Posts by solidort



Shofars on College Walk

The Chabad Student Board (of which I’m a member) has arranged for a shofar factory on college walk this afternoon. This is the first on-campus event since Chabad moved to its new, permanent home–a five-story brownstone on 113th and Broadway–this summer. Rabbi Yonah Blum made headlines in the Columbia Spectator on several occasions last year, most notably when he became an officially recognized university chaplain. The Chabad Student Board, which includes some 20 students and alumni, was launched during the Fall 2005 semester. According to Blum, the board is responsible for creating and implementing “student programming by students for the greater student population” at Columbia. Currently, the board is working towards gaining university recogintion as a student group.

Rich Jews on Globalization

Columbia University is hosting a panel discussion tonight titled “Making Globalization Work.” Columbia Spectator reported today on the event, which will feature University Professor Joseph Stiglitz and financier George Soros. In their own spin on the story, BWOG described the event as “Rich Jews to talk about international banking.”

Shoshana Olidort

I’m a senior at Columbia University majoring in creative writing and literature. I worked as a news intern at the Forward and am currently working as an editorial assistant on the YIVO Encyclopedia of the Jews of Eastern Europe. I look forward to sharing Jewish news at Columbia and hope to hear from you.
I can be reached by e-mail at solidort -at- campusj.com .




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