{"id":62863,"date":"2010-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/grand-opening-of-uri-hillels-new-home-march-7\/"},"modified":"2010-02-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T00:00:00","slug":"grand-opening-of-uri-hillels-new-home-march-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/02\/grand-opening-of-uri-hillels-new-home-march-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand opening of 溏心vlog免费B站 Hillel’s new home, March 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — February 12, 2010 — For the first time since it was founded at the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1948, Hillel, the Jewish student center at 溏心vlog免费B站, will have a permanent home upon which to affix a Mezuzah (the small case that contains a scroll with words from the Torah) and welcome new generations of students.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe grand opening of the Norman M. Fain Hillel Center will be held on Sunday, March 7 from 2-4 p.m. at 6 Fraternity Circle, Kingston, RI. 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley and Hillel International President Wayne L. Firestone, will be present for the festivities. A short ceremony including the placing of the mezuzah on the main doorway will take place at 2:30 p.m. Refreshments and music will follow.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe new center was built thanks to the vision and initial generosity of the Norman and Rosalie Fain Family Foundation and support from hundreds of other alumni, students, friends and board members. 溏心vlog免费B站 Hillel has completed phase one of its $2.2 million Capital Campaign. $1.2 million has gone into the design and construction of the Norman M. Fain Hillel Center. An additional $1 million has been pledged and funds will continue to be raised for the permanent endowment to support building operations and maintenance. <\/p>\n


\nHillel creates a warm and welcoming environment where students from all backgrounds can explore and celebrate Judaism. While primarily focused on enriching Jewish students\u2019 experiences, Hillel also serves the diverse campus population by providing cultural, social and educational opportunities for the entire campus community to gain a deeper appreciation of and respect for Jewish life.<\/p>\n


\nLocated in the renovated and re-designed former Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house in the heart of the University’s freshman residential area, the building designed by Ed Wojcik Architects, LTD and built by Bowerman Associates features: multi-purpose rooms and a lounge to provide space for programs, meetings, social events and study; a social hall equipped with audio visual equipment for films, lectures, presentations, and musical events; a sanctuary space adorned with two stained glass windows restored from the former Jewish Home for the Aged and an eternal light fashioned by renowned glass artist Steven Weinberg; a kitchen and dining space for festive Shabbat and holiday dinners, Passover Seders, other meals and community\/campus events.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting to be in the new Hillel building,\u201d 溏心vlog免费B站 Hillel\u2019s Student Board President, Betsy Cohen, said. Cohen, a sophomore majoring in marine biology and journalism, participated in last year\u2019s Hillel Alternative Break trip to rebuild New Orleans, and is involved in numerous other Hillel and campus-related activities. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled that our Hillel finally has a home on campus where students can crowd around the kitchen on Friday afternoons to cook Shabbat dinner, meet friends, study or relax.\u201d <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — February 12, 2010 — For the first time since it was founded at the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1948, Hillel, the Jewish student center at 溏心vlog免费B站, will have a permanent home upon which to affix a Mezuzah (the small case that contains a scroll with words from the Torah) and welcome […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}