We're putting in the order on Friday, May 4, so let Jackie (jgranick at fas.harvard.edu or click here) know ASAP if you want one. They're $30 and come in Unisex sizes XS, S, M, L, XL, and 2XL (more info here). Click on the image to see it larger:

Friday, April 27, 7:30 PM, Rabb Hall

Come for good food and progressive conversation. Join the Progressive Jewish Alliance for our biannual Shabbat Dinner. Included in the undergrad meal plan, everyone is welcome, and there will be specially ordered vegetarian options.

Questions? Contact Alex Edelman at aedelman@fas

The Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance and the Harvard Society of Arab Students will host physician and activist Alice Rothchild on Friday April 13th. She will be speaking about her new book, Broken Promise, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience, an intimate journey grappling with the complicated historical legacy of Israel and Palestine and her relationship to these issues. This event is open to the public. For more information please contact us. Location: Smith Hall (upstairs) at Harvard Hillel at 52 Mt Auburn St in Cambridge, MA.

Tuesday, April 3
7:55 PM
Dunster JCR

We have a great seder (with great food!) planned, so we hope you can make it! Since this is a Progressive seder, one of the things we're going to be discussing a lot during the course of the meal is social justice. So if you have time, feel free to find a favorite quote from a person committed to freedom, peace, and/or social justice. We're looking forward to having people share their thoughts and ideas.

The Crimson covered yesterday's event featuring two speakers from the New Israel Fund:

Lawyers Urge Israeli Rights
New Israel Fund lawyers compare Bedouins’ plight to U.S. civil rights movement
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
By MICHAL LABIK

Two civil rights lawyers working for minorities in Israel spoke to Harvard’s Progressive Jewish Alliance at Hillel yesterday about the plight of the Bedouin minority in Israel.

Morad El-Sana and Gil Gan-Mor, both law fellows at the Israeli human rights foundation New Israel Fund (NIF), told the group of 14 people at the event that having studied the American civil rights movement will be instructive when they return to advocate minority rights in Israel.

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Tuesday March 13, 7:45 PM, Rabb Hall at Hillel

Come and join the Progressive Jewish Alliance as we hear from two speakers from the New Israel Fund. PJA is bringing Morad El-Sana and Gil Gan-Mor to Hillel to discuss human and civil rights issues in Israel. They will speak on Palestinian civil rights, Bedouin rights, LGBT rights, and education within Israel. The New Israel Fund advances civil rights and social justice for all Israelis, and it is widely credited with transforming the social justice and human rights communities in Israel. All are welcome.

The Purim Persian-inspired feast celebrating all the queens was a great success! The dining hall looked beautiful, as did the pipe-cleaner crowns. Thank you to Jackie, Elisha, and Alissa for planning it.

It was a great success! Congrats to Ilan, Ari, and Reyzl.

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The Progressive Jewish Alliance elected a new Operating Committee for 2007.
The new Operating Committee members are...

Chair: Jackie Granick
Vice Chair for Programming: Elisha Rivera
Vice Chair for Education: Noah Hertz-Bunzl
Finances Director: Ben Faber
Communications Director: Jay Cohen

Congratulations! We all look forward to another great year for PJA.

Location: Rabb Hall, Hillel

Come join PJA for our semesterly Shabbat dinner! There will be good food (definitely good vegetarian options and I hear rumors of chocolate cake...) and good times. All progressive Jews, Jewish
progressives, allies, their roommates, and anyone else who is confused or interested is welcome to this low-key, non-judgmental Shabbat dinner. Questions? Contact Jackie (jgranick@fas).