Hillel’s doing it big for Shabbat:

Freshmen Shabbat - Friday, November 17th @ McNutt 6pm: Hey freshmen join Evan for a free Shabbat dinner in McNutt before going away for Thanksgiving. For more info contact Evan Remer.
Shabbat Services and Dinner at Hillel - Friday, November 17th @ 6pm: Join us for appetizers, mocktails and shabbat services at 6pm followed by a free, delicious homecooked shabbat meal around 7:30pm!

Don’t forget Beth Shalom:

Next Shabbat (Nov 17 & 18) there will be the Erev Shabbat Potluck dinner Friday night*, renewal service Saturday morning at 9:45, and a special Havdalah service for Religious School and Gan Shalom families Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. Pizza dinner, Havdalah and Puppet show of Rabbi Mira’s book, Too Much of a Good Thing!
On Sunday, November 19, Bloomington Friends of Israel will sponsor a presentation by Alan H. Goldstein. The title will be “The US-Israeli Strategic Alliance: Past History, Future Prospects”. Program will be at Beth Shalom and will begin at 7:30 p.m.

The Shalom Center needs sleeping bags:

Shalom Community Center has an urgent need for sleeping bags to distribute to unsheltered homeless men and women. Community members are encouraged to bring new or usd cold weather sleeping bags to either of the center’s facilities at 110 S. Washington St. or 219 E. Fourth St. in Bloomington
Date : Friday, November 17, 2006
Location : Shalom Community Center, Fourth St. or Washington St.
Contact : (812) 334-5734
[Source: IDS Happenings Calendar]

Watch The Action Against Sol Schumann at the University Theatre. Hillel describes it as “A play about a family in 1985 torn apart with the accusation that their patriarch, Soloman Schumann, a Holocaust survivor, was involved in war crimes.” Harrisor’s F358 blog describes it in depth:

It’s FREE in the University Theater in the old theatre building. It’s a very interesting play- it chronicles a holocaust survivor who is being prosecuted because he lied on his application for US citizenship when he didn’t include the fact that he was a capo (a Nazi helper in the camps). The play creates dialogue between Sol and his family, and addresses how different people react to the same situation.
The most interesting aspect of the show, I think, is the differences between Aaron and Michael, Sol’s two sons. They both find out their father was a capo at the same time, and while Michael feel justified knowing his father is a good man based on how Michael himself was raised, Aaron raises doubts about the validity of his father’s love. Sol also runs into trouble at his local synagogue, who decide that they can’t pray with someone who was a capo in the holocaust.

Have a good weekend, whatever you do.