A Week-long Celebration and Commemoration of Jewish Life!

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Good Deeds Day Brunch
Sunday, March 31 at noon at Hillel 

Enjoy bagels, lox, cream cheese, eggs and french toast at this free brunch for students. Stay to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that will be donated to the Welcome House of South County.

Field of Flags Memorial Display
Sunday, March 31 1:30 pm
Hammerschlag Mall (between the Multicultural Student Services Center and the Library)

Flags will be planted immediately following the brunch and will be displayed until Friday, April 5.
Nearly 2400 small colored flags will be placed in the ground, each representing 5000 victims of the Holocaust.

Film and Panel Discussion: The Fence Between Us
Monday, April 1 5:00 pm at Hillel

This short film made by URI film students in Professor Rob Cohen's Spring 2018 Film Production class will be followed by  a panel discussion with the Holocaust survivors and educators featured in the film. Professor Paul Bueno DeMesquita, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies will be presented with the Avi Schaefer Seek Peace and Pursue It Award. Refreshments served.

Jews at Mews: Zionism
Tuesday, April 2 6:30 pm  Mews Tavern in Wakefield

Join Emily at Mews for this continuing series of conversations on hot topics. For Students Only.
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An Early Celebration of Israel Independence Day
Wednesday, April 2 2:00-5:00 pm
Memorial Union Booth by the Ram's Den

Celebrate Israel's 71st birthday a little early with free food giveaways including hummus and pretzels, cotton candy, and other snacks.

Holocaust Memorial Vigil
Thursday, April 4 at 12:30 pm
​Outside URI Multicultural Student Services Center, 64 Lower College Rd.

Gather for prayers, poetry and songs in honor of those who perished in the Holocaust. 

Israeli Cooking Night- Malawach Making
Thursday, April 4 at 5:30 pm at Hillel

Learn how to make Malawach and other Middle Eastern foods at Hillel's Israeli cooking night!

Israeli Shabbat
Friday, April 5 5:30 pm Service, 6:15 pm Dinner at Hillel

Enjoy a delicious Shabbat dinner with Israeli delicacies!