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Jewish Student Union field trip
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Hillel Events
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When: December 1 @ 7pm
Where: Hillel House
DIY menorahs and movies about puppies! What could be more miraculous?
RSVP ON FACEBOOK
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When: December 8 @ 5:30pm
Where: Hillel House
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Mitzvah Corner
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Warm Clothing Drive
Hillel SV will Join the JCRC in supporting a big time yearly COAT/warm clothing COLLECTION & GIVEAWAY to keep San Jose folks in need warm this winter.
What can you do? Sort through your closet and look for clean, gently used warm winter items OR buy jackets/coats/heavy sweaters, perhaps at at a store or Goodwill. We invite all in the Jewish Community and really, all our friends in the area, to collaborate in an area-wide effort to help keep others warm this winter.
PLEASE bring adult and child coats/sweaters/jackets to either CongregationBeth David or the JCC 14855 Oka Rd. LG by December 3rd or email dorothydorsay@gmail.com for another drop spot. If necessary, a pickup can be arranged.
There will be a special "distribution day" downtown in early December, when these warm items will be given to needy members of the community. This event will be filled with music and love.
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Hillel has its own dreidel board!! Feel free to take a dreidel from us and drop the toys back off at Hillel instead of the JFSSV.
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Sponsor a Shabbat Dinner!
Shabbat Dinner is the cornerstone of Jewish life at Hillel of Silicon Valley, and we rely on the support of our wonderful community to provide Shabbat Dinner every Friday night to our five campuses.
Available Dates:
Dec. 16
April 7, 21, 28
May 12
Cost is anywhere from $200-400 (depending on the menu). If you are interested, or have any questions, please contact our Program and Engagement Associate, Maya Jacobson, at mjacobson@hillelsv.org.
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Mentor a Student
We are looking for members of the community to help mentor our students - in career advice, for tutoring, and other fields. If you have networking opportunities; or are skilled in math, science, programming, engineering, writing, creating cover letters, or building resumes, please contact Shifra at Selman@hillelsv.org.
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Educational Trips
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Know about a cool trip our students can take?
Email Maya Jacobson at mjacobson@hillelsv.org
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Internships, Jobs, and Volunteer Opportunities
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The Haas-Koshland Memorial Award provides $20,000 for a young adult to spend a year in Israel doing pretty much whatever they choose
https://jewishfed.org/haaskoshland-memorial-award
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Your Chance to Become an ISRAEL21c Ambassador!
The ISRAEL21c Digital Ambassadors is a program for vibrant college, graduate and post-college students, aged 18-25, from North America, who wish to learn about the intricacies and strategies of social media while "doing something for Israel". The activities are apolitical and require about 2-3 hours per week.
Members of the ISRAEL21c Digital Ambassadors program receive a small monthly stipend and lots of learning during the internship. Work is done on the members' own computer or device, and within their own schedule.
For more information or to receive an application for the ISRAEL21c Digital Ambassadors program, please contact Aliza Lieb, ISRAEL21c Coordinator of Outreach and Engagement, at aliza.lieb@israel21c.org.
Applicants must be English speaking!
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Job Opening at Congregation Beth Jacob
Congregation Beth David, Department of Life Long Learning, is looking to hire a Youth Advisor beginning January 1, 2017. We are looking for an energetic tween/teen loving individual who can plan and organize fun events for our junior and senior youth groups. We estimate that this position will average about 10 hours per week of work. Compensation is based on experience.
Candidates that are interested can send their resume to our Director of Life Long Learning, Sarah Hanuka, at
hanuka@beth-david.org
. Our location is 19700 Prospect Rd. Saratoga CA 95070
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Hillel Interns Wanted!
Interested in helping Hillel of Silicon Valley? Want to have a chance to create great events, meet amazing people, and even make a little money? Apply to be an intern! For more information, contact Maya Jacobson at mjacobson@hillelsv.org.
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In the Community
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Following a contentious election in which escalating political animosity has led to campus unrest, Jewish students find themselves in a particularly vulnerable position. In the past two weeks, AMCHA Initiative has recorded nearly 40 antisemitic incidents on U.S. campuses. The following are some of the antisemitic incidents that have occurred:
- Swastikas appeared on 16 campuses, including some on the doors of Jewish students' dorm rooms, at American University, College of William and Mary, Earlham College, Franklin and Marshall College, New York University, Reed College, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Purchase, Susquehanna University, The New School, University of California San Diego, University of Florida, University of Mississippi, University of New Mexico, University of Vermont and Wesleyan University.
- At Oberlin College, a Jewish professor found a note tucked behind a mezuzah on his door frame that read "GAS JEW DIE."
- At Brandeis University, a driver threw a cup of beer at a student and shouted an antisemitic slur at him.
- At Michigan State University, SJP members protested an MSU Hillel event, "Israel Fest: Blooming the Desert." Protesters demonized an Israeli leader shouting, "Netanyahu what do you say, how many kids have you killed today." According to an article in the school newspaper, protesters additionally handed out demonizing flyers that "claimed the Israeli Defense Force killed many Palestinian children and used poison gas."
- At Washington University St. Louis, a group of around 10 protesters affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine disrupted a talk by an Israeli LGBTQIA activist by performing a planned walkout. Prior to the Q& A period, the protesters stood up wearing tape over their mouths and holding delegitimizing signs reading "No Pride in Apartheid" before leaving the room.
- At the University of Michigan, the student government discussed the 10th divestment resolution brought to the University of Michigan system for yet another grueling and divisive meeting. The resolution failed, with a vote of 34 to 13 to reject the divestment resolution.
- At the University of Florida Gainsville, three fliers reading "Tired of anti-white propaganda in college? You aren't alone" were reported on campus. According to the Alligator, "At the bottom of the fliers was a link to The Right Stuff, an anti-Semitic blog with an affiliated podcast that created the "parenthesis meme," in which Jewish names are surrounded by parentheses, often in order to target them for online abuse on social media.
For the full list of incidents and links, please see AMCHA Initiative's Antisemitism Tracker, with over 500 incidents recorded in 2016.
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ALETERNATIVE SPRING BREAK OPPORTUNITY brought to you by the Jewish National Fund!
Dates:
Dec 17- Dec 25 , departs from JFK
Dec 31 - Jan 8, departs from JFK
Jan 1- Jan 10, departs from Boston
The only cost for the students would be the flight from CA to the east coast, which, if booked early, should not be too expensive. They would then fundraise $950 which will be put towards projects that directly benefit the land and people of Israel.
For more info visit
www.jnf.org/asb
or e-mail
Tal Shaked at tshaked@jnf.org
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