Slifka In the News

Mar. 09, 2010 - Click here to read about critically-acclaimed actor Mandy Patinkin's visit to Slifka Center, where he spoke with students about how his "Jewishness" has come to play a part in every role of his career, including his most notable portrayal of Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride.

Jan. 28, 2010 - While taking Dr. Ruth and Rabbi Ponet's course on "Family in the Jewish Tradition", Sarah Greenberg '09 decided to make a film about her Holocaust-surviving grandparents for her final project.  Click here to read more about it.

Jan. 15, 2010 - Click here to read about Slifka Center's upcoming presentation of the play, "The Green Book", in honor of Martin Luther King Day.

Jan. 13, 2010 - Click here to read the YDN's article about the upcoming changes taking place at Slifka Center this spring, as we prepare to welcome our new Executive Director!

Nov. 18, 2009 - Ilana Lapid screened her award-winning film RED MESA to a full house in the Slifka Chapel.  Read more about it here: YDN Review

Oct. 22, 2009 - New York Times Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee shares her theories of Why Chow Mein is the Chosen Food of the Chosen People to a full room of students at the Slifka Chapel. The talk was preceded by a festive Chinese dinner prepared by our amazing Kosher Kitchen. Read more about this wonderfully cross-cultural evening here in the Yale Daily News.

Oct. 21, 2009 - We are proud to announce that our 2009-2010 Artist-In-Residence Ilana Lapid '99 received the Best Short Film Award for her film Red Mesa at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, an Oscar(R) qualifiying film festival.  Read more about the award and Lapid's reactions here in the Las Cruces Sun-News.

Oct. 19, 2009 - The Yale Herald covers the continuing success of Yale's involvement with the Birthright Program.

http://yaleherald.com/news/birthright-program-continues-despite-hurdles/

Oct. 07, 2009 - Ilana Lapid's Red Mesa will make its West Coast Premiere at the 2009 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on Tuesday, October 13 at 8:00 p.m. at the Mann Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood.   Click here for more information about the festival and tickets.

Lapid is tentatively set to screen Red Mesa at Slifka Center on Tuesday November 10 at 7PM.

Oct. 07, 2009 - Gresser is grouped with other local "heavy" artists.

www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/10/heavy_metal_woo.php

Oct. 07, 2009 - Due to cost-cutting procedures in Yale Dining Services, there has been a restructuring of how funds are transfered between the Kosher Kitchen and Yale Dining Services.  However, the food is still as good as ever, if not better due to the new input of our Vegetarian Chef Adam Heyman!

www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/09/09/cut-costs-dining-changes-slifka-policy/

Sep. 21, 2009 - Full Contact Teshuvah - Slifka's Yoga and Meditation service makes the local news.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/09/high_holiday_yo.php

Feb. 25, 2009 - Yale Hillel, Chabad, and the Yale Chaplain's Office partnered to sponsor Shabbat 1000 - a gigantic and spirited affair that brought undergraduates, graduate students and alumni together for Shabbat dinner in Commons.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2009/02/23/shabbat-1000-toasts-success/

As part of the event, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt edited a small bencher, designed to educate and inspire attendees who were participating in their first ever Shabbat meal.  Click here to read the students' work.

Jan. 02, 2009 - Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Donald Margulies and Yale School of Drama Director of Development Deborah Berman were on hand to speak at the opening reception of their joint art exhibition.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/25413

Jan. 02, 2009 - http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/09/29/news/new_haven/a1_mon_roshashana_art.txt

Jan. 02, 2009 - http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/25867

Jan. 02, 2009 - http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26047

Jan. 02, 2009 - Past Trustee Roz Meyer spoke of her affection for Slifka Center when accepting Yale's most prestigious alumni award.

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26542

Jan. 02, 2009 - Just before Thanksgiving Break, Amy Aaland announced she would go on leave for the forseeable future starting December 1.  Click here for the Yale Daily News profile: http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26638

Jan. 02, 2009 - http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26873

Dec. 18, 2008 - Yale Hillel and CASA collaborated to bring Bronx Burrough President Alfonso Carrion to campus for Shabbat dinner.  His visit (and remarks) were covered by both the New Haven Independent and Yale Daily News before being picked up by the blogosphere.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/12/carrion_gets_th.php

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/26884