Non-Jewish faculty, staff, families, and students are always welcome.

The cost is $8/student, $10/adult, and $5/child and tickets and reservations are required.  You can .   The Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life has funds available for those for whom the cost of the Seder is a hardship.

Tickets can be purchased between at the front desk of the Numen Lumen Pavilion, at the Sklut Hillel Center, or at a Moseley Table  from 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on April 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.  Checks should be made out to 黑料不打烊 Hillel.  You can pay at the door if you make a reservation on-line.

The Seder co-ordinators are Iliana Brodsky ’17 and Elena Goodman ’17.

For more information, contact Nancy Luberoff, Hillel Director, at X7729.

The Sklut Hillel Center is committed to a spirit of “Welcoming,” and the words “Baruchim Ha’Baim,” “Welcome” in Hebrew, are the first thing you see when you enter the center.

Nearly 400 students have signed up for swipe-card access to the Hillel Center. Students are always hanging out in the center, where they come to enjoy cooking, snacking, studying, meeting, using the Hillel computer and printer, or enjoying the beautiful outside patio area. Hillel staff and student leaders are delighted that many of the students with swipe card access are not Jewish.

The Hillel Center is named for Eric and Lori Sklut, parents of a university student and the benefactors who made a lead gift to fund the center through the Levine-Sklut Family Foundation.

It is a weeklong farm-immersion experience in which students will be volunteering on urban and rural sustainable farms. Over the course of the week, participants will learn a wide range of skills in sustainable and organic agriculture such as planting, harvesting, natural building and composting. To complement the physical work, participants will have the opportunity to engage in text study and discuss with experts, topics such as Jewish agricultural laws, the agricultural roots of the Jewish calendar, and global food security. They will gain exposure to the growing food justice movement, both within the Jewish and secular worlds.  You don’t need to be Jewish to participate.

We will be staying the where we will prepare our meals using produce from local farms.

We will be flying to New Orleans from RDU on March 23, and returning on Sunday morning, March 30.  The cost of the trip will be about $480 including airfare and all accomodation, meals, and program expenses.  For more information, contact Nancy Luberoff, Hillel Director

Here are the farms we will be working with:

works on three community gardens in the city. Their goal is to provide organically grown, local, produce to neighborhoods throughout the parish. They just acquired a greenhouse warehouse. Possible work projects for our groups include laying shade cloth, construction of greenhouse growing tables and installation of mist irrigation system.

is a community member owned and operated farmer’s cooperative based out of New Orleans East, Louisiana. VEGGI Farmer’s Cooperative is dedicated to empowering growers in the Greater New Orleans area, starting in New Orleans East, in order to create sustainable, high quality jobs that enhance the quality of life of communities through increasing local food access and promotion of sustainable agriculture.

is a garden operation started by Prosper, a native New Orleanian. Their goal is to provide neighbors and communities with access to local healthy produce. Sheaux Fresh just acquired a piece of property in the Holy Cross neighborhood. Possible projects for our group: greenhouses, high tunnels, hydroponics, irrigation, high-end kitchen.

is a non-profit that employs youth in the work of growing and selling vegetables. On the farm, they work collaboratively to produce healthy food for local residents and to inspire youth and adults to create personal, social and environmental change in their own communities. Our groups are going to be harvesting, weeding, composting & doing non-native plant removal farm work with them.

 Enjoy hot fresh latkes (potato pancakes) and traditional sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) while you play dreydel games and try to win some gelt (chocolate coins). The event will feature a symbolic lighting of Hanukah menorahs.

The party is free and open to all students, faculty, staff and families.

The Jewish holiday of Hanukah begins this year on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 28, and continues for seven nights. Remarkably, the first night of Hanukah coincides with Thanksgiving this year, a confluence which last happened in 1861 (except that Thanksgiving wasn’t established until 1868). The next time the first day of Hanukah will happen on Thanksgiving — Thursday, Nov. 28 — will be in the year 79,811!

Hanukah is a Jewish festival commemorating the rededication and cleansing of the Temple after an uprising against the Syrians the second century BCE. When Jews, headed by the Maccabee family, went to light the Temple’s menorah, they found only one small flask of oil with which to light it. However, the light burned miraculously for eight days. On each night of Hanukah Jews light candles on a hanukkiah, the proper name for an eight-flamed menorah, to celebrate this miracle.

For more information, please contact Allie Roteman at aroteman@elon.edu.

This is a superb opportunity to learn about and actively participate in Jewish wedding traditions. The wedding and reception will be followed by a short question-and-answer session with Professor Claussen.

All are welcome, and no RSVP is required. For more information, contact Diana Abrahams.

In continuing this relationship and fostering a reciprocal relationship of learning, Hillel and Allied Churches are working together to host a Challah for Hunger Event this Sunday, Nov. 10 from 1-4 p.m. Hillel is coordinating to bring 黑料不打烊 students to Allied Churches to learn more about the issues of hunger and homelessness. Throughout the day, Hillel will work together with students, residents and staff to learn about and make Challah.

Transportation will be provided.  For more information contact Mat Goldberg Contact Mat Goldberg or Danielle Scheinman

It is a weeklong farm-immersion experience in which students will be volunteering on urban and rural sustainable farms. Over the course of the week, participants will learn a wide range of skills in sustainable and organic agriculture such as planting, harvesting, natural building and composting. To complement the physical work, participants will have the opportunity to engage in text study and discuss with experts, topics such as Jewish agricultural laws, the agricultural roots of the Jewish calendar, and global food security. They will gain exposure to the growing food justice movement, both within the Jewish and secular worlds.

We will be staying the where we will prepare our meals using produce from local farms.

For more information contact Nancy Luberoff, 黑料不打烊 Hillel Director.

The discussion will take place inside the 黑料不打烊 sukkah, located behind the Sklut Hillel Center

What are the causes of homelessness?

What does homelessness look like in our community?

What are Jewish responses to homelessness?

This discussion will take place during the one-week holiday of Sukkot, the Jewish festival of giving thanks for the fall harvest.  During Sukkot, Jews erect a sukkah, a small, temporary booth or hut, in which they eat, celebrate, sleep, and relax.  The 黑料不打烊 sukkah was erected and decorated on September 18, at the beginning of the holiday.  The sukkah is located behind the Sklut Hillel Center, across from the tennis courts.

The event is organized by 黑料不打烊 Hillel, under the leadership of Mathew Goldberg ’14, the Hillel Coordinator for Social Justice.  “Sukkot is an important holiday and reminds us of the transient nature of life.  Through discussions with students, Professor Claussen, and community members from Allied Churches, we can break down boundaries and see that we are all part of one community.”

Mat Goldberg says that this issue is particularly important to him since he volunteered at a homeless day center.  “I’ve recognized the immense talent and profound stories each person has and hope to create a platform for understanding issue of homelessness.”

The discussion is open to all students, and snacks will be provided.  For more information, contact Mat Goldberg at mgoldberg3@elon.edu

Services will be held in the Sacred Space in the Numen-Lumen Pavilion and led by Cantor Katy Claussen, who was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

The Ark used for services is on loan from Judea Reform Congregation in Durham; the Torahs used for services are on loan from the American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro and North Carolina Hillel in Chapel Hill. All services are free and do not require reservations or tickets.

Erev Yom Kippur Shabbat dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m. in Oaks 212 on Friday, Sept. 13. .

Kol Nidre Yom Kippur and Shabbat services will be held on Friday, Sept.13, at 7:15 p.m.  Sonia Berger ’15 will chant the traditional Kol Nidre opening prayer;  Danielle Scheinman ’14, Iliana Brodsky ’17, and Britta Halvorson ’15 will offer D’vrei Torah;  Michael Nedvin ’16 will lead chanting.

Here is the full schedule of services and programs on Saturday, Sept. 14. The Sklut Hillel Center will be  available all day for students for quiet conversation, naps, reading and quiet time. 

10 a.m.: Yom Kippur and Shabbat morning services in the Sacred Space in the Numen-Lumen Pavilion.   Diana Abrahams ’14, Caitlin Byrne ’14, Sydney Plovsky ’16, and Michael Nedvin ’16 will be reading Torah;  Adam Kessler ’14 will be reading Haftarah;  Allison Ginsburg ’16 and Kendall Gardiner ’14 will offer D’rei Torah.

1:30 p.m.: “The Questions We Have”, an informal conversation with Chaplain Janet Fuller, Sklut Hillel Center

2:30 p.m.: “Forgiveness and the relationship between forgiveness and social justice”, an informal conversation with Professor Stephen Bloch-Schulman, Sklut Hillel Center

5 p.m.: Yom Kippur Yoga and Reflection with Ginny Vellani, Numen-Lumen Pavilion Meditation Garden

6:15 p.m.: Yom Kippur afternoon Mincha service with Torah-reading, and storytelling around the Book of Jonah, Sacred Space in the Numen-Lumen Pavilion

7:15 p.m.: Nicky Payne ’15 will share contemplative piano music in the Sacred Space.

7:45 p.m.: Ne’ilah and Closing Services followed by final shofar blast, Sacred Space in the Numen-Lumen Pavilion

8:09 p.m.: Havdallah and  Break-fast “Breakfast” meal, McBride Room in Numen-Lumen Pavilion.  Hosted by the family of Stefanie Miller. 

For more information, contact Hillel Director .

The Torah and Ark used for services have been lent to 黑料不打烊 Hillel by Judea Reform Congregation in Durham. All services are free and do not require reservations or tickets.

Erev Rosh HaShanah dinner will be served at 6 p.m. in Oaks 212 on Wednesday, Sept. 4..

Erev (Evening) Rosh HaShanah services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 7:30 p.m.

Rosh HaShanah morning services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. Following the service, enjoy a Jewish deli luncheon. .

Also, on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 4 p.m., join Hillel for the traditional Tashlich ritual on the shores of Lake Mary Nell. 

Second Day Rosh HaShanah services will be held on Friday, Sept. 6, at 10 a.m.

Class absences due to observance of Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot or Simchat Torah are excused by submitting a Religious Absence Form by Sept. 3. The form can be accessed through the 黑料不打烊 Hillel website in the “Quick Links” box on the bottom right side of the home page. 

For more information, contact Hillel Director .