DONATE and SAVE on High Holiday Meal Tickets for your Student!
1. Join the UVM Jewish Parents Association with a donation of $180 or more and have the choice to receive one Erev Rosh HaShannah dinner and one Break-The-Fast meal ticket as gifts for your student!* Please click HERE to view options on how you can join the UVMJPA today!
*You must join the UVMJPA by September 3rd in order to have the option of receiving the tickets for your student. No physical tickets will be issued, the student's name will be on a "paid" registration list at the meal.
2. Become part of the UVM Hillel CHAI SOCIETYwith an annual or one-time gift of $1800 and have the choice to receive one Erev Rosh HaShannah dinner and one Break-The-Fast meal ticket as two of your four gift choices for your student!** You will also receive a UVM Hillel CHAI SOCIETY plaque with your name on it and be listed on a permanent UVM Hillel CHAI SOCIETY plaque in the Hillel office at UVM. Please click HERE to view options on how you can join the UVM Hillel CHAI SOCIETY today!
**This offer is only valid for parents of current UVM or Burlington-area college students. You must join the UVM Hillel CHAI SOCIETY by September 3rd in order to have the option of receiving the meal tickets for your student. No physical tickets will be issued, the student's name will be on a "paid" registration list at the meal.
Opening Events Fall 2010!!!
Event: UVM First Year Info Picnic - Hillel Info Table
Date and Time: Saturday, Aug. 28th from 11:30am-1pm
Location: Chittenden, Buckham, Wills (CBW) Green or in the Patrick Gym if bad weather
Come say hello, get some info and get a yummy piece of cake at the Hillel info table at the UVM First Year Info Picnic!
Event: UVM Hillel First Year Burlington Bagel Brunch!
Date and Time: Sunday, Aug. 29th from 11:30am-1:30pm
Location: University Heights North Multi-Purpose Room (up stairs)
This is an awesome event for Jewish First-Years and friends where you can have great bagels, meet awesome people and get connected!
Event: UVM Hillel Carmel Apple Table
Date and Time: Tuesday Aug 31st from 11am-2pm
Location: Bailey Howe Library Overhang
Come stop by to make a caramel apple or just grab some apples and honey to kick off a sweet new school year with Hillel.
Event: Pick-Up Ultimate Frisbee Game
Date and Time: Tuesday Aug 31st at 4pm
Location: Chittenden, Buckham, Willis (CBW) Green
Tired of class already? Need to get outside? Want to meet great people? Come to the CBW green a game of Ultimate Frisbee.
Event: Travel to Israel Info Table
Date and Time: Wednesday Sept. 1st from 11am-2pm
Location: Bailey Howe Library Overhang
Are you interested in going on a Free 10 day trip to Israel? Do you want to find out more about all the different ways to get to Israel this year? Come swing by and find out more about ways to get to Israel this year.
Event: Eat lunch with Greg from Hillel at Brennan's Pub; Free Iced Tea!
Date and Time: Thursday Sept 2nd from 11:30am-1:30pm
Location: Brennan's Pub on the first floor of the Davis Center
Stop by Brennan's to eat lunch with Greg from Hillel and other folks. We'll be schmoozing, playing games, and Hillel will buy you an Iced tea!!
Event: UVM Hillel Opening Shabbat Picnic/BBQ and Jewish Info Fair; Co-Sponsored by AEPi
Date: Friday, Sept. 3rd
Location: Allen House Side Lawn (461 Main St. -corner of S. Prospect and Main St.)
Come enjoy a free meal, celebrate Shabbat, meet great people and find out about the Jewish offerings on campus and in the community!
University Policy for Religious Holidays
Students have the right to practice the religion of their choice. Each semester students should submit in writing to their instructors by the end of the second full week of classes their documented religious holiday schedule for the semester. Faculty must permit students who miss work for the purpose of religious observance to make up this work.
Right of Appeal
A student who believes that an instructor has treated him/her unfairly, regarding any policy or procedure, may appeal to the academic dean of the instructor's academic unit.
UVM Hillel Rebuilding New Orleans- Spring Break 2010
Sixteen students from UVM Hillel just returned from a week of rebuilding and planting trees in New Orleans, which is still recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina almost five years later.
Gifts for Students!
When you send a gift through UVM Hillel you support Hillel and your student gets a visit from us! It's also an easy way to make sure that your son or daughter remembers a holiday or knows that you are thinking of them!
Gifts from UVM Hillel:
Apples and Honey Rosh HaShanah Gift Box for Students
(At the end of the purchasing process please MAKE SURE to note in the "special instructions" box the recipient's name, address, cell number and day requested for delivery)
Year-long Shabbat Dinner sponsorship for one student $100
Hand-delivered Birthday Cake $45.00
(At the end of the purchasing process please MAKE SURE to note in the "special instructions" box the recipient's name, address, cell number and day requested for delivery)
Hot Chicken Soup or Vegetarian Matzo Ball Soup Delivery $30.00
(At the end of the purchasing process please MAKE SURE to note in the "special instructions" box the recipient's name, address, cell number and day requested for delivery)
UVM Hillel Coffee Cup $8.00
(At the end of the purchasing process please MAKE SURE to note in the "special instructions" box the recipient's name, address, cell number and day requested for delivery)
NEW "Vermont " in Hebrew T-Shirt $12.00
(At the end of the purchasing process please MAKE SURE to note in the "special instructions" box the recipient's name, address, cell number and day requested for delivery)
UVM Hillel Fairtrade Oranic Cotton T-Shirt $18.00
(At the end of the purchasing process please MAKE SURE to note in the "special instructions" box the recipient's name, address, cell number and day requested for delivery)
Please purchase these gifts through paypal either using a credit card or your paypal account. Or you may send your order and payment to director@uvmhillel.org and your check to Director UVM Hillel 461 Main Street Burlington Vermont 05401
Contact Us
Susan Leff, Executive Director
802.656.1145
Fax 802.656.3348
director@uvmhillel.org
Nellie Goodman, Director of Jewish Student Leadership
802.656.1153
nellie@uvmhillel.org
UVM Hillel
461 Main Street
Burlington, Vermont 05401
UVM Hillel High Holidays 2010/5771 Meal Tickets and UPDATED Schedule of Events Family, friends and community members are welcome to attend!
ALL MEAL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd No physical tickets will be issued, the student's name will be on a "paid" registration list at the meal. Please write an email to nellie@uvmhillel.org with name of student/person for which tickets are being purchased so we make sure the correct student/person is added to our list.
Please direct questions to nellie@uvmhillel.org or 802-656-1153
$54 Donation to Help Cover Costs for UVM Hillel Free High Holiday Services
Erev Rosh Hashannah Dinner Ticket Student/ Child- $25
Erev Rosh Hashannah Dinner Ticket Adult- $30
Yom Kippur Break the Fast Dinner Ticket Student/ Child- $18
Yom Kippur Break the Fast Dinner Ticket Adult- $25
UVM Hillel High Holiday 2010/5771 UPDATED Schedule of Events
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center We are looking for Torah Readers and other service participants. If you are able to help please contact nellie@uvmhillel.org ASAP, thank you!
Erev Rosh HaShanah, Wednesday, Sept. 8th
5:30pm Holiday Dinner (ticket required for dinner)
7:00pm Service*
Rosh HaShanah, Thursday, Sept. 9th
10:00am Morning service*
Free Light lunch following service
4:00pm Tashlich at the Burlington Waterfront (please meet at the info hut at the bottom of College St.)
Rosh HaShanah Second Day, Sept. 10th (event held in the 1st floor lounge of the Allen House, 461 Main St. in Burlington, VT)
11am - Please join Rabbi Michael Cohen for a rejuvenating discussion focused on the themes of the High Holidays.
Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur, Friday, Sept. 17th
6:30pm
Kol Nidre Service*
Yom Kippur, Saturday, Sept. 18th
10:00am Morning Service*
4:30pm Afternoon discussion on the meaning of fasting in our lives
6:15pm Afternoon/Evening Service*
Break-The-Fast to follow (ticket required for Break-the-fast meal)
*All services are FREE and will be led by Rabbi Michael Cohen
Rabbi Michael M. Cohen is a graduate of the University of Vermont where he received the History Award, and graduated in 1980 with honors for his work on Lenin's Theory of Self-Determination and the Muslims of the Soviet Union. Rabbi Cohen received ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1990. He was the Rabbi of the Israel Congregation in Manchester Center, Vermont from 1990-2000. He has also served at the President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association.
Rabbi Cohen was a founding faculty member of The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (www.arava.org) located on Kibbutz Ketura in 1996 while on sabbatical from the Israel Congregation. He returned to the Arava Institute in 2000. Since 2001 has been the Executive Director of The Arava Institute North America. In 2002 he co-founded the Green Zionist Alliance, the first Environmental Zionist party to run in the World Zionist Congress elections. He has returned to the Arava Institute for 2004-06. At the Institute he works on Palestinian Student recruitment, development, and other projects. He also teaches two classes: Genesis As a Key to Environmental Thought and Moses: A Study of Leadership and Environmental Wisdom. He is the author if numerous articles and he is completing writing a novella, "Einstein's Rabbi."
DONATE TO UVM Hillel:
Honoring the Past and Preparing Students for the Future
In Partnership with Families, Friends and Our Jewish Community
Every gift counts and goes directly to creating meaningful, inclusive Jewish life on campus. Thank you for your support in empowering the next generation of Jewish young adults.
Parents! Become part of the UVM Jewish Parents Association today and show your support! Please click here to join.
Post College Career Development Opportunities in ISRAEL! Masa Israel offers terrific opportunities for Jewish young adults to spend 5-12 months in Israel studying, interning, volunteering, and developing their skills in just about any field: the arts, business, the environment, health, social justice, technology, and many others.
New online financial aid page from Hillel: Foundation for Jewish Campus Life!
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life has launched an online financial aid page to help assist Jewish high schoolers and college students as they struggle to afford a four-year education. If you are aware of other opportunities, please send an e-mail to freshman@hillel.org.
$$$$ for long-term Israel programs/experiences now available from MASA!
MASA Israel Journey: The Gateway to Long-Term Israel Programs seeks to provide every Jewish young adult with the opportunity to experience a long-term program in Israel. There are more than 120 different programs under the MASA umbrella including study-abroad options, volunteer programs, internships, and career development programs. MASA programs are a minimum of 5 months and are available to all Jewish young adults between the ages of 18-30. For more information, please see: www.masaisrael.org
Green Mountain Jews (for VT Jews 22-40)
VT Jews 22-40! Join the facebook group"Green Mountain Jews" to join the growing community of Jewish young professionals, grad and med students in the Burlington area. GMJ gets together for pot-lucks, holidays, nights downtown and more!
UVM Hillel WEEKLY Community Service Opportunity! UVM Hillel WEEKLY
Community Service Opportunity!
(you do not need go every week, but you'll want to!)
Burlington Children Space (www.burlingtonchildrensspace.org), located in the Old North End, teaches children of many diverse racial and socio-economical backgrounds within a progressive, non-profit context. The children's ages vary from 6 months all the way to 6 years old.
UVM Hillel will continue this great partnership with weekly vounteering at Burlington Children Space in the Old North End. Students have the chance to mentor young children, play music with them, or help by creating something for the children to use - i.e. sewing bean bags.
Any help is appreciated, or even if you just want to interact with an age group whose joy brings happiness to all around them.
For those interested for spring semester, please contact Charles cwinklem@uvm.edu and feel free to bring a friend!
Calling All Alumni
We're trying to get in contact with Jewish alumni of UVM. If you are an alum and/or know Jewish alumni,
please let us know! Click here for more info.
Event: UVM Hillel Opening Shabbat Picnic/BBQ and Jewish Info Fair; Co-Sponsored by AEPi
- Sep 03, 2010
Date: Friday, Sept. 3rd
Location: Allen House Side Lawn (461 Main St. -corner of S. Prospect and Main St.)
Come enjoy a free meal, celebrate Shabbat, meet great people and find out about the Jewish offerings on campus and in the community!
UVM Hillel Erev Rosh HaShanna Dinner ( Sep 08, 2010 )
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center.
5:30pm Holiday Dinner (Pre-Registration required for dinner)
UVM Hillel Erev Rosh HaShanna Service ( Sep 08, 2010 )
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center.
7:00pm Free Service officiated by Rabbi Michael Cohen
Rosh HaShanna Morning Service and Free Light Lunch ( Sep 09, 2010 )
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center.
10am Services, light lunch to follow
Tashlich at the Lake ( Sep 09, 2010 )
4pm - Meet at the Information pavilion at the bottom of College St. to join in this tradition of letting go of the past year and looking toward the new things to come in the new year. Led by Rabbi Michael Cohen
Rosh HaShanna Second Day Discussion with Rabbi Michael ( Sep 10, 2010 )
Event held in the 1st floor lounge of the Allen House, 461 Main St. in Burlington, VT
11am - Please join Rabbi Michael Cohen for a rejuvenating discussion focused on the themes of the High Holidays.
Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre Service ( Sep 17, 2010 )
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center.
6:30pm Service
Yom Kippur Morning Service ( Sep 18, 2010 )
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center.
10am Service
Yom Kippur Discussion on Fasting ( Sep 18, 2010 )
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center.
4:30pm Discussion with Rabbi Michael
Yom Kippur Evening Service and Break-Fast Meal ( Sep 18, 2010 )
All High Holiday events (expect Tashlich) will be located on the 4th floor of the UVM Davis Student Center.
6:15pm Free Service
Approx. 7:45pm Break-Fast Dinner (Pre-Registration required for dinner)
