In this Issue:

• Meet Rayna.

• 63rd Annual Latke-Hamentash Debate at University of Chicago

• Students can apply to Lewis Summer Intern Program

• Two Unique Charitable Opportunities to Support the Future of The Hillels of Illinois

• Arts made accessible for Jewish students through Brookstone Fund

• Expanding Jewish Life in Carbondale

Join other supporters of Jewish campus life in The Hillels of Illinois Facebook group.

"Before I knew it, the Shabbat services that had turned into dinner became so much more. I met fascinating people from all different types of backgrounds and began learning that there was so much to being Jewish that I had never explored."

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Join over 1,000 University of Chicago students and professors for an evening of academic fun and frivolity! Every year, four of the University’s most prominent scholars waste decades of their accumulated knowledge by applying their respective expertise to this most inane of questions: Which is better? The Latke or the Hamantash?

The Latke-Hamantash Debate has been a University of Chicago tradition since 1946. Past participants and commentators have included Nobel Prize winners Milton Friedman and Leon Lederman; three university presidents, former Chicago President Hanna Gray, former Princeton University President Harold Shapiro and key people from a wide range of academic disciplines.

• November 24, 2009
• Mandel Hall, 1131 East 57th Street, Chicago
• 7:00PM-9:00PM
• FREE and open to the public. Reception to follow: $5

Presented by The Newberger Hillel Center at the University of Chicago
Sponsored by the Neubauer Family Foundation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Summer in Chicago? Apply for Lewis Summer Internships!

Undergrads residing (parental residence) or attending school in Illinois may apply online at www.juf.org/lsip for the Lewis Family Summer Intern Program 2010, offering 26 paid internships in agencies/departments of the Jewish Federation. Potential work experiences in: development, marketing, public relations, grant writing and finance; direct service with youth, the elderly and special needs; journalism, event coordination, sports management and educational programming. Write lsip@juf.org or call 312-444-2868 to schedule a winter break interview in Chicago.

• Application Deadline: Feb. 26, 2010
• Interview Deadline: March 19, 2010
  

A CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY is a contract between you and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. It is a combination of an annuity and a charitable gift. When you establish a charitable gift annuity with a minimum of $10,000, you receive quarterly fixed payments for life regardless of the economy or prevailing rates. The amounts of payments depend on your age. Part of your payment will be tax free and you will get a charitable income tax deduction. You can also fund the annuity with common stock for more tax benefits.

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Highly subsidized student tickets to Chicago cultural events are made available through the generous contribution of the Gordon Brookstone Cultural Fund.

November 2009 Brookstone events include:

• Faust, November 3, Lyric Opera, 7:30pm
  Student cost: $10 sold out
• Vladimir Feltsman, November 8, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 3pm Student cost: $10
• Richard III, November 19, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 7:30
  Student cost after refund: $10

For more information on these events, please email suzannestorrs@juf.org.

Rachel Wides understands Jewish life in Carbondale, Illinois. A first-year social work student and Carbondale native, Wides is also the new director of Hillel at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

With such a small Jewish population in the town, Carbondale's Hillel house is crucial in the development of the Jewish community there. And Jewish student life in Carbondale has seen tremendous growth, with numbers of active Jewish students up from last year.

Read more about Hillel's growth at Southern Illinois in the Daily Egyptian newspaper.

Read about Hillel students participating in Holocaust education in Carbondale.