\n\nFor questions please email hillel-center@tufts.edu URL:https://tuftshillel.org/event/shabbat-at-tufts-hillel/2025-10-24/ CATEGORIES:Be Social,Holidays,Shabbat ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tuftshillel.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025_9_18_Shabbat-at-Tufts-Hillel-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR