<p>Too funny - my chuckle for the day! :)</p>
<p>She’s my “Springstein!”</p>
<p>[The</a> Pendulum - Truitt Center hosts first Muslim-Jewish dinner dialogue](<a href=“Informasi Seputar Pendidikan Dan Ilmu Pengetahuan”>Informasi Seputar Pendidikan Dan Ilmu Pengetahuan)</p>
<p>"Judaism and Islam are the second and third most common religions on Elon University’s campus and on Wednesday night, several students from both of these faiths sat down and shared in a “Dinner Dialogue” at the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.</p>
<p>Moderated by senior Zach Jordan, the interfaith cooperation intern for the center, the group included three Muslim students, five Jewish students, including Jordan, Nancy Luberoff, director of Hillel, and Chet Delinger, chaplaincy in resident.</p>
<p>Over a meal of Papa John’s pizza, Jordan led the discussion as members of the group shared, asked questions and discovered similarities between their faiths and backgrounds.</p>
<p>Many shared the sentiment that they have become more religious since coming to Elon, sometimes because of the recognition they receive from peers."</p>
<p>I’m loving the part where the dinner consisted of pizza! I guess I expected more traditional Jewish and Middle Eastern foods. Oh well.</p>
<p>[News</a> and Events - Jewish Community - Student Affairs and Campus Life - Ithaca College](<a href=“Hillel | Ithaca College”>Hillel | Ithaca College)</p>
<p>Make Your Own Sushi with Hillel!
This Monday Nov. 1st at 7pm in Muller Chapel
Come and learn how to create delicious sushi rolls while you mingle with other students in Hillel! This is a great opportunity to take a break from work, projects and exams. Come hang out with Jewish students that all have one thing in common… their love for SUSHI! Everyone is welcome. Feel free to bring your friends. R.S.V.P to <a href=“mailto:Hillel@ithaca.edu”>Hillel@ithaca.edu</a></p>
<p>Shabbat Services For Parents Weekend:
Bring your Parents to our wonderful Shabbat services this Friday Oct. 29th in Muller Chapel at 6 p.m. Give your parents a taste of what really goes on with Hillel on campus and show them what a powerful community we have created this semester. Parents are also welcome to join us for Shabbat dinner following services at 7pm on the balcony of the Terrace Dining Hall. Please contact Michael Faber at <a href=“mailto:faber@ithaca.edu”>faber@ithaca.edu</a> if you would like to purchase dining passes before Shabbat.</p>
<p>Meditation Minyan/Saturday Morning Service:
This Saturday Oct. 30th, Hillel will have both a Meditation and a Shabbat service for any interested students and their parents. Come to Muller Chapel at 10:30am to meet with Michael and to join in on this unique religious experience. email Michael Faber at <a href=“mailto:faber@ithaca.edu”>faber@ithaca.edu</a> with any questions</p>
<p>I am so impressed with the varied offerings of Jewish events at Ithaca. S2 won’t consider it - but I urge anyone else who is still looking for schools to take a look.</p>
<p>I just got an email from my niece who is a Development Officer at American Jewish World Service. They celebrated their 25th anniversary last might which was highlighted by a very funny public service announcement. </p>
<p>If anyone is interested (not in donating- just seeing the ad) - clink on this link. [AJWS</a> + Apatow: A Public Service Announcement](<a href=“http://ajws.org/]AJWS”>http://ajws.org/)</p>
<p>That was very funny - surprised to see Lindsay Lohan though - guess they taped her between court appearances and rehab stints!</p>
<p>I just realized the first night is December 1 - my goodness that’s early! S1 will be away at school the entire time. Maybe a Hanukkah care pkg will be in order - he was home before Hanukkah last year - so this is new territory. Maybe a small electric menorah - wonder if he would be into that - anyone sending their college student a menorah?</p>
<p>last year, I bought a battery operated menorah for my older D; an electric one was not allowed in the dorm…she brought it back with her on Thanksgiving…found it in Home Goods (where else?)…</p>
<p>Younger daughter last night: “If I get what I REALLY want on Dec 1st, you don’t have to buy me ANYTHING for Chanukah!!”…should I hold her to it? lol</p>
<p>I live in Rhode Island, about 15 minutes from URI -if anyone has any questions about the school, happy to answer. As far as climate, I grew up in NJ and the weather is VERY similar. I dont find it particularly cold up here at all. In fact, this past winter I think Philadelphia and Maryland experienced quite a bit of snow and much harsher weather than southern New England.</p>
<p>(Hi, JBE!)</p>
<p>I’m going to send D an electric menorah at school. Didn’t see that on the forbidden list for the dorm (definitely no candles). Maybe she will “light” it with her friends on her floor. Actually, I wouldn’t be that surprised… JBE - should I send dreidls too? I think I will!</p>
<p>We’re from LI but having our family holiday party with relatives in Boston – I gave D the option of going or not (it’s the weekend after Thanksgiving). Was completely surprised that she is adamant that she wants to go! So she’ll be flying up from PHL for the weekend. It was hard not having her here for the High Holy Days; glad we can celebrate Chanukah together!</p>
<p>On a separate note, you all were talking about male-female ratios… I see that Lehigh is actually 60-40 male! Going there next week with S to check it out; perhaps they are looking for more women and it could be an option for a B+ female student. Will let you know what I find out.</p>
<p>Rodney - that’s so cute! What a great Hanukkah gift that would be!</p>
<p>LINYMOM - colleges want what is in short supply - so I bet you are right and a B+ girl would have an advantage at Lehigh - or any other tech type school - RIT, WPI, etc.</p>
<p>So I suggested to boychild when he came home from school that maybe he should consider applying to one or two more schools. I asked him as a favor to me and brought up the fact it’s not a lot of extra work other than adding it to his Common app and doing the supplement. He said ok and only a bit grudgingly. He’s a good lad.:)</p>
<p>Now to actually get him to look, at least online, at some of those PA and Ohio schools.</p>
<p>hi linymom! i love the menorah and dreidel idea for hanukkah. i think i’ll sedn some chocolate gelt and maybe some homemade mandel bread that the girls can share!</p>
<p>what grade is your son in? my youngest who is in 10th grade refuses to start looking at schools. probably because she was so immersed in the process last year with her siblings. i have started a list that replicates quite a few schools i see on here.</p>
<p>Last year S was at school for all of Hanukah and I explored the idea of sending a menorah. He told me in no uncertain terms not to since he didn’t have ther space in his dorm room. Instead each night I sent he an e mail with different graphics of menorahs with the appropriate number of candles and a note. He seemed to like that. It was challenging to come up with gift ideas with minimal mailing involved. One of the simplest was a giftcard to the school’s bookstore/giftshop. He had his eye on his school’s sweatshirt which he perchased with the card.</p>
<p>Good Luck to all of your Seniors!</p>
<p>Last year I mailed my freshman D a menorah and we had a skype date every night. I’d shipped her presents ahead and we had Hanukah all together and opened our presents together each night too. Plan to do the same thing this year–ironic thing is that DH was out of town on business and missed all 8 nights. Not sure what I’ll do next year when I have two at college!</p>
<p>^^Skype conference call? ;)</p>
<p>spectrum2:</p>
<p>I like your ideas! The email menorah is cute…and a giftcard to the bookstore for college apparel is a great idea!</p>
<p>My S1 has applied to his first choice school ED. Since nothing is a sure thing in this competitive market, he needs to write all other supplement essays…getting him to do that is like pulling teeth. He’s working on one application each weekend until they’re all done.</p>
<p>Waiting is really tough!</p>
<p>JBE: My S in in 10th grade too. He’s ok about the process bc he saw what we did with D. College list is completely different than first time around. I’m pretty sure he will end up somewhere smaller than UD; academically he is very different too. He plays tennis on weekends and does not want to miss it, so he knows he has to be flexible about these random days off (Election Day our schools are closed bc they are used for voting) and go look at schools with me. We’ll probably see a couple over spring break too - either out to my alma mater, NU, with one of my college friends and her daughter, or down to JHU and GW - of course stopping at UD to see D!). </p>
<p>collage1: Skye - what a great idea! We need to have a skype call with D to light our menorah on at least the first night! Love that!</p>
<p>Chocchopcookie: As Tom Petty sang, “The waiting is the hardest part!” Even though I was sure D would be fine at any of the colleges she applied to, waiting for those acceptances was brutal.</p>
<p>Love the skype idea to light the menorah…!!</p>
<p>Chocchipcookie…playing the waiting game too. It’s driving me crazy 
S1’s 1st choice school usually starts releasing decisions around now, but just switched to the Common App this year and is receiving a lot more apps, so no one knows when decisions will really start coming out.</p>
<p>S2 is only a freshman this year and doesn’t have college on the mind at all (besides knowing that grades do count this year and he has to start thinking about extra activities…which he has no interest in doing)</p>
<p>Love the opening presents as a family by Skype idea. Will keep that in mind for next year when S1 is a freshman.</p>