CU Jewish Weekly Announcements

Friday, September 24, 2021
Candlelighting 9/24 at 6:28 pm • Shabbat ends 9/25 at 7:25 pm
Today in the Newsletter . . .

Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah with Sinai Temple

It's Simchat Torah! Party of the Season! with Illini Chabad

Sukkot Stargazing with Illini Hillel

The World's Biggest Sukkah Hop - Global Community Event

Illinois High School Competition 2021

Remaining In Dialogue: Yossi Klein Halevi and Mohammad Darawshe on Israel, Palestine, and Bridging Deeply-Held Divisions

Register for Shabbat with Illini Hillel

Illini Hillel Sandy's Sunday Bagel Brunch

Weekly Shabbat Services with Illini Chabad

Gentle Chair Yoga

CUJF Seeking Financial Officer
2021 Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah

September 20-29
Please note that some times have changed from what was initially announced. Contact Sinai Temple for access info.

Shemini Atzeret
Tuesday, September 28
10:00 am
The Egalitarian Traditional Minyan will conduct a service for Shemini Atzeret including Yizkor memorial prayers. The Shemini Atzeret service will take place in the Davis Chapel. 


Simchat Torah
Tuesday, September 28
5:30 pm picnic
6:15 pm service and program (note time change)

Join us for a Simchat Torah celebration. Weather permitting, we'll gather on the Sudman patio and the surrounding lawn beginning at 5:30 PM. You are invited to bring blankets or lawn chairs and a picnic dinner to enjoy. At 6:15, we'll enjoy a brief festival service, including music from Larry Adelston and Jessica Kopolow. Following the service, stick around, as we join a program with other URJ congregations from across North America, featuring Noah Arsonson, Nefesh Mountain, Rabbis Ken Chasen and Yoshi Zweiback and friends, and other storytellers, musicians, and leaders celebrating with the Torah!
Its Simchat Torah! Party of the Season!
Tuesday Night, Sept 28 @ 7:30 pm
Happy hour with Huge Buffet of Food and drink.

Where we will feast on good food! and do the shakes with the Torah! Celebration Continues! As we dance with the Torah across campus, the houses, the Bars and down Green Street.
 
Thank you to Max & Mariya Dayan for sponsoring Simchat Torah at Chabad!
 
Join us again Wednesday, Morning, September 29 at 10:30 am for Simchat Torah Services; 11:00 am buffet kiddush and completion of Torah reading with singing and dancing.
Remaining In Dialogue
Yossi Klein Halevi and Mohammad Darawshe on Israel, Palestine, and Bridging Deeply-Held Divisions

October 7, 2021 at 4:30 pm @ Illini Union Rooms A & B

Please join us for the second conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi, New York Times bestselling author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, and Mohammad Darawshe, a leading political analyst who has spent more than three decades advocating for Israel’s Arab sector. 

As many of us grapple with local and global conflicts and what the “new normal” can and should be, we are confronted with fundamental questions about shared community and core values. Now on campus following their virtual conversation with Chancellor Jones this past spring, Halevi and Darawshe will delve more deeply into the impact of current conflicts and how we can remain in dialogue with one another through numerous challenges and crises.
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and the Program in Jewish Culture & Society.

Co-sponsored by Illini Hillel, Illini Chabad/Chabad Center for Jewish Life, the Israel Studies Project (Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago/JUF), the Initiative for Holocaust, Genocide & Memory Studies, Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, European Union Center, School of Literatures, Culture & Linguistics, and the Program in Comparative & World Literature. 

Speakers
Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke University, he co-directs the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches emerging young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel. He is the author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor (2018), his attempt to untangle the painful lived experiences and histories that define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Israel in 1982, and lives in Jerusalem with wife, Sarah. They have three children. 
Mohammad Darawshe is the Director of Planning, Equality and Shared Society at Givat Haviva, Israel’s oldest organization promoting cohesion and understanding between its Jewish and Arab citizens. He has also served as a strategic advisor on initiatives for the Arab sector in the Prime Minister’s office; a Knesset parliamentary assistant; Elections Campaign Manager for the Democratic Arab Party and for the United Arab List; and as an elected member of the town council of his hometown, Iksal, near Nazareth. He lives with his wife and four children in Iksal, and is a Muslim, Palestinian citizen of the State of Israel.
Whether you want to dine at Hillel or host a Shabbat meal, fill out the form! *Walk-ins are always welcome and planned for*
Weekly Shabbat Services with Illini Chabad
Friday nights: Kabbalat Shabbat will be at 6:45pm, with student dinner at 7:30pm. To join, you must must either be vaccinated or show a recent (past 36 hours) Covid negative test. 

You are also invited to join Chabad for Shabbat/Saturday mornings at 10:00 AM for our lively morning service, full of song and joy. Hear a short thought between each Aliya and a sermonette which is both spiritual and connected to the current events with a timely message. Following the service we will make the Kiddush and share a light Shabbat Kiddush prepared with masks and gloves.

Rsvp on the Illini Chabad text RSVP system. Text shabbat to 217-292-7787
Gentle Chair Yoga

Tuesdays at 9:30 AM- Online 

For those who would like to do chair yoga, online, with Robin, while in your home, please contact her at [email protected]. She is leading a class on Tuesdays at 9:30 through the Zoom website or app. Be sure to let Robin know that you are attending by email or by phone at 217-898-9953.
CUJF Seeking Financial Officer

Here's a chance to be part of an organization that's doing good in our community. Interested? Let us know! Or if you know someone who might be qualified, please pass on this information. Thanks!

The Financial Officer carries out the financial operations of CUJF in a timely and efficient manner, and consistently with relevant laws and regulations, and with CUJF’s Bylaws. The Financial Officer also is responsible for the financial operations of the CUJF’s subsidiary, The Champaign-Urbana Jewish Endowment Fund, and works ¼ time on CUJEF business and ¾ time on CUJF business.
 
The Financial Officer:

  • Is responsible for daily financial and other data management, including ledger, accounts payable, and receivable, payroll, benefits, and taxes.
  • Records and deposits all contributions and prepares disbursements for approval.
  • Maintains financial and donor records and verifies balances monthly.
  • Generates monthly summary reports or specific reports at the request of the officers or Boards of CUJF and CUJEF.
  •  Helps with the annual audit and preparation of the CUJF/CUJEF annual reports.
  • Works with the Treasurer to reconcile all monthly bank accounts 
  • Helps with CUJF special events and activities.
  •  Provides general management for the office and access to CUJF’s records and supplies as needed.
  • Performs other tasks as requested by the Executive Director.
 
Candidates for the Financial Officer must be:

  • Knowledgeable about basic financial concepts, procedures, and institutions.
  • Familiar with Jewish religion and culture
  • Computer literate
  • Able to operate CUJF’s and CUJEF’s software
  • Able to interact and collaborate with diverse groups of people.
  • Able to work independently in a busy environment.
  • Capable of initiative
  • Efficient
 
The following skills are desirable:

  • Knowledge of QuickBooks, Bloomerang and Constant Contact software
  • Basic knowledge of web editing
  • Familiarity with institutions providing social services in Champaign-Urbana

For additional information, or to apply, contact  Linda Bauer, Executive Director, CU Jewish Federation, [email protected]

Linda Bauer
Executive Director
Champaign Urbana Jewish Federation
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