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...language classes in the slightest, she thoroughly enjoyed her time spent studying Yiddish. This interest peaked in a summer spent abroad in Lithuania, in which Togut’s interest in Yiddish music began to blossom. “When I was in Lithuania, every Friday we had Shabbas Kiddush where we all go to the Jewish center,” she says. “A good friend of mine had a book of Yiddish music, and we would all crowd around the piano, and we would sing all of these songs after dinner. I learned...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Laura M. togut '08 | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

...sanity before the dinner even began. University President Lawrence H. Summers started the festivities off with a quip in response to the swelling applause that greeted him: “It’s a thrill to attend a warm and friendly Harvard meeting!” Once the Kiddush had been said, Jews and friends-of alike ate, mingled, and compared yarmulke couture. Soccer ball-patterned and pleather options were discussed; no consensus was reached on which would best suit attendee Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz. Mark D. Lurie ’07 and his tablemates, sporting...

Author: By Alwa A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jews and Gentiles Break Bread at Shabbat 1000 | 2/15/2006 | See Source »

Guests dined on typical Hillel fare of chicken, carrots, potatoes, and tofu, accompanied by a thimble of grape juice for the Kiddush, the Jewish blessing over wine...

Author: By Sam Teller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Summers, Shabbat Is Rest from Week of Rancor | 2/13/2006 | See Source »

After eight months of deliberation, Steinberg decided that from now on, only men will say Birkat Hamazon and only women will say Kiddush at all Hillel community Friday dinners and Saturday lunches...

Author: By Nicholas F. Josefowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hillel Changes Ritual Rules | 1/18/2002 | See Source »

...decision did not please everybody. Several Hillel members, who wished to remain anonymous, said they felt that women always saying Kiddush was arbitrary and removed from the spirit of the prayers...

Author: By Nicholas F. Josefowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hillel Changes Ritual Rules | 1/18/2002 | See Source »

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