Campus Update: University of Illinois

By Emilie Botbol
KOACH Intern

Although the University of Illinois had its first snow days since 1979 in February, a lot has been going on in the KOACH world. On January 29, the group got together and got dirty! Since Hillel is in a temporary building this year while we build our new one, we hold Conservative tefillot in a room in the basement. Before January 29, it was just a room with white walls and some old furniture. But now, it is full of life! We painted murals and Jewish objects on the walls and added splashes of color and hung pictures to make our shul more inviting.

Now that the U of I KOACH has a brand new style, we are going to shake things up this semester with monthly Israeli movie nights, a hamentaschen baking contest and a year-end KOACH Shabbaton with our Conservative neighbors from the next town over.

[Posted 02/18/07]