Word: zarchi
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...According to head Rabbi Avi Poupko, Hillel’s mission centers around the ideal of an open university community.Chabad, on the other hand, is relatively new to Harvard, arriving here in 1997. Its somewhat less glass-tacular base of operation—also the home of Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi and his wife, Elkie—is past Mather House (yes, there is a “past Mather”) on Bank Street. The Zarchis take a very personal, “spiritual” approach to student contact. Indeed, as Wisse said...
...Summers attended Shabbat 1000, which drew 600 people to Annenberg Hall on February 10 for a mass celebration of beginning the sabbath.“He’s always been very generous concerning Harvard’s Jewish community,” says Chabad executive director Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi.“IN EFFECT, IF NOT IN INTENT”In September 2002, Summers answered a growing chorus of voices who had for months demanded that Harvard divest from companies doing business in the West Bank. “Some here at Harvard and some at universities across...
...many of you ate gefilte fish tonight?” Zarchi asked, drawing mild applause from those who could hear, before admitting, “I’ve had better, but it’s pretty good...
...original story incorrectly stated that Chabad Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi attempted to loosen up the crowd with "breathing exercises and song" at the dinner. That same story also incorrectly stated that Hillel subsidized the cost of dinner for those not on Harvard's meal plan. As the story now states, both Hillel and Chabad jointly subsidized the meals. The story also stated that the event had a waiting list of over 100 people. Although the waiting list did exist, the original story did not make it clear that no one was turned away from the dinner. The Crimson regrets the errors...
...imagine that Madonna could be doing plenty worse things with her time—and if studying Kabbalah is making her a better person, good for her,” Zarchi wrote in an e-mail. “But I don’t think the Kabbalah she refers to is the traditional Kabbalah—Jewish Mysticism in all its glory...