{"id":555,"date":"2021-11-28T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/?p=555"},"modified":"2021-11-28T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:30:24","slug":"hanukkah-and-end-of-2021-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/2021\/11\/28\/hanukkah-and-end-of-2021-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanukkah and end of 2021 Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Happy Hanukkah!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support the Judaic Studies programing you love as we come to the end of 2021! <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/our.umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">our.umaine.edu\/judaicstudies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2021\/11\/UMaine-Judaic-Studies-Hanukkah_End-of-Year-Fundraiser-2021.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-556\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/555\/2021\/11\/UMaine-Judaic-Studies-Hanukkah_End-of-Year-Fundraiser-2021-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gifts to support Judaic Studies at UMaine may allow you to take a charitable deduction on your income tax return.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Judaic Studies program was created by Norman Minsky and continues to offer courses on Judaism, modern Hebrew, Jewish history and antisemitism and more, taught by Rabbi William Siemers, Rabbi Darah Lerner, Shellie Batuski, and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your contribution to the <\/span><b>Judaic Studies Enhancement Fund<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by the end of 2021 will enable us to provide professional development for faculty, as well as to offer public programs such as Maine Poet Laurate Stuart Kestenbaum speaking on the Jewish influences on his poetry (February 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2022, at 7:00 pm) and Phillip Silver\u2019s presentation and performance \u201cSounds from Silence: Rescuing Music Suppressed by the Nazis\u201d on Yom HaShoah (April 27<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2022 at 7:00 pm in Minsky Hall at the University of Maine).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re counting on you to be our Hanukkah Heros!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Credit card gifts can be made at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/our.umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">our.umaine.edu\/judaicstudies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or call the University of Maine Foundation office at 207.581.5100 or 1.800.982.8503.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make gifts by check payable to \u201cUniversity of Maine Foundation\u201d and indicate the fund name (\u201cJudaic Studies Enhancement Fund\u201d) or area of support (\u201cJudaic Studies\u201d) on the memo line of the check or include a letter of instruction stating the fund you wish to support or how you wish the gift to be used. Send your check to:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Maine Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two Alumni Place<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Orono, ME 04469-5792<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information about Judaic Studies at UMaine can be found here:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 or contact Derek A. 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