Some parents have asked about the Jewish aspects of Homecoming Weekend 2016 at UAlbany.
Interestingly, this year UAlbany’s Homecoming Weekend falls on the Shabbos between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, known as “Shabbos Shuvah” (Return!) How fitting!
FRIDAY NIGHT OCT … Read the rest
...Yom Kippur falls on a Tuesday night and Wednesday this year (2016) midweek at UAlbany. Classes are cancelled and travel time is allowed for, but many students do prefer to stay up here and pray as a campus community.
Yom-Kippur … Read the rest
...Thanks to the long extended weekend with Rosh Hashanah falling on Monday and Tuesday this year, most students will be headed home to celebrate the holiday with family, especially since UAlbany gives off for most of the two-day Jewish New … Read the rest
...Tishrei, the Hebrew month of the High Holidays, Sukkot and Simchat Torah, falls entirely in October 2016.
See this handy card tishreicard2016 for a calendar-at-a-glance of all our holidays prayers, meals and events on one sheet. In fact, the PDF … Read the rest
...Labor Day weekend we have two back-to-back Minyan Brunches: Sunday 9/4 and Monday (Labor Day) 9/5. Both times at the crack of 11am, followed by a nice Bagel Brunch (one day with lox, another specialty the other day) and a … Read the rest
...Mazal Tov to Mendel’s youngest brother Motti on his marriage to Chana’le (Paltiel). They (and many family members from both sides) will be joining us up at Shabbos House for a special Shabbos Sheva Brachos Lunch, on Shabbos … Read the rest
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Welcome! The new academic year is upon us and we especially welcome the UAlbany Class of 2020!
The first event of the Fall 2016 semester is OPENING WEEKEND SHABBAT a great way to break into the Jewish campus community and … Read the rest
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1976-2016 marks 40 years since one of the most daring and successful hostage rescue raids ever – the IDF’s Operation Thunderbolt at Entebbe, on July 4th 1976. Several books and movies have been written about this legendary rescue: “90 Minutes … Read the rest
...SUMMERTIME SHABBOS HOUSE / UALBANY ALUMNI REUNIONS 2016
3 options this year! Weekend & Weeknight; Long Island, NYC & NJ
July 10: SUNDAY BBQ ON LONG ISLAND
4-6pm at Zeitlin Home: 482 Wilson Street, West Hempstead NY
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...For the 3 July 2016 Alumni Reunions in Long Island, NYC and NJ, see: https://www.shabboshouse.org/reunion2016/
Cozy-Shabbat Schedule for Summer 2016:
May 27-28 – Memorial Day Weekend
June 3-4
June 24-25
July 1-2 – July 4th Weekend
July 8-9
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