Hartford Hillel

Spring and Alternative Spring Break!

2010-04-12T13:16:00.000-07:00

So the spring semester has been busy and fun-filled, and we clearly need to get better about blogging for you all, but here are some updates of what we have been doing, as well as some information about our Alternative Spring Break trip to New Orleans.
In February we joined Trinity Hillel for their Hadag Nahash concert and dinner where our students met the band! We also did our first Purim Potluck Dinner, which was a great success; many students helped cook a great meal that over forty people enjoyed!
March went super quick,but was filled with great events including Alternative Spring Break and Passover Seder.
Alternative Spring Break was a wonderful experience, Hartford Hillel took 11 students to New Orleans with Jewish Funds for Justice to work in the Lower Ninth Ward doing Hurricane Katrina relief work. We worked really hard during the week and provided over 300 hours of service work as a group! We also enjoyed some of the city, visiting Preservation Hall and Bourbon Street. We're really looking forward to next year!
First night Passover Seder led by students and university President Walter Harrison and his wife, Diane, was a lot of fun as always. We also offered kosher-for-Passover meals each night during Passover, so that students didn't have to starve.

We're winding up a busy semester,but we've still got some great events planned!

Students with President Walter Harrison & his wife, Diane Harrison, Hillel Executive Director Katie Roy and her Fiance, Anthony Nevaco.

Students at The Women's Seder led by Debbie Friedman, 820 women from the state joined together for the Seder!

CCSU & Hartford Hillel students with Hadag Nahash

Hartford Hillel students at Cafe DuMonde in New Orleans for Alternative Spring Break.

Spring 2010-We're back!

2010-02-17T11:44:00.000-08:00

Hillel had a busy fall semester and the spring semester is off to a great start!
Hillel students went to the Hebrew Home on Friday, February 12th to visit with residents, give out carnations and make Valentine's Day cards.The students and residents had a great time together!

We thought we would share a collection of photos from the end of the Fall semester, with events like Parent's Weekend Shabbat Services & Dinner, Israeli Iron Chef, Think Pink Shabbat and Promakkah we had a great time!

Sukkot at Hillel

2009-10-02T08:30:00.000-07:00

We've been busy at Hartford Hillel recently, earlier this week we had Yom Kippur services on campus which many students came to, and we had Break-the-Fast which is always a big success-how many pounds of lox does it take to feed Hartford Hillel?
8 pounds...oh yes.
Wednesday our FYSH (First year Students of Hillel) made decorations for the Sukkah, and yesterday we built the new Sukkah- it looks fabulous! We're looking forward to having Shabbat Services with parents and students tonight, followed by dinner in the Sukkah.
Check our excellent constructions skills below:

Ilana, Xani and Sam immersed in Sukkah decorations

Dave, Justin, Ilana and Xani secure the canvas

Justin, Xani, Jon and Ilana- Finally the Sukkah is
constructed- by this time it was quite chilly outside.
Hello New England autumn!

Posted by Nicolette Theriault, Program Director

FYSH Week 2009

2009-09-01T14:41:00.000-07:00

Welcome Freshmen & New Students!
Hillel has had an exciting few days on campus, our student Executive Board returned and we had a great time planning events for the upcoming year.
Our FYSH events have been a huge success, the Drop in Kosher Luncheon survived the rain, we enjoyed the Ice Cream Social on Sunday night, and Everything FYSH & Tie Dye, was a giant hit as always; So many students came to tie dye their FYSH shirts, we almost ran out of T-shirts!

Keep checking out the blog for more Hillel happenings, and join us at our next two events:
Wednesday, 9/2/09 Goldfish Booth at the Carnival in Alumni Plaza
$2 for a mini aquarium! 5 p.m.-10 p.m.

Friday, 9/4/09 Schmooze Hour @ 5:30 p.m. in Hillel
Shabbat Services & Dinner @ 7 p.m. in Hillel

President Walter Harrison and the Hillel Student Executive Board

Student E-Board Public Relations VP; Dave Lerner

Student E-Board Secretary; Samantha Gordon &
Hillel Program Assistant; Sarah Byer

Students at the Ice Cream Social

Posted by: Nicolette Theriault, Hillel Program Director

Follow Hartford Hillel on Twitter!

2009-09-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

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Welcome Back and L'Shana Tova Edible Arrangements Available!

2009-08-18T18:42:00.000-07:00

Send a Welcome Back or L'Shana Tova Edible Arrangement to someone you care about! Edible Arrangements of West Hartford will donate 20% of the price of the arrangement to Hartford Hillel when you order using the code HHil1231. For more information, please visit: www.hartfordhillel.org/ediblearrangements.

Open House—Wednesday, August 19th

2009-08-03T21:35:00.000-07:00

Hartford Hillel is hosting an Open House in our new campus center on Wednesday, August 19th from 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Please stop by and see the new campus center!

We've moved to Park River!

2009-08-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hartford Hillel has moved to a brand new, beautiful campus center located on the ground floor of Park River apartments, centrally located between Lincoln Theater and the Konover Campus Center.

The new campus center was made possible through the generosity of the University of Hartford along with funding from the Capital Needs and Equipment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and the Jewish Community Foundation.

Thank you for support!

New Photos at Flickr

2009-06-18T11:26:00.000-07:00

We at Hillel are still busy even though it's the summer.
We met many wonderful freshman at the orientation sessions and are working with the FYSH (First Year Students of Hillel) advisors to plan FYSH Week, the first week of school that is full of events.
Part of our fun filled summer is posting all the pictures from this past year on our Flickr page, so check them out here.

Posted By: Nicolette Theriault, Program Director

Hartford Hillel wins awards!

2009-05-06T19:23:00.000-07:00

Hartford Hillel recently won two awards for its outstanding program during the 2008-2009 academic year.

On April 19th, Hillel received the Student Organization Award from the Student Affairs Division at the University of Hartford. The ceremony's program described the Student Organization award as follows: "This award recognizes up to two organization which have made the most significant progress since the beginning of the academic year. Selection is based on the organization's demonstration of a strong and active membership, successful programs, and overall contribution to the University."

Last evening, the Government Association at the University of Hartford named Hillel the Most Consistent Student Organization. This award one of only four awards presented to student organizations by the SGA each year.

Congratulations to the 2008 & 2009 student board, as well as Elyse Miller and Nicolette Theriault, Hillel's student engagement intern and program director for their outstanding work!

Posted by: Katie Roy, Executive Director

Shabbat 103

2009-05-03T11:02:00.001-07:00

Hillel and Chabad joined together this past Friday for our annual 'Celebrating Seniors' Shabbat Services and Dinner. It was a wonderful way to end the semester, and say good-bye to our seniors who have been an integral part of Hillel for the past four years.

Welcome to Hillel!

2009-05-03T10:18:00.001-07:00

Hartford Hillel gets blogging!
We decided that we'd join the rest of the world and blog our way through the academic year so you can follow what we do each week, and see how awesome our events are are see that we have a ton of fun-so join us!

What is Hillel?
Hillel is a great place to hang out with friends, meet new people, do homework, play Wii, watch TV and participate in our events.We have a Student Executive Board who organizes programming, and would love to hear about your ideas for programs!

Where is Hillel?
Hartford Hillel is located in the basement of B-Complex on the residential side of campus, and is open daily from 12-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Who is Hillel?
Students! Hartford Hillel also has two full-time staff members, Katie Roy, Executive Director, and Nicolette Theriault, Program Director, and a variety of part-time staff, including our Israeli Graduate Student, Miri.

What Does Hillel Do?
We do a variety of social, educational and religious programs like Israeli Iron Chef, Movie Nights, lounge nights, Wii competitions, Shabbat Services and Dinner. We also work with many other campus organizations to provide awesome events, like T-Shirt decorating with Relay For Life!

Everyone is welcome at Hillel!