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Newcastle Hillel House
Over the past year, Newcastle J-soc, in
conjunction with the wider Jewish community in Newcastle, have been striving to
improve the facilities that they provide to meet the ever changing demands of
the student community.
We are now proud to announce the opening of
a new Hillel House for 2006-2007 based in the Ilford Road area of Newcastle.
This new location is placed in the heart of the Jewish community within minutes
of the two Synagogues and much more easily accessible by public transport than
the previous location (Ilford Road metro station and local bus routes).
The primary role of the Newcastle Hillel
House is to provide a non-residential facility where the J-soc can hold regular
events. There is however some limited opportunity for accommodation for further
information on this please contact
Susan Olsburgh .
Successful past events such as Friday night
meals, cocktail evenings, bagel brunches, educational talks, Pesach socials,
Bedouin tent/ Israeli party evenings (to name a few) will again be held. In
addition to these however, given its new proximity to the Synagogues, we hope to
run regular informal Saturday lunches (for people whether they have been to
Shule or not!).
The Newcastle Hillel House is a strictly
kosher facility and is suitably prepared for use during festival periods such as
Pesach to cater for Jewish students of all levels of observance.
The facility is provided by the Newcastle
Jewish community in conjunction with UJS Hillel and is another great example of
the time, effort and money the Newcastle Jewish community is prepared to plough
into its students.
To view pictures of the new Hillel House
click here
To view a 360 degree movie of the Living Room at the new Hillel
House
click here
Past Hillel House
The previous Newcastle Hillel House was
opened in September 2003 to create a new home for the Newcastle Jewish Students’
Society.
During the years leading up to its opening a
rebirth in the Jewish students’ scene in Newcastle was observed and so to aid
this, the innovative idea for a non-residential Hillel House was put forward.
This idea was unheard of at the time in a Jewish community such as Newcastle
which has no additional larger residential facility.
Kosher Accommodation
If you do wish to live in kosher accommodation the
best option currently available is to organise a flat share privately. If you
plan to do this, contact us so we can offer any help available.
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