This year, we are very happy to welcome the largest freshman class in Butler history. Part of our goals for this year is to have more communication with those who still want to be connect to Hillel, but don’t attend Butler. Part of this will involve monthly newsletters outlining what we’ve done so far in the year and what we have planned. We would love your input and help with anything we do over the year. In the future, these newsletters will be emailed, so if you wish to continue getting news of Butler Hillel, please email buhillel@butler.edu with your email address and we will add you to our list.

Things We Have Done This Year

Besides our usual plans for carpooling to local synagogues for the high holidays, we also had our annual Breakfast after Yom Kippur. In honor of Rosh Hashana, we made caramel apples at the Blue House. The next week, we built our sukkah on the south mall. We had a coffee night, had Pizza in the Hut where we passed out free pizza, and had Havdalah in the sukkah. On October 1, we had our first Shabbat dinner of the year in the Blue House. We also started a new monthly event called the Friday Night Project where one person hosts a Shabbat Dinner for all those involved in Indiana Hillels. Our first was hosted by our Israeli liason, Guy Shahar. This month, it will be hosted by a Butler Hillel member on November 12. We also had our Family Shabbat dinner during family weekend on November 5.

Gift of Life

Hillel’s philanthropy project for November is to help Gift of Life. This organization has a registry of potential donors for those who need a bone marrow transplant. You can save a life, just by taking a few moments out of your day to swab your cheek. That’s all you have to do! We will send the samples to Gift of Life. Eligible donors must be between 18-60, be in good health, and be willing to donate at any time. For more information, visit www.giftoflife.org.

Butler Hillel will be available to register you on November 10 at 10:30 until 2:00 pm and November 14 at 9:00 am until 1:00 pm.

Events We Have Planned

Events for second semester are still being planned, but for this semester, we have a joint Indiana Hillel Hanukah party potentially for the first weekend in December. The following week we may have a Shabbat dinner before finals the week of December 13-17.

Goals for This Year:

  • To get our website working for current parents and prospective families
  • Fundraising for a single organization throughout the year
  • To increase relationship between our Hillel and those in other Indiana universities
  • To learn and educate about Israel and Judaism in general