Thank you PHI MU!

Blankets 4 Babies was a resounding success, thanks to the hard work and efforts of Phi Mu. At least six other organizations participated, the teamwork and solidarity was fantastic.

Blankets were handmade in memory of Rabbi Gaby & Rivki Holtzberg and in honor of their orphan son, Moshe. Blankets will be going to the St Francis NICU and an orphanage in Safed.

• Celebrate your heritage with hundreds of Jewish students from across North America and beyond
• Spirited Shabbat meals
• Interact with leading Jewish scholars and thinkers
• Saturday Night kumzitz - Musical Farbrengen
• An unforgettable weekend in the city the never sleeps!

To learn more about Sukkot and what it's all about: click here

Mazel Tov! With thanks to Hashem, Chabad has a new home at 100 Bloomfield Avenue.

A special thank you to all our supporters and G-d almighty. Without your efforts and support this dream would not have become a reality.

We are pleased to announce the 2009-10 Board:

President - Rachel Wolff
VP - Josh Kaye
Secretary - Rebecca Wolff
Treasurer - Jonathan Gluckman
Community Outreach - Dev Devasto
Member-at-Large - Renee Sandler
Membership = Edmund Bethke
Publicity - Jon Krampel
Social - Jason Krane

A Yasher Koach to our new board members. May G-d bless you with much success.

Wednesday, November 12 7:30pm, GSU Room 333

A Jewish response to Christian Missionaries - by Tovia Singer, founder and Director of Outreach Judaism, a national organization dedicated to countering the efforts of Christian groups and cults who target Jews for conversion. He is one of just a handful of qualified and successful exit counselors helping families reclaim their loved ones from the evangelical church He is the host of the "Tovia Singer Show" on Israel National Radio and the author of the popular book and accompanying tape series entitled, "Get Biblical".

We are pleased to announce the 2008-9 Board:

Renee Sandler, President
Gili Goldfrad, Vice President & Israel Advocacy
Matt Kempton, Treasurer 
Rachel Wolff, Secretary
Andrea Rice, Community Outreach
Josh Kaye, Ritual
Ben Reisman, Member-at-Large

A Yasher Koach to our new board members. May G-d bless you with much success.

Join Chabad & Hillel for a Shabbat Evening of unity and solidarity. Bid farewell to the Senior Class ’08. Be a part of UHA’s biggest Shabbat dinner party ever!

 *Choose from 3 amazing prayer services – traditional, conservative or reform.
* Services aren't for you? Partake in a spirited discussion about Jewish life on campus.
 *A night of singing and schmoozing.
 *A fabulous three-course Shabbat meal.

*FREE T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY
*Special Gifts to Graduating Class

Friday, May 2 6:15pm
@ Gengras Student Union

Saturday, April 19 8:30pm
@ the Rabbi's, 70 Kirkwood Road, West Hartford

Sunday, April 20 8:30pm
@ Gengras Student Union

All students welcome, free of charge!

An evening of dialogue with Doron Kornbluth.

Author of the acclaimed book “Why Marry Jewish?”

“I am not religious; is it rational for religion to be a factor in my choice of soul-mate?”

“I just want to know one thing: beyond the paranoia,
aside from the ‘parent factor’, forget the rabbis, is there
one good reason to date or not date Jewish?”

As usual Dalia Kulek is preparing a delicious dinner.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

North Cafe, GSU - 7:30pm

Location: Hawk Hall 106

Description:

Franks, Wings & More!
Come enjoy great food and come watch the Super Bowl with Chabad Chevra!!!

Ruth-Ann Brofsky, the mother of Alex Brofsky, sadly passed away on December 26th, 2007. Alex is a Junior at the University of Hartford. Our heartfelt condolences go to him and his family during these hard times.

The Funeral will be held on December 28th, 2007 at 1pm @ Temple Sinai in Newington, CT.

The Shiva times will be Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 3pm, and Monday at 7pm.

The directions to Temple Sinai can be found at http://www.sinaict.org/directions2.html .

You can contact Alex at http://hartford.facebook.com/profile.php?id=22805298 or brofsky@hartford.edu .

Thurs, 12/6 8pm

At Konover

*Live Music
*Jousting
*Moon Bounce
*Latkes, Donuts & Wings
*Gelt
*Dreidels
*Magician
*Juggler
*Caricaturist

Show your holiday pride and join us
as we light the 12 foot menorah

GUEST OF HONOR:
President Walter Harrison

Featuring: Music, donuts, chocolate gelt

DATE: Tues, Dec 4, 5pm
LOCATION: Lawn outside of Computer & Administration Center

Chabad Chevra welcomes the Class of '11 in style with the annual Labor Day Kosher BBQ. Hundreds of students were in attendance. There was great food, sport bag giveaways and free mezuzos for dorm rooms.

Check out photos of the BBQ in our gallery

Thursday night, May 10 2007, we had a beautiful farewell BBQ on the patio of GSU. There were close to one hundred students in attendance. A special thanks for Rafi S. who is graduating but insisted on help on the grill. Jeff O. was also a huge help on the grill. It was great to have the new board pitch in and help with the program.

Wait that's not all! Friday night, even with finals and so many gone, WE HAD A MINYAN!

Then we all went to Shaya's to farbreng and party until 1 in the morning. SHAYA WE WILL MISS YOU!

Yasher Koach!

We will miss you all this summer, but we look forward to great things next semester!

Dedicate a good deed in memory of the innocent victims of the tragedy at Virginia Tech!

Jewish tradition teaches that each human being is an entire world. Dozens of worlds were prematurely darkened with the Virginia Tech tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families.

Now we need to turn tears into action!

Join the "Hearts to Hokies" campaign to spread the light of goodness and kindness in the world. Add an extra good deed, whatever it may be, in memory of the victims.

For more click here

Before Passover we had a Chocolate Seder with 46 registered students. Hillel also had a Chocolate Seder with around fifty in attendance. Wow! Chocolate for everybody!

Passover with Chabad Chevra has been unbelievable! We have had nonstop action with one event after another. Dalia has been cooking 24 hours a day. Monday we had our first Seder on campus with over 30 in attendance. Tuesday at our second Seder over 45 people crammed into the Kulek basement for a Seder into the wee hours of the morning. Thursday's KDH offered more Passover food to the faithful. Wait there's more, on Friday night over 20 students showed up at the Kulek home for more Passover food and for Shabbad dinner.

We still have two days left to Passover. We look forward to more good times and intend on going out of Passover with a bang!

**Sorry, no photos. We do not take pictures on the holiday. We trust that the memories are in our hearts forever.***

We had a great turnout for our weekly KDH. Food was great; pasta, meat sauce, salad, garlic bread and drinks. Crowd was even better with close to 40 in attendance. A special thanks to Dalia and the board for serving us.

Thank you for joining. It was great seeing you, and we look forward to seeing you after break.

Be safe and have a blast!

A huge thank you to our volunteers for helping pack Mishloach Manot, Purim gift boxes. On Purim we will be dorm-storming and we will give out Purim packages to all Jewish students we encounter.

Be sure to get yours!

A special thank you to all our great volunteers who helped during Kosher Dinner Hour to pack Purim Gift Packages for children from impoverished homes. Thanks to the efforts of our volunteers, 40 children will have smiles on their faces on Purim.

Yasher Koach!

Hey everyone,

Just  got back from sunny California, and believe it or not, we are so glad to be back!

We are back better than ever! The Jewish Learning Institute is beginning Friday, March 1. The Absolut Purim Carnival is on Saturday, March 3. Of course don't forget KDH and Chat & Chew every Tuesday and Thursday.

See you around campus!

We are pleased to introduce our newly redesigned homepage. Now you can share your thoughts, comments and photos with all your friends at Chabad Chevra.

We look forward to hearing from you!