Club Chai
Club Chai: Bi-Co Jewish faculty and Staff Alliance
We are faculty and staff members from Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College.
We hold different positions regarding American politics and Israeli politics, but we all share the following four commitments:
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A. We see the state of Israel and the land of Zion as part of our Jewish identity, and oppose any
attempts to reduce Judaism to merely a religion.
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B. Expand Jewish life on campus through social and educational events.
C. Fighting antisemitism on campus (whether it emerges from students, faculty, staff, or college
leadership), and providing support for Jewish faculty, staff, and students when they experience antisemitism.
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D. Strengthen relations between the Jewish community of the bi-co institutions – Haverford College
and Bryn Mawr College – and the Jewish community of Lower Merion and Philadelphia.
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2025-2026 Events
Spring 2026
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February 1, 2026, talk by Haviv Rettig Gur, "Roots, Return and Reality: Jews, Israel and the Myth of Settler Colonialism", Co-sponsored with Bi-Co Chabad/ Rohr Center for Jewish Life, and a group of Haverford Alumni, Stokes Auditorium @ 4:30-5:30 pm
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February 22, 2026, talk by David Mazower from the Yiddish Book Center, co-sponsored with the Yiddish Culture Festival, Stokes Auditorium @ 3 pm
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March 22, 2026, concert co-sponsored with the Yiddish Culture Festival
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Fall 2025
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September 5, 2025, VCAM 001 Screening room @ 12-1:30 pm
Barak Mendelsohn Teach-in: Israeli Politics and Society Two Years After October 7: Field Notes and Other Observations”
September 7, 2025, Club Chai Reception @ 5 pm
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October 7, 2025, screening of “Red Alert,” at VCAM 002 @ 8 pm, followed by baking at the VCAM kitchen
Nov. 5, 2025, Joe Weisberg -- Talk, LUT 200, @ 4:30 pm, sponsored by YAALS (Library), followed by dinner hosted by Club Chai and Chabad
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Nov. 10, 2025, Yoga and Dinner with Israel Fellow Omer Hassman, WCC 313 @ 6:30 pm,
co-sponsored with Philly Hillel
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Nov. 14, 2025, Artist Talk by Mirta Kupferminc, “Threads of Light: Kabbalah in Mirta Kupferminc’s Art,” Chase Auditorium, @ 4:30 pm
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