First Year Students
Slifka Center warmly welcomes the class of 2028!
Adjusting to starting college can be challenging. The Slifka community is here for you! Schedule a coffee date with any of our Student Life Staff or reach out to any of our Student Leaders and check out our First-Year Programs below!
Bagels & Coffee
After you get all moved in and settled on Sunday, 8/18, stop by Slifka at 80 Wall Street on Monday, 8/19 from 8-9:45am for bagels and coffee – with remarks from Executive Director Uri Cohen and Slifka leadership. Join us before the Yale College Opening Assembly!
First Shabbat!
And just like that it will be the end of the week and Shabbat! Join us for services, dinner, and more on Friday 8/23 at Slifka – we can’t wait to meet you! Reform, Egalitarian, Orthodox services will be at 6:15pm followed by dinner at 7:30pm. Contact HSB Shabbat Chair Noah Tirschwell at noah.tirschwell@yale.edu for more info. This Shabbat is supported by the Friedlaender-Khroner Endowment Fund.
Welcome Week
Think we would let you get oriented without getting to know Slifka? Join us for an ice cream social on Monday 8/20 at 1pm, Shabbat on Friday, 8/30, and Slifka Fest – our big welcome carnival on Wall Street – on Sunday 9/1 from 12-3pm. The Slifka community is here for you right from the start.
First Year Ambassadors
Are you a First-Year looking to get involved in Jewish Life at Yale?
Be a First-Year Ambassador and create First Year-specific activities to bring your class together. Open to any Yale undergrads in the class of 2027. Contact Aviva Green at aviva.green@yale.edu for more info!