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Sunday, April 19, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Start your week with Bagel Brunch at Harvard Hillel. We’ve got fresh bagels, schmear, and lox- plus a space to catch up with friends or meet new ones. Everyone’s welcome to stop by for good food and good company. Hope to see you there!
Harvard Hillel
Monday, April 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A welcoming, low pressure space for practicing spoken Hebrew at all levels, grounded in conversation, shared meals, and meaningful community building.
Harvard Hillel
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meet Uzi at Playa Bowls to connect with other students, hang out with Uzi, and enjoy a smoothie at Harvard Hillel.
Playa Bowls
71 Mt Auburn St
Cambridge,
MA
02138
United States
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for a Yom Hazikaron program in partnership with Harvard Chabad, as we come together to mark Israel’s Memorial Day. This gathering will create space to hear firsthand stories of loss, remembrance, and resilience from members of our community, and to reflect together on what it means to remember in this moment.
Harvard Hillel
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut with Harvard Hillel and Harvard Chabad at our BBQ, an evening of food, music, and festive fun. Join us for great BBQ from The Wandering Que food truck, along with cotton candy, popcorn, a slushi machine, s’mores, carnival games, and a DJ. Come hang out, celebrate Israeli independence with friends and the broader Harvard community. Open to all Harvard affiliates.
Harvard Chabad
38 Banks St
Cambridge,
MA
02138
United States
Thursday, April 23, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Join us for weekly Israeli and Jewish community lunches in Longwood, open to students, trainees, faculty, and staff. Enjoy kosher food and connect with the broader Jewish community at Harvard’s medical campus. Harvard University ID required.
Vanderbilt Hall: JB Martin Student Lounge
107 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston,
MA
02115
United States
Thursday, April 23, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
A welcoming, low pressure space for practicing spoken Hebrew at all levels, grounded in conversation, shared meals, and meaningful community building.
Harvard Hillel
Friday, April 24, 2026
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Over noshes, we’ll bring questions from our lives (interpersonal, spiritual, or intellectual) and think through them using Jewish and non-Jewish texts that offer multiple ways of considering what’s at stake.
Harvard Hillel
Friday, April 24, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
We’re excited to host the final of our three-part Shabbat Dinner & Symposium Series on Friday, April 24th. This will be the culmination of our intimate evenings that bring together conversation, community, and excellent food. Around a Shabbat table, we’re centering a big question that feels both urgent and enduring: Pessimism & Hope — How Do We Sustain Meaning? With Professor Rebecca Goldstein. The conversation will revolve around meaning, resilience, and the human need to matter in fractured times.
The dinners are open to students and faculty, and have combined the warmth of a shared meal with the curiosity of a seminar and the depth of Jewish text study. Participants from the first two have left the evening feeling part of a vibrant Jewish community that is intellectually alive and spiritually grounded.
Open to undergraduate students, grad students, and faculty. Register today to secure your spot.
Register today to secure your spot.
TBD
Sunday, April 19, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Start your week with Bagel Brunch at Harvard Hillel. We’ve got fresh bagels, schmear, and lox- plus a space to catch up with friends or meet new ones. Everyone’s welcome to stop by for good food and good company. Hope to see you there!
Harvard Hillel
Monday, April 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A welcoming, low pressure space for practicing spoken Hebrew at all levels, grounded in conversation, shared meals, and meaningful community building.
Harvard Hillel
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Meet Uzi at Playa Bowls to connect with other students, hang out with Uzi, and enjoy a smoothie at Harvard Hillel.
Playa Bowls
71 Mt Auburn St
Cambridge,
MA
02138
United States
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for a Yom Hazikaron program in partnership with Harvard Chabad, as we come together to mark Israel’s Memorial Day. This gathering will create space to hear firsthand stories of loss, remembrance, and resilience from members of our community, and to reflect together on what it means to remember in this moment.
Harvard Hillel
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut with Harvard Hillel and Harvard Chabad at our BBQ, an evening of food, music, and festive fun. Join us for great BBQ from The Wandering Que food truck, along with cotton candy, popcorn, a slushi machine, s’mores, carnival games, and a DJ. Come hang out, celebrate Israeli independence with friends and the broader Harvard community. Open to all Harvard affiliates.
Harvard Chabad
38 Banks St
Cambridge,
MA
02138
United States
Thursday, April 23, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Join us for weekly Israeli and Jewish community lunches in Longwood, open to students, trainees, faculty, and staff. Enjoy kosher food and connect with the broader Jewish community at Harvard’s medical campus. Harvard University ID required.
Vanderbilt Hall: JB Martin Student Lounge
107 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston,
MA
02115
United States
Thursday, April 23, 2026
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
A welcoming, low pressure space for practicing spoken Hebrew at all levels, grounded in conversation, shared meals, and meaningful community building.
Harvard Hillel
Friday, April 24, 2026
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Over noshes, we’ll bring questions from our lives (interpersonal, spiritual, or intellectual) and think through them using Jewish and non-Jewish texts that offer multiple ways of considering what’s at stake.
Harvard Hillel
Friday, April 24, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
We’re excited to host the final of our three-part Shabbat Dinner & Symposium Series on Friday, April 24th. This will be the culmination of our intimate evenings that bring together conversation, community, and excellent food. Around a Shabbat table, we’re centering a big question that feels both urgent and enduring: Pessimism & Hope — How Do We Sustain Meaning? With Professor Rebecca Goldstein. The conversation will revolve around meaning, resilience, and the human need to matter in fractured times.
The dinners are open to students and faculty, and have combined the warmth of a shared meal with the curiosity of a seminar and the depth of Jewish text study. Participants from the first two have left the evening feeling part of a vibrant Jewish community that is intellectually alive and spiritually grounded.
Open to undergraduate students, grad students, and faculty. Register today to secure your spot.
Register today to secure your spot.
TBD
No events on this day.
