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.
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.
For more info about Jewish life at UVM please contact Nellie at nellie@uvmhillel.org or 802-656-1153
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.
2009-2010 UVM Hillel Yearbook Now On Sale
Hillel studnets put together a yearbook and it is now on sale for only $40! Ask your mom, dad, aunts, uncles and grandparents to get you this one of a kind memento.
$40/book
Questions? Please contact nellie@uvmhillel.org
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:
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 Schedule of Events Family, friends and community members are welcome to attend!
ALL MEAL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd
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 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)
*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.
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.
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.
$$$$ 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.
