SMU Hillel serves as the foundation of Jewish campus life at SMU by hosting a wide variety of Jewish social, cultural, educational and religious programs on and around the SMU campus. Jewish undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff from SMU and other local campuses regularly attend our events.
SMU Hillel, under the capable leadership of our Director, Rabbi Heidi Coretz, is a thriving, active Jewish campus organization. During the 2006-2007 academic year, through our well attended programs, over one hundred different Jewish students and some two dozen Jewish faculty and staff participated in SMU Hillel events. We also reached out to the broader campus community through Lunch and Learn programs, the Annual Interfaith Passover Seder, Campus Yom Hashoah Service, and Israel Fair.
SMU Hillel also serves as a bridge between the local Jewish community and the university. Along with the support of The Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, The North Texas Regional Hillel, and our local synagogues, SMU Hillel is an active partner in the Dallas Jewish community. Our students are invited to attend many community events as well as holiday and Shabbat worship services at the Dallas synagogues.n recognition of the outstanding work of SMU Hillel, we were given the prestigious 2006 Chaplain's Service Award, "for visionary service and creative programming within and beyond the campus community" at the annual SMU Awards Extravaganza. There is only one award given per year by the Office of the Chaplain to a Religious Life organization and so we are very excited by this great honor. It is also the first time ever that SMU Hillel has won the award.
We look forward to an amazing 2007-2008 academic year. Our Co-Presidents, Jennifer Rosemore and Nicole Ido, the SMU Hillel Student Board, the SMU Hillel Advisory Board and Rabbi Heidi Coretz warmly welcome you to join us often.
For more information, please contactDirector, Rabbi Heidi Coretz
or our Student Co-Presidents
Jennifer Rosemore
Nicole Ido
Rabbi Heidi Coretz
Blue Mesa Dinner
Dinner in the Sukkah
Paul Liptz Lecture and Dinner
Israel Fair
Interfaith Passover Seder
Hillel @ Snuffer's
Jonathan on guitar at Hillel Shabbat
2007-2008 Schedule
Tuesday, August 21
Student Involvement Fair 7pm
Ford Stadium
Sunday, August 26
Opening Dinner at Snuffers 7pm
3526 Greenville Avenue
Wednesday, September 5
Apples and Honey Dessert Fest 7pm
HT Portico A
Friday, September 7
Shabbat Dinner – Chuys 6pm
4544 McKinney Avenue
Wednesday, September 12
Erev Rosh Hashanah services
at local synagogues
Thursday, September 13
Rosh Hashanah services
at local synagogues
Friday, September 14
Rosh Hashanah services
at local synagogues
Friday, September 21
Kol Nidrei services
at local synagogues
Saturday, September 22
Yom Kippur services
at local synagogues
Sunday, September 30
Parents’ Weekend Brunch 11am
HT Atriums AB
Tuesday, October 2
Sushi in the Sukkah 6pm
at the Coretz Home
7615 Currin Drive
Thursday, October 4
Simchat Torah Celebration 7pm
Congregation Shearith Israel
Thursday, October 11
Lunch and Learn Noon/1pm
HT Atriums AB
Friday, October 19
Shabbat Dinner Royal China 6pm
Preston Royal Shopping Center #201
Sunday, October 21
Hillels of Dallas 2-4pm
Mitzvah Day
Thursday, October 25
Hillels of Dallas 7pm
Night at the Dallas Museum of Art
Friday, November 2
Shabbat Dinner Blue Mesa 6pm
7700 W. Northwest Highway
Wednesday, November 14
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Schneider
HT Atriums AB Noon/1pm
Sunday, December 2
Hannukah Party at the Rosemore Home
5516 Cavendish Court 7PM