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See the pictures from the Mayanot/birthright Israel Trips!
• Winter 2004 • Winter 2003 • Winter 2002 • Summer 2001 |
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• Simchas and Such - Mazel Tovs, etc.
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See the pictures from the Mayanot/birthright Israel Trips!
• Winter 2004 • Winter 2003 • Winter 2002 • Summer 2001 |
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Simchas and Such - Mazel Tovs, etc.
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B'Omer BBQ - Sunday, May 9 Binghamton University - Sinisi Park |
Wine
& Cheese for Seniors - Wednesday, May 12 Chabad House - Great Room |
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The rain stopped just
for us to have a hugely successful BBQ! Food, sports, marshmallows &
music... |
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Seniors and their friends
gathered for a social evening, words of wisdom from a local community
activist and departing gifts from Chabad. |
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| XCEL
Awards - Thursday, April 29 Binghamton University - Mandela Room |
Blood
Drive - Thursday, April 29 Binghamton University - East Lounge |
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Awards
abounded for all the activities and programs Chabad had run this year. |
Chabad once
again sponsored a blood drive that had to turn people away since there
were not enough slots to collect blood from everyone. |
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| Shabbat
1000 - Friday, March 26 Binghamton University - East Gym |
Stained
Glass Creations - Sunday, April 26 Chabad House Student Lounge |
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All
records were broken as over 1000 Jews celerated Shabbat together on a
Friday night, packing the East Gym. |
Professional
glass artist Beryl
Brenner instructed a group on the fine points of Stained Glass making,
and everyone made their own artwork to take home. |
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| Chabad
Cafe - Poetry Night - Thurs, March 25 Chabad House Jewish Student Center |
Purim
Seudah - Sunday, March 7 Jewish Community Center |
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Another
relaxing evening at the Chabad Cafe, this time with students reading their
original poetry for the assembled. |
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Hundreds of students
and community members partied the night away at the Purim Feast. |
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| Purim
Carnival - Thursday, March 4 Binghamton University East Gym |
Purim
Eve - Saturday Night, March 6 Binghamton University Room 133 |
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Thousands joined in the
fun, music games and food all evening, raising thousands for charity in
the process. |
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A night of
Megillah reading, gragger twirling, and hamantash noshing.... |
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| Shalach
Manot Packing - Wednesday, March 4 Chabad House |
Hamantash
& Rugelach Bake-in - Sunday, Feb 26 Chabad House Main Kitchen |
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Volunteers
pack hundreds of Shalach Manot packages to be delivered on Purim by the
United Purim Service. |
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The Main Kitchen was
packed with students baking pastries to be brought to local seniors for
Purim. |
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| Chabad
Goes Paintballing - Sunday, Feb 15 EMR Paintball, New Milford, PA |
Chabad
Women's Cabaret - Thursday, Feb 26 Chabad House Great Room |
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A dozen intrepid souls trekked out in single-digit temps for a full day
of intense paintball action! |
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Fancy foods and fantastic
fun filled the evening at one of the best Cabarets ever! |
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| Chabad
Cafe - Bingo Night - Thursday, Feb 12 Chabad House Student Lounge |
SuperBowl
- Sunday, February 1 Hillel / Jewish Student Union |
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Chabad Cafe returns with Bingo Night, along with delicious cookies and
flavored coffee. Grand Prize was a $15 certificate for Barnes & Noble. |
Students
gathered in the Hillel/JSU lounge to watch the big game on a big screen
- a projector! The game was close, and the hotdgs were plentiful. |
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| RebbeSoul
- Saturday Night, December 6 Chabad House Great Room |
Chabad
Cafe - Finals Study Night & Hatzalah Emergency Kit Prize Drawing,
December 16 Chabad House Student Lounge |
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On short notice, the reknowned performer RebbeSoul did
his thing for us, playing the malalaika and guitar, then selling his CD's. |
Over a dozen prizes were awarded to those who donated towards the purchase
of an emergency kit for Hatzalah volunteers
in Israel. Some students studied for finals. |
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| "My
Big Fat Jewish Wedding" - Thursday, Nov 20 Mock Wedding, Mandela Room on Campus |
"The
Details of Shatnez" - Wednesday, November 19 Beit Midrash - Chabad
House Great Room |
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Chabad's Mock Wedding
attracted a huge, well-dressed crowd to the Mandella Room. |
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Rabbi Yakov
Bilus of Scranton took us through the details of this fascinating, yet
little-known, mitzvah. Then he checked some garments for shatnez. |
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| "The
Missionary Threat" - Fri-Sat, November 7-8 Shabbaton - Chabad House Great Room |
Chabad
Cafe - Comedy Night, November 13 Chabad House Student Lounge |
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Ex-missionary
Julius Ciss shared his story of return to traditional Judaism, and informed
us about the nefarious tactics of the "Hebrew Christians". |
A record
number of BU's best Standup comedians performed, while everyne enjoyed
the totally fine cookies, cake and flavored coffees. |
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| Chabad's
"Women of Valor", Sunday, November 2 Chabad House Great Room |
Chabad
Cafe - Board Game Night, October 30 Chabad House Student Lounge |
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Chabad's Womens League honored the Binghamton community's "Women
of Valor" with a fancy brunch and presentation. |
Cake, cookies,
flavored coffees & teas, and Boggle, Rummikub, and a huge Pictionary
game that lasted till 11:30 pm! |
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| Go-Karting
- Saturday Night, October 25 Northgate Speedway, Binghamton |
"Sweet
Beginnings" Cake & Cookie Baking Sunday, Oct. 26 - Chabad House, Main Kitchen |
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Over 70
students had a wild time go-karting all night! |
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Several
lucky students learned the secret of some of Dina's delicious cakes and
cookies at this baking workshop. |
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| Israel
Info Parties - October 23 Old Union on Campus |
Chabad
House Blood Drive Thursday, October 23 on Campus |
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Two Israel Parties, hosted by Mayanot tour guides |
Over 70
students donated blood at Chabad's record-breaking Blood Drive! |
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| Miscellaneous
Sukkot - October 9-17 Chabad House and Campus |
Intricacies
of the Jewish Calendar - Wednesday, October 22 at Chabad House |
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Sukkot means Sukkah decorating, baking and the "Sukkah
on the Go" on campus! |
Professor Bushwick of Penn State University, an expert on the Jewish calendar,
explained some of the finer points at a special Beit Midrash |
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| Candle
Creations - Thursday, October 7 Chabad House Student Lounge |
Chabad's
18th Anniversary Dinner - Monday, Sept. 22 Manhattan Hilton Hotel |
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Check out the wax-dipping action as participants created their own colorful
candles. |
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Chabad celebrates its
18th Anniversary with a black-tie dinner at the Manhattan Hilton. |
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| Chabad
Cafe - Thursday, September 18 Chabad House Student Lounge |
Shofar
Making and Selichot - Sat. Night, Sept. 20 Chabad House |
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The
Chabad Cafe returned this year with a music theme, starring Sam Jones
on the bass clarinet and sax. |
Shofar Making
Demonstration, Midnight Cafe and early morning Selichot prayers! |
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| Mitzvah
Marathon - Thursday, September 11 On Campus |
Picnic-in-the-Park
- Monday, September 8 Recreation Park |
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A marathon
of good deeds to make the world a brighter place. |
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Picnic in
the Park for West Side residents |
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| The Welcome
Back Shabbaton - Friday, August 29 Chabad House |
The Welcome
BBQ - Wednesday, September 4 Sinisi Park |
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The Welcome
(Back!) Shabbaton |
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The Welcome BBQ |
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