Weekly Shabbat Services and Dinner
AU Hillel Shabbat services are held every Friday evening at 6:00 PM in the main chapel of the Kay Spiritual Life Center. Each week, there are Conservative and Reform student-led services, followed by Shabbat dinner in the newly renovated Leonard Hall Formal Lounge.
Dinner each week has a cost of $5 for a kosher meal. The cost can be payed in person at the Hillel office, via check, or online. Additionally, students can purchase the semester plan for $75, which covers every Shabbat dinner for the semester (about 14 dinners).
Occasionally, Hillel sponsors Saturday morning services and Saturday evening Havdallah services.
Shabbat Services and Dinner Facebook Group
Special Shabbatot
Throughout the school year, there are also various free Shabbat dinners offered. Holocaust Remembrance Week and Israel Shabbat are two examples of special services and dinners offered by AU Hillel. Hillel also works with organizations like Shine to organize Shabbatons, Shabbat experiences full of social programming and Jewish learning.
Off-Campus Services
AU is also surrounded by several synagogues of various denominations, which are often visited by students:
Dinner each week has a cost of $5 for a kosher meal. The cost can be payed in person at the Hillel office, via check, or online. Additionally, students can purchase the semester plan for $75, which covers every Shabbat dinner for the semester (about 14 dinners).
Occasionally, Hillel sponsors Saturday morning services and Saturday evening Havdallah services.
Shabbat Services and Dinner Facebook Group
Special Shabbatot
Throughout the school year, there are also various free Shabbat dinners offered. Holocaust Remembrance Week and Israel Shabbat are two examples of special services and dinners offered by AU Hillel. Hillel also works with organizations like Shine to organize Shabbatons, Shabbat experiences full of social programming and Jewish learning.
Off-Campus Services
AU is also surrounded by several synagogues of various denominations, which are often visited by students:
- Washington Hebrew Congregation (Reform)
- Adas Israel (Conservative)
- Kesher Israel (Orthodox)
- Sixth and I Historic Synagogue (Non-Denominational)