The students of SUNY Geneseo Hillel put together a resource guide to help make communicating with your professors as straightforward as possible. It includes a copy of the email that was sent to all faculty members from the office of the Provost. Please visit https://www.geneseo.edu/hillel/highholidayobservancehowto

Additionally, you will receive an email in the coming days via the Academic Students listserv. This email will contain instructions on how to request that an email be sent to your professors from the Dean of Students to notify them of your upcoming absence due to religious observance.

6:00pm

Join us for Shabbat and Erev Rosh Hashanah. Don't forget to reserve your very special Rosh Hashanah-themed ShabbaTote, courtesy of SUNY Geneseo Hillel, by Wednesday, September 16th.

Meal Pick-Up with SUNY Geneseo Hillel

5:00pm

A boxed Rosh Hashanah Seder meal is available for pickup at 5pm at MJ. Please complete this Google Form by Wednesday, September 16th to reserve.

The menu includes (vegetarian option available, please indicate in "Notes" section):

Gefilte fish with beat horseradish

Mixed greens with pomegranates and toasted pumpkin seeds in citrus vinaigrette

Roasted chicken with root vegetables and gravy

Apple and honey cake

Braided challah

A cost of $20 will be charged to your meal plan; SUNY Geneseo Hillel can subsidize meals upon request in the "Notes" section of the Google Form. To sponsor a student's meal, please do so through Hillel International and specify SUNY College at Geneseo as the designation, or contact Laura Matthews.

Early Service: 10:00am

Late Service: 1:30pm

Spiritually uplifting Reform-style services led by master prayer-weaver Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, PhD and singer-songwriter Maya Elise, featuring students and special guests from around the world.

Wake up with a morning dose of soulful yoga, and engage your heart and mind with prayerful music and song, culminating in the sounding of the shofar. Join Rabbi Sandra Lawson for a conversation on racial justice, receive words of blessing from inspiring rabbis, and marvel at how the classic melodies, themes and ideas of the High Holidays are shockingly alive this year.

Available All Day

An audacious take on the High Holidays with some of the greatest thinkers, artists, authors and musicians of today.

Explore the world’s birthday and the profound impact of climate change with youth activist and Zero Hour founder Jamie Margolin. Let Esquire’s A.J. Jacobs lead you in the power of gratitude. Pick up a new challah technique from culinary host and chef Jake Cohen. Explore the Biblical story of Hagar with public radio host Starlee Kine, and Michelle Obama’s former speech writer Sarah Hurwitz asks, “What is up with God?” And join in on our global Shofar blowing with students around the world.

Turn, Turn, Turn: Learning to Listen, Learning to Cry with SUNY Geneseo Hillel

5:00pm

Grab your Tashlich kit from your ShabbaTote, or just grab some paper, a pencil, and a waterbottle, and zoom in on your phone.

Yizkor Processing Group: Loss and Honoring in 5780 with SUNY Geneseo Hillel

8:00pm

The Yizkor prayer service takes place during Yom Kippur in Ashkenazi communities. In its original form, the primary purpose of the Yizkor service was to honor the deceased by committing to giving tzedakah (charity) in their memory, believing that the good deeds honor souls of the departed.

Join SUNY Geneseo Director of Jewish Student Life Laura Matthews to gather to reflect on the grieving experience, celebrate loved ones, and commit to an act of service.

Shabbat with SUNY Geneseo Hillel

6:00pm

Join SUNY Geneseo Hillel in collaboration with Alumni Relations for our Second Annual Family Weekend/Alumni Shabbat. Join past and recent alumni, and don't forget to invite your families! Learn more about the SUNY Geneseo Jewish Alumni Affinity Chapter.

Don't forget to reserve your ShabbaTote by Wednesday, September 23rd.

Turn, Turn, Turn: Teshuva and Reinventing Ourselves with SUNY Geneseo Hillel

2:00pm

How do we change ourselves or make change within ourselves? Does it come from the inside? The outside? What conditions enable change?

Join SUNY Geneseo Director of Jewish Student Life Laura Matthews as we explore these questions and more.

Early Service: 5:30pm

Late Service: 8:30pm

A once-in-a-generation Kol Nidre event – experience a radical approach to the traditional melodies with Broadway actor Adam Kantor from The Band’s Visit on Broadway singing the melody and a cappella group Rak Shalom providing choral support.

IN THE BOOK an epic global celebration

Early Service: 10am

Late Service: 1:00pm

Spiritually uplifting Reform-style services led by master prayer-weaver Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, PhD and singer-songwriter Maya Elise, featuring students and special guests from around the world.

Reflect on who you want to be in this coming year through the music, themes and ideas of Yom Kippur. Hear student voices on the burning issues of the day, join together for aliyot to the Torah, and reflect on the role of mental health in our wellness and wellbeing with Dean Varun Soni, PhD, dean of religious life at the University of Southern California.

BEYOND THE BOOK an epic global celebration

Available All Day

An audacious take on the High Holidays with some of the greatest thinkers, artists, authors and musicians of today.

Who will live and who will die… and how does this impact who we are and who we want to be? This Yom Kippur, join the Higher Holidays Beyond the Book experience as we tackle these questions and more with the help of futurist Jason Silva from Shots of Awe, music from singer Shaina Taub, conversation with Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting survivor Cameron Kasky, Gotham star David Mazouz, actor Alex Lange and more.

5:00pm

A boxed Break Fast meal is available for pickup at 5pm at MJ. Please complete this Google Form by Friday, September 25th to reserve.

The menu includes (vegetarian option available, please indicate in "Notes" section):

Smoked whitefish salad with everything flatbreads

Beef cholent

Mixed green salad with vinaigrette

Rugelach

Braided challah

A cost of $20 will be charged to your meal plan; SUNY Geneseo Hillel can subsidize meals upon request in the "Notes" section of the Google Form. To sponsor a student's meal, please do so through Hillel International and specify SUNY College at Geneseo as the designation, or contact Laura Matthews.

6:57pm — Sundown in Geneseo, NY. Yom Kippur ends.

Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up to receive our newsletters — make sure you always know what's happening with Geneseo Hillel!