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Students and faculty gathered at Harvard Hillel last night to hear David I. Bernstein, dean of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, lecture on Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass), on the eve of the event’s 67th anniversary...
Jayme J. Herschkopf ’06, a student programmer at Hillel who is also a Crimson editor, said that, to her knowledge, Kristallnacht had not been commemorated previously on campus, apart from over e-mail lists...
...commemoration in honor of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s death 10 years ago spurred a heated debate about his legacy last night. The evening, organized by Harvard Hillel, began with people sharing their personal thoughts about Rabin and a collective chant of the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer. Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995. But the atmosphere in the crowded Adams Lower Common quickly changed from elegiac to combative when the panel discussion began. Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse accused Rabin of legitimating terrorism and betraying...
...knowledge: The Old Farmer’s Almanac. The paperback tome, published annually since 1792, purports to predict a year’s worth of America’s weather. This year, things look especially grim for Beantown. Come winter, Harvardians can look forward to reading period, latkes at Hillel, and “much greater than normal” snowfall, according to the Almanac. Not to mention the chill factor: temperatures will be “colder than normal in December and exceptionally cold in the second half of January.” Where does the Dublin, N.H. based...
...Americans] have the power to make an influence from here to there in your own quiet way. Thank you for the help that you have given and for the help that you are going to give to Israel,” said The Fools between songs. Avi Poupko, Harvard Hillel campus Rabbi and Rabbinic Advisor to the Orthodox Minyan said, “The band’s name is based on an ancient Jewish teaching that states that the mind can sometimes get in the way of prophecy. At Harvard, where the mind is so important, we sometimes forget...