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CAB PRESENTS:
Fall Flex Virtual Concert: Chloe X Halle
8 – 9 p.m.
Join us for a live performance and Q&A by Chloe X Halle! The room opens at 7:45PM EST. Be sure to arrive early!
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Boston Jewish Film Festival Tickets
Nov 4 - Nov 15
Brandeis will be bringing the Boston Jewish Film Festival to campus for 16 lucky students. Email atazbin@brandeis.edu to get tickets to Unchained, Sublet, and eight short new films.
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Gratitude in the Game Room
November 9th to 15th between 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m
Display your gratitude for those who deserve it! Join us from November 9th to 15th between 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. in the Usdan Game Room to spread kindness for the entire campus to see! All materials and free snacks will be provided.
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International Education Week, known as I Am Global Week at Brandeis, is a U.S. Department of Education- and State-sponsored week of celebrating global awareness, cultural exchange, and learning across the United States. To correspond with the Department of Education event, I Am Global Week at Brandeis will be scheduled for the week of November 14 - 21, 2020.
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Kindness Day
All Day
Wherever you are in the world, join us for our annual celebration of Kindness! This year, we are celebrating Brandeis Kindness Day with both virtual and in-person programming throughout the whole week, starting on Monday 11/9 with our Coffeehouse Kickoff Event. Find out more here about additional opportunities and events, including club and department tabling on Thursday, and much more!
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Diwali
5 – 6 p.m.
Join Namaskar and the Center for Spiritual Life in celebrating the Festival of Lights! Prayers will be followed by a themed game night.
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Brandeis' American Cancer Society Virtual Speaker Series
7 pm EST
Meeting ID: 950 1329 0996
Password: 289384
Please join us on November 12 at 7 pm EST for our third virtual speaker event!
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Virtual Contemplative Ecumenical Christian Service
5:30 – 5:50 p.m.
Take just a little time out for yourself, and join Protestant Chaplain Matt Carriker from wherever you are, to enjoy quiet meditation on scripture and resting with God in the midst of uncertainty. Write Reverend Matt Carriker with questions
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A History of Emergency Medicine with Barry Ehrlich, MD (Alumni)
7 – 8 p.m.
Barry Ehrlich, MD is an emergency medicine physician at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Ehrlich is a Brandeis alumni and attended Tufts University School of Medicine. He will present a brief history of emergency medicine in the US, as well as the pathway of his own career in the field.
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Virtual Muslim Study Circle
8 – 9 p.m.
Our Thursday night Study Circle (Halaqa) will explore a classic manual of Islamic belief and theology (aqida) called Sharh al-Kharida, written by the 18th century Egyptian scholar Imam Ahmad al-Dardir. All are welcome to this virtual study circle. Contact Chaplain Spevack with any questions.
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Virtual Trivia
8 – 9 p.m.
Submit RSVP by 5pm.
Put on your thinking caps and join the Department of Student Activities for Virtual Trivia! No teams needed for this event - just a fast response time because we are playing trivia on Kahoot! There will be games of trivia with one being themed each week! You must RSVP to get the Zoom information to play.
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Black Action Plan Zoom Meeting: Plan for Reimagining Public Safety
8 – 9 p.m.
The Black Action Plan will be hosting a community forum to share what we have reimagined for the future of public safety and we would like your recommendations so we can stand as a united community as we search for a new director of public safety.
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It's Reigning Women: Documentary and Discussion on Women-Led Anti-Violence Movements
8 – 9:30 p.m.
Join PARC, Graduate Student Affairs, and the Department of Community Service's Community Engagement Ambassadors for a screening of the documentary "Not Done: Women Remaking America." Throughout the screening, we will discuss how women-led movements have resisted various forms of violence in recent years, including through #Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and #NoDAPL. Learning about the origin and achievements of these movements serves as both celebration of recent progress and inspiration for future action.
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We Wear Blue (In-Person and Virtual)
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center,Patio
Stop by the Shapiro Campus Center Patio wearing blue or Brandeis gear and pick up a fun surprise including the NEW All Rise 2020 T-shirt! Every Friday We Wear Blue and you should, too! To participate virtually, post a selfie on social media of yourself wearing blue or a Brandeis shirt, using the hashtag #BRANDEISBLUE every Friday!
If you want a shirt you MUST be wearing blue or Brandeis gear! Blue jeans don't count so plan that outfit folks!
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2020 Ruth First Memorial Lecture
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Professor Russell Rickford of Cornell University will deliver the 35th Annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture, which explores and honors Black liberation efforts in South Africa. The talk is entitled, "Revolution is a Process: Southern Africa, Black Americans and Making the New Society in the 1970s." All are welcome.
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Loving Kindness Zen Zone
12:30 – 1 p.m.
Zen Zone is facilitated by the Center for Spiritual Life, students, and other leaders, and engages in a variety of mindful and contemplative practices. All levels of meditation experience welcome. This week in honor of Kindness Day, there will be Loving Kindness meditations. If you have any questions, contact Rev. Matt Carriker. We look forward to seeing you!
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Jum'ah Prayers
1:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Usdan, Zoom
If bad weather, prayers will be in Alumni Lounge in Usdan
Please join Muslim Chaplain Harun Spevack for Friday Prayers. If weather permits, Jum'ah will be on the Terrace outside International Lounge in Usdan. Most Fridays the bad weather location is in Alumni Lounge, Usdan. Students are asked to bring their own prayer rug. Contact Chaplain Spevack to let him know if you don't have a prayer rug. Please do your ablutions (wudu/abdest) before arriving, since the prayer room is currently closed.
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Explore our programs in FREN, HISP, and ITAL!
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Join us in SCC Tent #1 to explore our programs and spring classes in French and Francophone, Hispanic, and Italian Studies.
Meet our professors, talk about our majors, figure out which course to take next—and grab a snack on the way out! Hope to see you there! (with your mask, of course, and socially distanced)
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Coffee with Your Ombuds
3 – 3:45 p.m.
Free event - Come find out what an Ombud does and how we can support you!
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ABSK Friday Night Bible Study
7:30 – 10 p.m.
Join ABSK for Friday night Bible Study! We will delve deep into the Word of God and spend time in fellowship with each other.
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Movie Night with DSA: The Polar Express
7:00 p.m. - NEW TIME!
Join DSA every Saturday fora different movie each weekend! Every Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in the Shapiro Campus Center Theater. Watch The Polar Express this week!
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Grad Bible Study and Fellowship
7 – 9 p.m.
You’re warmly invited to our weekly graduate Bible study this Saturday evening! We will be continuing our study in the Gospel of Mark; stick around afterwards for fellowship over games. For more info, please contact Sejun Lee.
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Voices of Comedy
7 – 9 p.m.
The CAST department and the UDRs are pleased to announce the official date and lineup for Voices of Comedy! Closed captioning will be provided. Voices of Comedy is free and open to the Brandeis community, including alumni, friends, and family. This semester, we will be choosing 5 lucky attendees to receive a weighted blanket, and the first 50 students to sign up (and attend) will receive an acrylic pin that reads “Women are Funny.” All you have to do to enter is to fill out this form. For an extra entry, share one of our VOC Instagram posts on your story and tag us @deiscast!
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CAB PRESENTS:
Fall Flex Virtual Concert: Chloe X Halle
8 – 9 p.m.
Join us for a live performance and Q&A by Chloe X Halle! The room opens at 7:45PM EST. Be sure to arrive early!
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Catholic Mass
10 – 11 a.m.
Socially-distanced Catholic Mass will be celebrated by a variety of scholarly priests affiliated with local universities. You are encouraged to sign up ahead of time on the website form listed. Contact Catholic Chaplain Peggy Tio with any questions.
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Brandeis Concert Series REMIX on WBRS
2 – 4 p.m.
This fall, join us on Sundays at 2 p.m. for encore broadcasts, new performances and world premiere recordings from the Brandeis Concert Series. Tune in at wbrs.org or, if you are between East Boston and Framingham, set your radio dial to 100.1 FM!
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Netflix with PARC: "The Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson"
7 – 8:30 p.m.
In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, watch "The Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson" together through TeleParty (formerly Netflix Party).
You will need the TeleParty extension to attend. You can download it for FREE for the Chrome browser on any laptop or desktop.
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Black Action Plan Zoom Meeting: Plan for Reimagining Public Safety
8 – 9 p.m.
The Black Action Plan will be hosting a community forum to share what we have reimagined for the future of public safety and we would like your recommendations so we can stand as a united community as we search for a new director of public safety.
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I Am Global Week Kick-Off
1 – 2 p.m.
come join the ISSO to kick off the activities for I Am Global Week! Connect with Brandeis staff, students, and scholars through tasting international candy and sweet treats from around the world.
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DCS Community Engagement Focus Groups
7:00-8:30 pm
Male Students Volunteer Student Engagement - RSVP Here
The foundation of community engagement is uplifting and listening to the voices of others. The Department of Community Service will be hosting 4 different virtual focus groups to learn about students' engagement (or lack thereof) in community services at Brandeis. Staff and CEAP Ambassadors will offer questions for reflection and feedback in hopes of ensuring volunteer programs are meeting the needs and expectations of our campus. Four different focus groups will be offered. If students identify with multiple identities you are welcome free to attend multiple focus groups. One $20 gift card will be raffled out per focus group discussion. Additional email surveys for students will be forthcoming throughout the semester. Please RSVP so that we can send out zoom links and offer some thoughts for you to reflect on prior to our time together. Thank you again for investing time in our community.
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Coffee with your Ombuds
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Free. Open to anyone with a connection to Brandeis (students, faculty, staff, alumni, etc.
Come learn how your Ombuds team can help you with small or big concerns or issues with policies and anything that is interfering with your work, studies or Brandeis relationship.
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Israel Party Tabling
11:45 a.m.
Fellows Garden
Come to Fellows Garden outside the SCC for 3 hours of Israeli music, free snacks and candy, and free Brandeis Birthright items. Answer trivia questions to enter the Israel Passport raffle. Learn how to get a free Brandeis Hillel Israel sweatshirt, and much more!
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2020 U.S. Election Results and the Future of the Middle East
12 – 1 p.m.
Panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Dr. Gary Samore, Crown Family Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Professor of Practice, Department of Politics.
Q&A moderated by Assistant Professor Alexander Kaye, Karl, Harry, and Helen Stoll Assistant Professor of Israel Studies with the following panelists: Professor Eva Bellin, Professor Yehuda Mirsky, Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes, Dr. Ebtesam Al-Ketbi, and Managing Director Michael Singh.
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A Contemporary Perspective on 2000 Years of Jewish Law
6 – 7:30 p.m.
A conversation on the philosophy and history of Jewish law and its effect on law in the present day with the Hon. Sheila Prell Sonenshine, retired Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District; Alexander Kaye, Karl, Harry, and Helen Stoll Assistant Professor of Israel Studies; and Lynn Kaye, associate professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought at Brandeis.
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Suitcase Stories
7:30 – 8:45 p.m.
Suitcase Stories® is a signature program of the International Institute of New England (IINE) that explores migration through the art of storytelling. IINE is one of the oldest and largest social service organizations for new Americans in the region. To learn more, visit suitcasestories.org
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Putting the Purpose into Your Statement of Purpose
12 – 12:50 p.m.
The Writing Center invites all students applying to graduate school (masters or doctoral programs) to attend. This workshop will discuss the unique challenges of graduate application writing, offer advice on how to write a strong statement of purpose, review examples of successful statements of purpose, and suggest additional resources that students can use as they continue the graduate application process.
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Ask a #BrandeisAbroad Alum: Joel Burt-Miller '16 (HSSP/BIO)
12pm-1pm
Join the Office of Study Abroad to chat with Brandeis alum, Joel Burt-Miller ’16. Joel graduated from Brandeis with majors in HSSP and Biology. As a junior, he studied abroad on the SIT/ South Africa: Community Health and Social Policy program in Durban, South Africa. As a student, he was a Study Abroad Ambassador, a Posse scholar, and a member of the SCC Campus Center Team. Since graduating from Brandeis, Joel spent a year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Delhi, India. He is now a medical student at Duke University.
Part of I Am Global Week.
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Virtual Zen Zone
4:30 – 5 p.m.
Zen Zone is facilitated by the Center for Spiritual Life and student leaders, and engages in a variety of mindful and contemplative practices. All levels of meditation experience welcome. If you have any questions, contact Rev. Matt Carriker. We look forward to seeing you!
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6th Annual Brandeis Innovation Showcase
5-6:30 pm
Learn more about what our Brandesian innovators have created in the lab, in their homes and offices, and in the classrooms and dorm rooms of Brandeis.
Tune into Brandeis's Innovation Showcase to explore recent innovations from our Spark, Sprout and I-Corps participants.
Meet the teams, network, connect virtually and vote for your favorites!
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Journalism Event
November 18, 2020
5:30-7:00PM
Wesley Morris, the Pulitzer winning culture writer, critic and podcast host for the New York Times, will speak at Brandeis. Morris wrote about the history of Black music for the Times' "1619 Project." Register here.
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CommuniTEA
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Had a long day? Join Virtual CommuniTEA Night with Catholic Chaplain, Peggy Tio, and decompress with a cup of tea and/or hot chocolate! We can chat about your day, questions about school, something funny you experienced throughout the week, and ways to keep the joy!
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Cholmondeley's Coffee House, located in the Usen Castle, is open daily as a study space and chill zone. Inexpensive snack items will be on sale soon.
Monday - Thursday 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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