From Rosh Hashanah to Passover, Trinity provides religious, social, and cultural programming for all significant Jewish observances. The Jewish year on campus begins with High Holiday services at the Zachs Hillel House. Every Friday night, the Hillel House comes alive with an engaging Shabbat service and a delicious home cooked dinner that is free to all students. Chanukah is marked by group candle lighting in Mather Hall for each night of the holiday and parties. Tu B’Shvat offers an opportunity to focus on ecology and our natural world through a Jewish perspective. Purim brings together the entire student body for hamantachsen making, a purimspiel, megillah reading and masquerade ball. Passover 2005 began with a second night seder and culminated in the Mark S. Levy Pesach Shabbat.
Weekly programs:
Shabbat dinner and services at the Zachs Hillel House.
Parshat Hashevuah- A study of the weekly Torah portion with member of the Jewish Studies faculty and other Trinity staff members and students.
Services will be conducted by Cantor Irene Failenbogen from Argentina. Students are encouraged to attend and take part. If you would like to participate in reading or chanting a passage during the services (Hebrew and/or English readers are both welcome) please be in touch with
Lisa Kassow at 297-4195 or lisa.kassow@trincoll.edu.