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Hillel Society has planned events for Yom Kippur and Sabbath:
5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26: Yom Kippur dinner will be served in the faculty dining room. The dinner will consist of chicken, brisket, potatoes, gefilte fish, soup, and other dishes. Due to the huge turnout for Rosh Hashanah dinner, additional space will be available. For those who wish to attend services at the Conservative Synagogue, cars will leave immediately following dinner from Marquis Hall. (Conservative services start at 7:15 p.m.) For those who wish to attend Reform services, cars will leave from the front of Hogg Hall at 7:30 p.m.
9:45 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27: Transportation will leave from the front of Hogg Hall for Yom Kippur Services.
6:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27: “Break the Fast” of Yom Kippur at Hillel House, 524 Clinton Terrace.
5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28: Pasta dishes will be served for Sabbath dinner at Hillel House. Everyone is welcome to attend.
5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5: Sabbath dinner will be served at Hillel House. Hillel will hold special Sabbath Sukkot with a home-cooked meal.
7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15: Robert Cohn, Philip and Muriel Berman Chair of Jewish Studies and head of the department of religion, is showing the film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss as a young man trying to make a name for himself in 1948 Montreal. The film is being shown at the Limburg Theatre in Farinon as part of a class on “Jewish Humor,” but it is open to everyone free of charge.
Hillel has still has spaces left on a charter bus traveling to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Saturday, Oct. 20. The day trip to the museum, including travel time, will last from 7:30 a.m.-10:30pm. The trip is free, and seats will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to reserve a place on the trip, email Robert Weiner, Jewish chaplain, at weinerr@lafayette.edu.