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#19 - Siyyum: Torah, Talmud and Life-Long Learning May 20, 2021
#18 - Tzedakah and Philanthropy May 3, 2021
#17 - Love of the Earth April 25, 2021

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Are you a second + year student?
Do you like maki

Are you a second + year student?
Do you like making people feel warm and welcomed?
Do you care about social justice, wellness, and creating an inclusive community?
Goucher Hillel is currently seeking candidates for the (compensated) internships:
Wellness
General Engagement
Justice

Interested? Check out the link in our bio to learn more!

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It’s Throwback Thursday!

#TBT to Sushi in the S

We are so excited to start welcoming students back

We are so excited to start welcoming students back to campus! We are also so excited about updating our Jewish library!
What books have you been enjoying this summer?

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It’s #TalmudTuesday which means it’s time to p

It’s #TalmudTuesday which means it’s time to play Halacha or Huh? the game where YOU determine if something is total nonsense or a real rabbinic opinion!

This week: Tisha B Av and the Nine Days

Note: Jewish Law is ancient, complex, and constantly debated! The opinions presented should be taken into the historical context and worldviews of the era they were written in. Some of these opinions are mainstream, others fringe, and others we made up on the spot.

Swipe through our stories to play!

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This week is a major morning period in the Jewish

This week is a major morning period in the Jewish calendar leading up to the fast of Tisha B’Av. Tisha B’Av is a fast commemorating a long list of tragedies to occur in the summer month of Av. Slide for more information!

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Today’s #TBT is brought to you by Marlee Goldshi

Today’s #TBT is brought to you by Marlee Goldshine class of 2021!
Throwback to Marlee’s first time in Israel!

Have a great #ThrowBackThursday picture from your time at Goucher? Please send us a DM with a caption!

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#throwbackthursday to sunny days and Orioles games

#throwbackthursday to sunny days and Orioles games!
Have a Goucher Hillel #TBT picture you’d like us to share?
Please DM us and let us know!

Photo credit: Sammy Eisenberg

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This Pride month we’ve been celebrating the live

This Pride month we’ve been celebrating the lives and legacies of LGBTQ Jews who have changed history.
Today we are celebrating the fashion genius and French Legion of Honor winner Alber Elbaz. Born in Morocco and raised in Israel Elbaz became interested in fashion at an early age. He designed dresses that focused on celebrating the wearer’s natural body shape. He revived the French fashion house Lauvin.

Elbaz passed away due to complications from COVID-19 this past April. May his memory be for a blessing.

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Happy birthday to our fearless leader Rabbi Josh S

Happy birthday to our fearless leader Rabbi Josh Snyder!
Facts about Rabbi Josh:
He loves dogs so much that before he became a rabbi he briefly studied to become a veterinarian.
He plays guitar
He developed a ritual for blessing animals and does an interfaith blessing of animals every year on campus.
Do YOU have a favorite Rabbi Josh story? Share it in the comments!

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For the past two weeks we’ve been voting and now

For the past two weeks we’ve been voting and now we are in the final four!
Cast your vote in our Instagram story to decide who is our collective favorite Jewish Drag Queen!

This Friday voters will decide between the two finalists who is the ULTIMATE Jewish Drag Queen.

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This month we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ Jews who

This month we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ Jews who have changed history! Today we are celebrating Leslie Gore!
Singer songwriter Gore became a pop icon at a young age. She used her platform to defy conventional heterosexual dating norms and openly speak about sexism. Later in life she became an advocate for marriage equality.

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This June we are celebrating LGBTQ Jews who have c

This June we are celebrating LGBTQ Jews who have changed history!
Today we are celebrating Jazz Jennings! Jazz was one of the first transgender children to become a media star with the show I Am Jazz airing on TLC in 2015. She and her family use their platforms to advocate for and promote inclusion of transgender youth and adults. She is an activist, a YouTube/ TV star, and the author of a children’s book.

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This Pride month we have been celebrating the live

This Pride month we have been celebrating the lives of LGBTQ Jews who have changed history. Today we are celebrating Leslie Feinberg. Feinberg was an author, educator, activist and revolutionary who wrote countless books and articles on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and liberation.

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This month we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ Jews tha

This month we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ Jews that have changed history! Today we are celebrating Rabbi Sandra Lawson. Rabbi Lawson is one of the first openly Queer, African American women to be ordained as a rabbi!

She is a talented musician, engaging educator, and she is also a sociologist!

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This Pride month we’ve been celebrating the live

This Pride month we’ve been celebrating the lives and legacies of LGBTQ+ Jews through history!

Today we are celebrating Claude Cahun! Cahun was a Jewish French gender non conforming anti fascist artist. Cahun once said “Under this mask, another mask; I will never finish removing all these faces.”

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This weekend Israel made headlines for swearing in

This weekend Israel made headlines for swearing in it’s new Knesset (parliament)! Israel has a new Prime Minister for the first time in 12 years. This government is made up of a coalition of different parties in a formation known as a Unity Government.
Check out the slides to learn more about this major shift in Israeli politics.

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Slide 1: the Knesset building in Jerusalem
Slide two: Naftali Bennett is a mostly bald man with light skin and a yarmulke. He is standing next to an Israeli flag
Slide 3: a picture of Yair Lapid on a blank background. He has thick eyebrows, grey hair, and is clean shaven
Slide 4: an info graphic from Al Jazeera showing political party seats using multi coloured dots]

Today we are celebrating Shmuel HaNaggid. HaNaggid

Today we are celebrating Shmuel HaNaggid. HaNaggid was a bisexual medieval political advisor, Talmudist, and poet.

In his own words:
That boy who told me pass some honey from your hive I answered: give me some back on your tongue and he got angry and yelled shall we two sin against the living G-d? I answered: let your sin, sweet master, be with me

For more of his poetry check out the link in our bio!

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Hey Gophers!
Hillel is making T-shirts and we nee

Hey Gophers!
Hillel is making T-shirts and we need YOUR help on deciding which design to use!
Please vote for your favorite by commenting below with the number of the picture. Pictures are numbered by appearance on the post.

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1. A cartoon Gopher head with the letter gimel on the right side. HILLEL in blue GOUCHER COLLEGE in gold
2. A cartoon Gopher holding the letter gimel HILLEL in blue GOUCHER COLLEGE in gold
3. A cartoon Gopher standing next to the letter gimel GOUCHER in gold HILLEL in blue
4. A cartoon Gopher head next to the letter gimel GOUCHER in gold HILLEL in blue

Today we are celebrating Eva Kotchever.
Kotchever

Today we are celebrating Eva Kotchever.
Kotchever was a Jewish Polish immigrant to the United States where she opened up the first known lesbian tea room in New York City. Eves Hangout was a safe space for LGBT people to express themselves. She hosted discussions about anarchism, socialism, identity and countless other topics that were considered to be taboo at the time. In this era of time many parts of the US including NYC had strict Comstock laws which prohibited the distribution of any reading material deemed “obscene.” Eventually Kotchever was charged with violating these laws and deported to Poland. She was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943.

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