Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 2003 — Page 3

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IU students go to the dogs

Students on campus remember

Mitzvah Corps, a group of Indiana University Jewish students committed to the role of tzedakah in the community, works actively with several area nonprofit organizations to fulfill the imperative of tikkun olam in today's world. The student-led group selects a different social action focus every month, ranging from hunger and homelessness to breast and ovarian cancer awareness. This month's mitzvah focused on animal rights aware-

ness. A group of 12 students volunteered at a weekly pet adoption fair, and by partnering with the Bloomington-based nonprofit group Pets Alive!, helped to save the lives of nine dogs and cats from unnecessary euthanasia. Some students volunteered to give a few unlucky dirty puppies a bath, while others worked with prospective adoptive families to help facilitate the adoption process. The outing was so much fun that

all the students have volunteered to do it again next week! For more information on Mitzvah Corps or any of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at Indiana University's programs, visit www.indiana.edu/-hillel.

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On Wednesday, Sept. 10, Jewish students joined together at the Helen G. Simon Hillel Center on the Indiana University campus to mourn those who lost their lives in recent suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The memorial service was organized by Danny Farahan, Dan Tandy (both from Indianapolis) Yasmine Schnayer (Il-

linois), and David Fuchs (Connecticut), all students at Indiana University. Michal Maoz-Levy, Israel programming coordinator for the center, felt, "This service provided an opportunity for students troubled by recent events in Israel to share their thoughts with each other as well as an outlet to be pro-ac-tive rather then apathetic."

Last fall, she learned the Thanksgiving story from a new perspective and made something that still sits on her bedroom shelf. She can’t wait to go back this year.

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