The fall semester is in high gear for your studies but also for Hillel! We have had a wonderful beginning and have met so many of you. Our Open House and Ice Cream Social brought so many new and old faces into our building. I am sure you have seen us out and about campus and we hope you have stopped by and said \"Hi\" to us. Last nights BBQ was well attended. We hope you enjoyed the dinner and hanging out. We have some interesting upcoming activities and holiday celebrations so please stay tuned. Thanks to all the students who have helped to make this possible, especially our Leadership Board.

Calling all freshman and transfer students. You are automatic members of FYSH! This is an event you will not want to miss. Come to a good \\\'ole fashioned scavenger hunt! Come with us as we travel around the campus and learn about CSUN\\\'s history, good study locations, the best secret spots and little known bits of information that will put you way ahead of the average new student! Afterwards, come back to Hillel and join us at our Welcome Back BBQ. Fun afternoon and great dinner. What could be better? Exact starting time will be in the newsletter next week, but it will be in the afternoon. *First Year Students of Hillel

Come to Hillel and hang out and watch the movie \"Up.\" A great way to chill between the High Holidays. Have some snacks and see a really fun movie.

Take a break from your busy day, from 11-2:00 PM., and enjoy bagels and coffee with Josh & CSUN Hillel at the Freudian Sip in the bookstore. Josh is the new engagement associate for CSUN Hillel and will have bagels and other goodies with him to welcome you to a new semester.
Don\'t have much time? Just stop by and grab some nosh before going to your next class.
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Josh will be sitting at a table with a Hillel sign (and bagels, of course) so be sure to say hi!

If you are Jewish, age 18-26, and have never been on a peer-group trip to Israel , Hillel offers the best ways to have the time of your life in Israel, for FREE! CSUN will be offering both a winter trip and spring trip. Registration for winter opens September 14 and lasts about 10 days. For more information or to apply, visit www.freeisraeltrip.org Also, check out the Facebook Group: \"I Want to Go to Israel With Hillel at CSUN\".

We are very excited to begin a special group just for Grad Students.
Many of you haveGraduate School expressed a desire to have this group and we are so lucky to have a Grad Student named Karen Trachtenberg willing to begin this effort. Please contact her with your ideas for events, networking and actvities. She has some great thoughts for the upcoming year but would love some additional support and creativity to make this an excting addition to Hillel and an additional social and Jewish resource for the Graduate Students of CSUN. Karen\'s email is trachtenberg.karen@gmail.com.

Celebrate the High Holy Days with CSUN Hillel. For students, please call our office for further information regarding High Holiday services and location, (818)886-5101.

For $60 a semster or $100 for the year, you get all-day parking at Hilel. That\'s every day, all day for the school semester. What a deal!Stop by Hillel to purchase your permits. Checks, cash and MC/VISA accepted. For further information contact Judy@csunhillel.org

Hillel embarked on a new and exciting program this past semester. Thanks in part to a Tzedek grant we were awarded from Los Angeles Hillel Council, we began creating a Peace Mural entirely created by students.This project came out of a program we held this past fall in memory/honor of Yitzhak Rabin. A group of students developed a mural which reflects the vision of peace and cooperation that were the ideals that Yitzhak Rabin promoted. We hope to have this work travel around the campus and also the community. If you want to find out more about the project or help with it in the fall, contact Lauren Freedman at Lauren.Freedman.649@my.csun.edu

Watch for our next meeting or contact Shaiky at JSBrads@yahoo.com for location and details

Are you an amateur gardener? Or would you simply like to learn how to grow your own food? We\'re looking for a Jewish student to help launch our new organic vegetable garden. Our garden is the test site for CSUN\'s Sustainability Institute and we have an abundance of available resources.

BENEFITS
· Get PAID! ($1,000/semester)
· Engage in professional development and skill-building
· Catalyze student interest
· $1,000 program budget

RESPONSIBILITIES
· Attend weekly training sessions and bi-weekly supervisory meetings
· Build relationships with a target of 40-50 unconnected Jewish students
· Participate (pending eligibility) & recruit for a Taglit-Birthright Israel: Hillel trip

Question? Adam@csunhillel.org

Are you an amateur gardener? Would you simply like to learn how to grow your own food? Then, join us as we launch our new organic vegetable garden. Our edible garden is the test site for CSUN s Sustainability Institute. Come help us in developing a healthy food, socially just movement on campus.
Question? Adam@csunhillel.org

The B'nai B'rith Bagel Brigade helps to feed children whose families cannot afford to purchase breakfast foods. We pick up day-old baked goods from supermarkets and bakeries and deliver them to schools. We are seeking volunteers at the Van Nuys Costco on Sepulveda near Victory from 7am to 9am EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK to help unload and distribute the baked goods. We also need help with pickup and deliveries. To do a mitzvah, please contact Adam.

The Bagel Brigade also collects un-needed cell phones, dead or alive, which we trade in for quality breakfast cereals for hungry children. Call Hillel at (818) 886-5101 to donate your cell phones.

Do you know that you can support Hillel every time you shop at Ralph\'s through their Community Programs. If you enrolled in the Ralph\'s program anytime before Sept. 1, you will need to re-register this year.

It\'s easy, and once you are registered, Hillel benefits and you don\'t have to do a thing! Below is a link to the Ralph\'s and site. Simply go to their website and register your Ralph\'s Rewards Card number. Select CSUN Hillel Foundation as your organization, and then you\'re done!

If you shop at this store, please take a few minutes to do this (tell your friends too), and thanks for all your support. Go to: https://customer.ralphs.com/Login.aspx

Join our CSUN Hillel Facebook group so that you can stay up-to-date on all of our news and events. Also, don\'t forget to add CSUN Hillel as a friend.