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...civil rights lawyers working for minorities in Israel spoke to Harvard’s Progressive Jewish Alliance at Hillel yesterday about the plight of the Bedouin minority in Israel. Morad El-Sana and Gil Gan-Mor, both law fellows at the Israeli human rights foundation New Israel Fund (NIF), told the group of 14 people at the event that having studied the American civil rights movement will be instructive when they return to advocate minority rights in Israel. “NIF has beliefs that are similar to ours,” said Jaclyn B. Granick...
Beer, pizza, and hamantashen don’t usually scream “ragefest.” But this killer combo of snacks and booze attracted plenty of students to Hillel Saturday night to celebrate Purimpalooza, Hillel’s contemporary take on a traditional Jewish holiday. For the gentiles among you, Purim looks like Halloween meets Mardi Gras with a Jewish back story. The holiday commemorates the failure of the evil Haman’s plot to destroy all the Jews, which provides the perfect excuse to get smashed while sporting ridiculous outfits. Campus Rabbi and Orthodox Rabbinic Advisor...
...professors, who face off weekly in their new spring course Psychology 1002, “Morality and Taboo,” argued the merits and tastes of the two Jewish delicacies in front of a packed Beren Hall at Harvard Hillel...
Each September, undergraduates throng to Tercentenary Theatre to peruse the vast array of student groups at Harvard. A quick survey of the various booths, tables and displays reveals a number of thriving religious groups, with organizations like the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship and Harvard Hillel boasting membership rosters in excess of 150 students...
...decades relying on the tobacco industry and on their science and it’s been a disaster,” Connolly said. “We can’t trust this industry for self-regulation.” A study published last month by Connolly and colleagues Hillel R. Alpert, Geoffrey F. Wayne, and Howard Koh showed an increase in the level of nicotine found in cigarettes across all brands and types from 1998 through 2005. Nicotine levels rose by an average of 1.6 percent annually over the seven-year period, according to the study, accumulating...