First Reunion Weekend, May 22 – 25, 2025

Classes of 1960, 1965, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010

Second Reunion Weekend, May 29 – June 1, 2025

Classes of 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 2015, 2020

Are you planning to attend your Yale College Reunion this May and June? We hope you will include Slifka Center in your celebrations!

And this year, it’s Slifka’s “reunion year” too!  Our beautiful building at 80 Wall Street across from Silliman first opened in 1995, and we will be marking our own 30th Anniversary from now and throughout the 1995-96 Academic Year.

Slifka Center plans to offer a Friday afternoon open house “Kiddush and Candles” reception for all alumni and guests, followed by Shabbat dinner. Prayer services will also be held if there is interest. And new this year, Slifka plans to offer a “Shabbat Bagels” event on Saturday morning – details to follow.

There will also be opportunities for tours, as well as to have kosher meals delivered to your class location throughout your reunion.

We also invite you to check out SlifkaCenter.org/swag — and meet our own bulldog mascot, Menschy Dave — to help show your Slifka Pride at Reunions and throughout the year!

For your Slifka reunion questions reach out to Lynn Jackson: lynn.jackson@yale.edu

For information about Yale Reunions 2025 click here:  https://alumni.yale.edu/reunions/yale-college-reunions

First Reunion Weekend, May 22 – 25, 2025

Classes of 1960, 1965, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010

Friday Evening – Slifka Center Lobby

5:30pm Kiddush and Candles – All are welcome to stop by for an open house happy hour and building tours with Slifka Center staff. Enjoy a glass of wine with light refreshments and Shabbat candle lighting.

5:30-6:30pm  – Beit Midrash (Small Chapel), Second Floor

Shabbat Services – Orthodox Service facilitated by Slifka Center Campus Rabbi Dr. Alex Ozar, and Reform and/or Egalitarian/Conservative Services can take place with sufficient alumni leadership and interest. Please contact lynn.jackson@yale.edu for additional information.

6:30pm – Slifka Center’s Kikar Schusterman, Lower Level

Family-style Shabbat Dinner including challah, wine and a festive menu and atmosphere. Please reserve via your class’s reunion registration form – choosing the Slifka Center dining location. Reservations required. 

Saturday Morning

9:30-11:00 am – Slifka Center’s Kikar Schusterman, Lower Level

Slifka’s Bagel Brunch – sponsored by John Sorkin ‘90 and Jessica Jacobson – open to all. Join us at 10 am for a facilitated conversation about Jewish life and the status of antisemitism at Yale with Slifka Campus facilitated by Sacha Litman ’95 and Campus Rabbi Alex Ozar.  

11:00 am – Sylvia Slifka Chapel, Second Floor

Slifka hosts “Morning at Yale” featuring Dr. Ra’anan Boustan, a 2024-25 Presidential Visiting Fellow at Yale Divinity School, in conversation with Rabbi Dr. Alex Ozar PhD ’21, Slifka Center Campus Rabbi. 

Second Reunion Weekend, May 29 – June 1, 2025

Classes of 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 2015, 2020

Friday Evening – Slifka Center Lobby

5:30pm Kiddush and Candles – All are welcome to stop by for an open house happy hour and building tours with Slifka Center staff. Enjoy a glass of wine with light refreshments and Shabbat candle lighting.

5:30-6:30pm  – Beit Midrash (Small Chapel), Second Floor

Shabbat Services – Orthodox Service facilitated by Slifka Center Campus Rabbi Dr. Alex Ozar, and Reform and/or Egalitarian/Conservative Services can take place with sufficient alumni leadership and interest. Please contact lynn.jackson@yale.edu for additional information.

6:30pm – Slifka Center’s Kikar Schusterman, Lower Level

Family-style Shabbat Dinner including challah, wine and a festive menu and atmosphere. Please reserve via your class’s reunion registration form – choosing the Slifka Center dining location. Reservations required.

Saturday Morning

9:30-11:00 am – Slifka Center’s Kikar Schusterman, Lower Level

Slifka’s Bagel Brunch – sponsored by John Sorkin ‘90 and Jessica Jacobson – open to all. Join us at 10 am for a facilitated conversation about Jewish life and the status of antisemitism at Yale with Slifka Campus facilitated Slifka’s Executive Director Uri Cohen.  

11:00 am – Sylvia Slifka Chapel, Second Floor

Slifka hosts “Morning at Yale” featuring former Yale President Peter Salovey, in conversation with Slifka’s Executive Director Uri Cohen. 

Shabbat dinners at Slifka. Holiday celebrations. A late-night study break with friends. That unforgettable moment from your student group event  or Birthright trip. We’d love to see it.

We’re putting together a special photo display in the Rabinowitz Gallery on our second floor for Reunion Weekend—and we’re hoping to feature moments from across the decades. Imagine seeing Jewish life at Yale from the 1960s to the 2020s come to life through your memories.

If you have a photo (or a few) to share, please upload them here and add a quick note about what it is—what year, who’s in it, or why it holds dear to you. 

Let’s tell the story of Jewish Yale—together! 

If you have trouble uploading your photos, please email Communications Manager Gia Doxey here.