HWS Office for Spiritual Engagement

08/19/2021

Welcome! We are so excited to see you!

07/16/2021

FYI for those around Keuka Lake.

05/14/2021

https://www2.hws.edu/jimenez-to-deliver-baccalaureate-address/

Associate Professor Emerita of Africana Studies Marilyn Jiménez P’12 will deliver the Baccalaureate address to the Classes of 2021. The Baccalaureate tradition creates space for the graduating classes, their families and members of the HWS community to come together for prayer, gratitude and musi...

05/03/2021

The final MM&M program for the Spring 2021 semester is this Wednesday, May 5 at 12:15pm in St. John’s Chapel. We welcome in-person attendance and have socially-distanced seating arrangements in the chapel. We do intend to live stream this event via Facebook live https://www.facebook.com/HWSEngage and will also record for later viewing on our HWS webpage https://www.hws.edu/studentlife/religious_life.aspx

Thank you for supporting this program through such a difficult year!

04/07/2021

Today is Music, Meditation & Munchies at St. John’s Chapel! We will be open for in-person enjoyment of this program while following masking and socially distant seating. The program will also be recorded and hopefully livestreamed here!

03/18/2021

02/28/2021

02/25/2021

The Jewish holiday of Purim starts this evening at sundown! Never heard of it? Heard of it, but really don't know what it celebrates other than the fact that we eat triangle shaped cookies (called Hamantaschen)? Check out Mayim Bialik's entertaining video to learn what it's all about.

Mayim Bialik is back with another installment of “You Know How I Know?,” the video series in which the beloved actress, neuroscientist, and Jewish mom explains Jewish holidays to us. This time, the holiday is truly worth the hype: Purim! Truly, what does this festive holiday not have?! Drinking,...

02/23/2021

We are so proud of Jillian Crocetta '21!

Jillian Crocetta ’21 explores her Jewish identity in an essay published by New Voices, a Jewish and justice-focused magazine written by and for college students. In an essay published by New Voices, Jillian Crocetta ’21 examines the Jewish identity she began to actively explore after attending a...

01/28/2021

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In collaboration with the Konar Center for Tolerance and Jewish Studies at Nazareth College, the Monroe County Bar Association, and the Levine Center to End Hate, we present “I Dissent: The Rule of Law - Compromise in an Age of Polarization” Thursday, February 11 at 6:00 p.m. This event is free of charge but registration is required. Register here - http://bit.ly/3smEuYz

01/28/2021

The Rochester Holocaust Survivors Archive collects stories and anecdotes from survivors of the Holocaust who now live in Rochester.