Hillel Hall of Fame
In conjunction with JAM at the University of Florida, this year Hillel will be reintroducing its Hall of Fame. Students who have excelled as leaders in the Jewish community at UF/SFCC and have promoted education, awareness, and guidance on its behalf are eligible to apply for posterity in the Hillel Hall of Fame, which will include recognition at Norman H. Lipoff Hall, the home for Hillel in Gainesville. For more information, including requirements, applications, and dates, please visit the JAM website or table throughout the Month!

Carillon Music
Keep your ears open for the melodies of Jewish tradition as Century Tower promotes Jewish Awareness Month 2006. Throughout the Month, students will be greeted across campus by familiar tunes such as “Hava Nagila,” “Dayenu,” and “Hatikvah,” the Israeli national anthem, so be ready to turn off that iPod and join JAM in the celebration!

Tabling
Stop by Turlington Plaza, the Reitz Union, and elsewhere throughout campus when you see the JAM table! We’ll have lots of information available to students throughout the entire month about events and activities in which Gators can learn what it means to be Jewish. Aside from calendars of events, there are sure to be lots of JAM goodies and plenty of smiling faces to capture your interest and attention. Students will have the opporunity to participate in Israeli Mock Elections through the March 28 election day.

Birthright Israel
Want to see the sun rise after scaling Masada? Watch the sun set over the Mediterranean? Drop a note in the Western Wall? Celebrate with others your own age from your school or community? Ride a camel? If you’re Jewish, age 18-26, and have never been on a peer-group trip to Israel, Hillel offers the best ways for you to have the time of your life in Israel - FOR FREE! Taglit-birthright israel is a unique partnership between the people of Israel through their government, local Jewish communities and Federations (through the United Jewish Communities, Keren Hayesod, and The Jewish Agency for Israel), and leading Jewish philanthropists. Hillel at the University of Florida offers the opportunity to participate in this trip and JAM will have all of the information available at our table throughout the Month.

AIPAC Policy Conference 2006
Each year, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, known as “America’s pro-Israel Lobby,” hosts its Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. This year, AIPAC Policy Conference 2006 falls during Jewish Awareness Month on March 5 through 7. As AIPAC campus activists, UF students who travel to Washington take part in sophisticated seminars and training sessions designed to further develop leadership skills and encourage involvement in the political process. At the Conference banquet, Washington’s premier political gala, delegates dine and mingle with scores of lawmakers, administration officials and diplomats. This year’s banquet will feature addresses by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Evan Bayh (D-IN). Our JAM table will feature continuing coverage of the activities that take place at PC ’06 through the eyes of fellow Gators who are witnessing it first hand. For more information, visit www.aipac.org/pc2006.

Marc Chagall Prize
JAM will be hosting an art competition for any paintings that relate to a Jewish topic, with the winner receiving the 1st Annual Marc Chagall Prize. Amatuer artists will have their paintings critiqued by faculty from the UF Fine Arts Department.