The Grad Network is the hub of Jewish life for graduate students at Columbia University and Teachers College. The organization is dedicated to building Jewish community among grad students, as well as connecting students to meaningful Jewish experiences beyond campus.
Join us for campus-based and city-wide experiences including holiday celebrations, art-making, learning fellowships, social gatherings, and more!
Featured Events
Tashlich is a custom of symbolically ridding ourselves of bad habits and mistakes from the past year by tossing small pieces of bread into moving waters. Meet at the Kraft Center before walking to Riverside Park together.
Join 14Y Selah and The Grad Network for a discussion of teshuva, dinner, and a Narcan demonstration 6:30 p.m. September 16 at the Kraft Center.
Together, we'll learn more about addiction recovery resources in our Jewish community and reflect on how the value of teshuva (repentance and repair) calls us to answer with responsibility, compassion, and care for one another.
Each attendee will receive a Narcan Kit and be able to save the life of a neighbor. Sign-up to attend.
For many, the High Holidays is a time of transformation. The prayers and customs are designed to help us reflect on the brokenness in our world and guide us toward wholeness and repair. Explore these themes through art-making. Each participant will use mosaic techniques to create a personalized mirror or picture frame for their home.
Space is limited. RSVP to reserve your materials!
Conservative, Orthodox, and Reform services are available during both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Services are available at no cost to current graduate students at Columbia University and Teachers College. Current grad students interested in attending services with Columbia/Barnard Hillel should register here.
Grad students who wish to register a guest, can purchase High Holiday service tickets at a subsidized rate here.
Conclude Yom Kippur with The Grad Network! Our break fast bagel buffet will be 7:37 Monday, Sept 21 at The Kraft Center. All are welcome, whether or not it is your practice to fast during the holiday. Advanced registration is required.
5 Thursdays | September 24 - October 22 | 7:30-9 p.m.
First Year Fellowship aims to foster friendship and community among graduate students early on in their time at Columbia. As part of the conversation series, the fellowship will also include a visit to the Tenement Museum, which shares the stories of immigrant, migrant, and refugee families. Our group will experience the The New York Historical on Sunday, October 11.
Sign-up by 12 p.m. Friday, September 18 to be included in this learning cohort.
Dinner will be provided at all Fellowship sessions. Participants will also receive a $100 stipend to support participation in Jewish experiences offered outside of Columbia.
Questions? Email Melissa, Director of The Grad Network.
We're celebrating Shabbat in the Sukkah! Dinner will be served 6:30 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Sukkah at the Kraft Center, located at 606 West 115th Street.
Following dinner, join us for an oneg and additional dessert in the 6th Floor Sukkah.
This experience is generously subsidized by The Columbia/Barnard Hillel Annual Fund.
Cost should not be a barrier to participate. If you are unable to pay and would like to attend any of the experiences offered, please email Melissa.
Eat lunch in the Sukkah with The Grad Network community! Lunch will be provided in the 6th Floor Sukkah at The Kraft Center, located at 606 W. 115th Street.
No registration required. Stay for as long as you’d like!
This experience is provided at no cost thanks to donors’ generous gifts to the Columbia/Barnard Hillel Annual Fund.