| Jewish/Muslim Comedy at Rice |
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"Comedy's Odd Couple" of Rabbi Bob
Alper and Muslim Azhar Usman
packed the Baker College Commons at Rice
University for an evening of laughter. The
event was envisioned by Rabbi Kenny Weiss,
who secured the bulk of the funding from
Rice University's Boniuk Center for the
Study of Religious Tolerance. Houston
Hillel's students worked as cosponsors with
Rice University's Muslim Student
Association, enabling the program to be
the first held under the Boniuk Center's
Bridge Builders Initiative, which suppports
religious events put on by cross-faith campus
groups.
In the photo at top are Lauren
Henderson, Rice Hillel President, and
Zabeena Merchant, a member of the
Muslim Student Association's student board.
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| Houston Hillel/ZBT Float at Israel Parade |
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The newly formed ZBT chapter at the
University of Houston came through with a
tremendous effort on behalf of ZBT and
Houston Hillel when they crafted a float for
Houston's Israel @ 60 Parade. The float's
theme expressed the Temple in Jerusalem, and
placed ZBT and Hillel among other Jewish
organizations in Houston that gathered for
Israel's 60th. Houston Hillel also held a
bone marrow donor registration drive during
the Israel @ 60 festival that followed the
parade.
Pictured on the float are Rina Singer,
Simon Simani, Sam Kronman, Leon
Trackhtenberg, Paul Brokhim, Michael Kronman,
and Hadar Huber.
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| ICC Visiting Israel Scholar at Houston Hillel |
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Dr. Chuck Freilich, previously
Israel's Deputy
National Security Adviser for Foreign
Affairs, and now a Senior Fellow at
Harvard University's Belfer Center's
International Security Program, was Houston
Hillel's Scholar-in-Residence March 27 and
28. Dr.
Freilich's visit was supported by the
Israel on Campus Coalition's Visiting
Israel Scholars Program. Dr. Freilich
spoke at an interfaith lunch at the
University of Houston (pictured above), a
class at U of H, and
a lunch the next day with Rice University's
Baker Institute Student Forum.
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| Board of Directors News |
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The next Houston Hillel Board of Directors
meeting will be Monday, May 5 at 7:30 pm.
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| April Events |
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Sushi Shabbat Service and Dinner -
Friday evening, April 18 at 6:30 pm
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1st Night Seder at Hillel - Saturday,
April 19 at 6:30 pm
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Run with the Rabbi - Monday, April 21
at 8:00 am
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Kosher for Passover Lunches at Rice -
Monday, April 21 through Friday, April 25 in
the Kelly Lounge at noon
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Kosher for Passover Lunches at UH -
Monday, April. 21 through Friday, April 25 in
UH Hillel Student Lounge at noon
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Kosher for Passover Dinners at the Hillel
Student Center - Monday, April 21 through
Thursday, April 24 at 6:00 pm
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Interfaith Seder at UH - Wednesday,
April 23 at noon
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Last Day of Classes at Rice -
Wednesday, April 23
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Passover Shabbat Service and Dinner -
Friday, April 25 at 6:30 pm
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Bring Back the Bread w/ Hillel at Star
Pizza - Sunday, April 27 at 7:00 pm
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Run with the Rabbi - Monday, April 28
at 8:00 am
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Last Day of Classes at UH - Monday,
April 28
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UH Lunch - Tuesday, April 29 at noon
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Yom HaShoah Program at Rice -
Wednesday, April 30 in the evening
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| Future Events |
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Welcome Back BBQ - Sunday, August 24,
2008 from 4-7 pm
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Student Music Recital |
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Houston Hillel's Jewish Student Music Recital
provided members of Houston's Jewish
community with an evening of fabulous music.
The event was coordinated by Jaemi Blair
Loeb, who is pursuing a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree in conducting at the Moores
School of Music. The musicians included
Reenat Pinchas, a masters student
studying cello at the
Shepard School of Music; Tracy
Jacobson, studying bassoon at the Shepard
School; Natalie Zeldin, studying flute
at the Shepard School; Lydia Rice,
studying piano at the Moores School;
Rachael Young, a masters student
studying bassoon at the
Shepard School; and Leslie Richmond,
studying flute at the Shepherd School.
Pictured above are Tracy Jacobson and Rachael
Young performing from Six Arias from "The
Barber of Seville."
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