Author: David Israel

High Holidays at Bowdoin – Fall 2010

Rosh Hashanah: Holiday starts at sundown, Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 • Service at 6:30 p.m., Daggett Lounge • Dinner at 8:00 p.m., Main Lounge Thursday, September 9, 2010 • Service at 10:30 a.m., Daggett Lounge • Luncheon at 12:30 p.m., Main Lounge Yom Kippur: Holiday starts at sundown, Friday, September 17, … Continue reading “High Holidays at Bowdoin – Fall 2010”

Rosh Hashanah: Holiday starts at sundown, Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

• Service at 6:30 p.m., Daggett Lounge
• Dinner at 8:00 p.m., Main Lounge

Thursday, September 9, 2010

• Service at 10:30 a.m., Daggett Lounge
• Luncheon at 12:30 p.m., Main Lounge

Yom Kippur: Holiday starts at sundown, Friday, September 17, 2010

Friday, September 17, 2010

• Service at 7:00 p.m., Daggett Lounge
• Erev Yom Kippur dinner at 5:15 p.m., Main Lounge (before the 7:00 p.m. service)

Saturday, September 18, 2010

• Morning service 10:30 a.m. – 1:15 pm., Daggett Lounge
• Study service 4:00 p.m.
• Afternoon and Ne’ila services 5:00 – 6:45 p.m.
• Break the Fast snack at 6:45 p.m., outside Daggett Lounge (after the 5:00 p.m. service)
• Dinner at 7:00 p.m., Main Lounge (after the 5:00 p.m. service)

All services will be held in Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall
Meals are open only to members of the Bowdoin community and their guests

Shabbat Dinner This Friday, 5th March!

Candle lighting will be taking place first, at 5:15, then Lydia Singerman will be heading up a delicious Shabbat meal (the last one before spring break!) featuring deli meats, homemade challah, and Shosh’s famous kugel recipe. We’d love to see you there!

Candle lighting will be taking place first, at 5:15, then Lydia Singerman will be heading up a delicious Shabbat meal (the last one before spring break!) featuring deli meats, homemade challah, and Shosh’s famous kugel recipe.

We’d love to see you there!

Shabbaton Recap

On Friday, January 29th a group of twelve students went to Portland for a Shabbaton led by Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld. Check out this article in the Portland Phoenix which mentions him: We Heart These People We met Jewish students from Brandeis, Bates, and Colby and ate an amazing dinner. A good time was had by … Continue reading “Shabbaton Recap”

On Friday, January 29th a group of twelve students went to Portland for a Shabbaton led by Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld. Check out this article in the Portland Phoenix which mentions him: We Heart These People

Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld

We met Jewish students from Brandeis, Bates, and Colby and ate an amazing dinner. A good time was had by all, so keep an eye out for this event next semester!

Welcome back for the 2009-2010 school year

Welcome back for the 2009-2010 school year. Check out our High Holiday schedule on the calendar page. Bowdoin Hillel is both a religious and social organization that serves as a source of Jewish life, community, culture, and tradition to students, faculty, staff, and members of the MidCoast Maine community. The Hillel offers a wide-ranging schedule … Continue reading “Welcome back for the 2009-2010 school year”

Welcome back for the 2009-2010 school year. Check out our High Holiday schedule on the calendar page.

Bowdoin Hillel is both a religious and social organization that serves as a source of Jewish life, community, culture, and tradition to students, faculty, staff, and members of the MidCoast Maine community.

President Mills with Joel Sherman '61.
President Mills with Joel Sherman '61

The Hillel offers a wide-ranging schedule of Jewish activities on an otherwise very hectic and secular campus. This includes an extensive Rabbi-led service schedule for the High Holidays on campus (Reform), Shabbat dinners, Sukkah building, club-wide Chinese-food buffet dinners, holiday parties, Jewish
movie nights, speakers, and many other events. In affiliation with the local synagogue in Bath (an unaffiliated, egalitarian and inclusive congregation), students teach Hebrew School, tutor B’nai Mitzvah candidates, and participate in community services within the Mid-Coast Maine and Greater Portland areas. The Hillel and the Harry Spindel Memorial Lectureship also bring a variety of speakers to Bowdoin each year on Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish affairs.

Check the calendar to see what’s happening on campus this semester. If you would like more information or would like to join our mailing list,

Prospective Students

We hope this website answers any questions you might have.

We also have a PDF of a pamphlet about Bowdoin College Hillel that might be of interest .

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